Ebook: Embellish me how to print, dye, and decorate your fabric
Author: Wisbrun Laurie
- Tags: Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers, Stoffdruck, Textile crafts, Textile printing, Dyes and dyeing -- Textile fibers
- Year: 2012
- Publisher: F+W Media
- City: Loveland;Colo
- Language: English
- epub
Embellish Me is the ultimate guide to achieving the perfect surface finish for your fabric-based projects. Comprehensive step-by-step instructions are accompanied by detailed illustrations that illuminate an extensive range of fabric alteration and embellishment techniques. Learn tie-dyeing, bleaching, and shibori; block, silk-screen, and digital printing; and beading, embroidery, and applique. This information-rich guide will equip you with all the information you need to apply these techniques to any number of fabric projects, from tote bags and clothes to cushion covers, lampshades, toys, and home furnishings. Galleries throughout the book will inspire you to engage with these techniques, showing how they have been applied to fabric and providing a valuable starting point for your craft.
Divided into three sections, Embellish Me begins with essential information on tools and materials, as well as a comprehensive chapter on pattern design, which covers...