Laurie Wisbrun - Embellish Me : How to Print, Dye, and Decorate Your Fabric EPUB read book
9781596688629 English 1596688629 Bring a Little Drama to Your Designs, Bring a Little Drama to Your Designs Design your own fabric using this informative step-by-step guide to achieving professional surface design results. Inside you'll discover straightforward instructions that detail an extensive range of fabric alternation and embellishment techniques. By beginning with a robust section on textile design and printing (both by hand and digitally), then exploring shibori, bleaching, and stamping alterations and finally moving through a variety of inspirational embellishment workshops including beading, embroidery, and appliqu�, this book will take you through a spectrum of fabric manipulation techniques. In three easy-to-flip-through sections, you will explore essential tools and materials, a wide range of trends and professional tips, and learn how to market and profit from your own mixed-media creations. Gallery images from a variety of experts will inspire you to explore each of the techniques in the book, show how they have been applied to fabric, and provide a valuable starting point for crafting your own unique pieces. Create as you please with authentic design and embellishment techniques from Embellish Me. Book jacket., 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 computer-rendered patterns in addition to hand-drawn designs. The second section is organized by technique, covering bleaching, dyeing, and printing, as well as more complex embellishing techniques such as embroidery, needle punching, and foil embossing. Each chapter concludes with an artist interview, giving you insight into the working practices of contemporary fabric crafters, and providing further inspiration for your own projects. The third section rounds out the book with instructions for crafters who want to take their fabric designs to the next level, and offers in-depth advice on important issues such as how aspiring crafters can best market and sell their own designs.
9781596688629 English 1596688629 Bring a Little Drama to Your Designs, Bring a Little Drama to Your Designs Design your own fabric using this informative step-by-step guide to achieving professional surface design results. Inside you'll discover straightforward instructions that detail an extensive range of fabric alternation and embellishment techniques. By beginning with a robust section on textile design and printing (both by hand and digitally), then exploring shibori, bleaching, and stamping alterations and finally moving through a variety of inspirational embellishment workshops including beading, embroidery, and appliqu�, this book will take you through a spectrum of fabric manipulation techniques. In three easy-to-flip-through sections, you will explore essential tools and materials, a wide range of trends and professional tips, and learn how to market and profit from your own mixed-media creations. Gallery images from a variety of experts will inspire you to explore each of the techniques in the book, show how they have been applied to fabric, and provide a valuable starting point for crafting your own unique pieces. Create as you please with authentic design and embellishment techniques from Embellish Me. Book jacket., 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 computer-rendered patterns in addition to hand-drawn designs. The second section is organized by technique, covering bleaching, dyeing, and printing, as well as more complex embellishing techniques such as embroidery, needle punching, and foil embossing. Each chapter concludes with an artist interview, giving you insight into the working practices of contemporary fabric crafters, and providing further inspiration for your own projects. The third section rounds out the book with instructions for crafters who want to take their fabric designs to the next level, and offers in-depth advice on important issues such as how aspiring crafters can best market and sell their own designs.