Fabric Surface Design: Painting, Stamping, Rubbing, Stenciling, Silk Screening, Resists, Image Transfer, Marbling, Crayons & Colored Pencils, Batik, Nature Prints, Monotype Printing

by Cheryl Rezendes

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Sensational sewing projects demand fabulous fabrics! Fiber artist Cheryl Rezendes shows you how to create an astonishing array of surface designs, simply and safely, using textile paints and printing ink. She covers a wide variety of techniques: stamping, ancient Japanese Shibori, silkscreen, soy wax and flour resist, image transfer, marbling, nature printing, foils and metal leaf, and more. Step-by-step photographs illustrate every technique, and Rezendes includes innovative suggestions on show more how to combine and layer techniques for stunningly original results. Part One: Surface Design Fundamentals 1 Setting Up Your Work Area 2 Exploring Your Media 3 Selecting Your Fabric 4 Painting the Base 5 Adding Texture Part Two: Surface Design Techniques 6 Stamping and Relief Printing 7 Stenciling Techniques 8 Nature Printing 9 Monotype, Collagraph, and Gelatin Prints 10 Silk-Screen Printing 11 Working with Resists 12 Image Transfer 13 Marbling Methods 14 Fold and Color 15 Drawing on Fabric 16 All That Glitters 17 Sewing: As Accent, Embellishment, and Texture Part Three: A Designer's Notebook Inspiration and Record Keeping Basic Color Theory Composition 101 Resources Reading List Acknowledgments Index Distinctive Painted Fabrics, Designed by You Become your own fabric designer and you'll open the door to a world of quilting and sewing possibilities. Fiber artist Cheryl Rezendes demonstrates more than 80 fabric-printing techniques using fabric crayons and a variety of different textile paints - easier and cleaner to work with than dyes. Give your colorful creations center stage as pillows, placemats, scarves, or other items of clothing, or discover the rewards of using your customized fabrics in unique art quilts. Explore a single technique or combine and layer techniques for stunning effects that could be made only by you!. show less

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