Fabric + Paint + Thread = Fabulous


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Learn innovative new painting, free-motion quilting, and embellishing techniques for creating breathtaking art quilts. Are you ready to take your quilting to the next level? Then this is the book for you! Discover how to expand your artistic horizons and make breathtaking art quilts with these innovative techniques for painting, free-motion quilting, and embellishing, from award-winning quilter Pat Durbin. With five original projects to get you started and a stunning full-colour photo gallery to get the creative juices flowing, you'll never be without inspiration again.




Fabulous Fabric


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Beautiful home decor items, made with great fabrics, that don't require threading a sewing machine! The chapters go room by room through your home. Tackle redoing just one room at a time, but before you begin browse through the entire book. Ideas in one chapter may suit a room covered in a different chapter.




Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Fabric Painting


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More than 100 exciting techniques -- from screen-printing to marbling -- are taught in this inspiring sourcebook. Clear instructions make this book ideal for beginners and experts.




Fabric Surface Design


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Presents step-by-step instructions for creating surface designs on fabric using textile paints and printing ink, and includes tips on such techniques as stamping, silkscreen, image transfer, marbling, and Japanese shibori.




Skydyes


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A veteran fiber artist shares the basics of fabric painting, including step-by-step instructions to master techniques, and a list of necessary supplies. For Mickey Lawler, the sky is never the limit! Mickey’s SKYDYES fabric is well known among quilters and fiber artists as the finest individually hand-painted cotton available. • Perfect for beginning fabric painters, as well as those who have dabbled with fabric paints • Straightforward instructions explain Mickey’s painting techniques • Easy-to-follow exercises show how to create skies, earth, seas, and gardens • Learn how to choose appropriate fabrics, paints, and applicators • Handy “Paint Color and Mixing Chart” • Includes an easy quilt project that uses fabrics you create in the exercises Praise for Skydyes “Skydyes takes an easygoing tutorial approach to teach quilters new aspects of their craft. Known for her beautiful hand-painted cotton fabrics, Lawler here teaches the art of fabric painting to those who would rather paint their own than buy custom-painted fabric. . . . An excellent choice.” —Library Journal




Step-by-Step Fabric Painting


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This title has an introductory section on paint mixing, the preparation of fabric, the basic principles of the painting and scraping techniques, and heat treatments. Clear step-by-step instructions and photographs explain every stage of the process.




Fabulous Fabric Beads


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A spectacular combination of beading, scrapbooking, fiber arts, and mixed-media techniques, this amazing handbook describes how to create 30 handcrafted beads from rolled tubes of silk, muslin, or ribbon. With more than 20 easy embellishment techniques incorporating glitter, paint, crystals, or wire, these projects result in stunning beads that can be created with inexpensive and readily available supplies and tools described in this guide. Detailed discussions on choosing appropriate fabrics and creating a variety of surface designs are coupled with well-documented instructions on how to cut, roll, dip, and dry collage beads, and how to cover inexpensive wooden and plastic beads to easily achieve different shapes. Additional sidebars and tips include bonus information on selecting successful color palettes and 10 simple stringing techniques.




Fabulous Fabric Art With Lutradur®


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Get Creative with this Fabulous Cross Between Paper and Fabric. Discover all the wonderful things you can do with Lutradur®-the exciting new fabric that looks, feels, and folds like translucent paper, but doesn't tear or fray. Add luminous color and exotic lacy effects to art quilts, fabric or altered books, mixed media art. Try 27 fun techniques that produce fascinating Lutradur effects. Looking to try something that's fresh, fun, and creative? Wait till you get your hands on Lutradur, the new art material that combines the best qualities of fabric and paper. Lutradur is ready for almost anything-cutting, burning, stamping, painting, dyeing, and sewing are just the beginning! 2009 Forward Book of The Year Award finalist (Crafts/Hobbies Category)




Young House Love


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This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that readers will return to again and again for the creative projects and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the Petersiks are known for. Learn to trick out a thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.




Playful Fabric Printing


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"Printing your own fabric opens up an entire new world of design, especially for quilters, sewists, and other textile artists. Until now, the process of printing with dyes could seem difficult to learn and even harder to implement. But Carol Soderlund and Melanie Testa have taken all the stumbling blocks out of the way of would-be fabric dyers and printers. With step by step advice, instruction, and photographs, this book is a master class in using dyes and low-tech equipment to print your own fabric, and it begins at the beginning. If you've never handled dyes before, never designed your own print motifs, aren't even sure what supplies or space you might need, everything you want to know is here. More advanced students will value the in-depth presentation of techniques, tools, and insights into approaching fabric printing as an art and taking your work to the next level. The opportunities for fun creative expression and producing your most original and exciting fabric work ever are unlimited with Carol and Melanie's friendly help. It's time to try playful fabric printing!" -- Provided by publisher