Textile Art & Dyeing Books

The author presents a stimulating and inspirational guide in which she shows how an amazing range of rich and subtle blues can be created using indigo dye.

This is a book for embroiderers, quilters, paper artists, book and card makers, those who stitch jewellery and all those who have an interest in textile art.

With the number and variety of surfaces used for embroidery and textile art expanding, this book concentrates on two of the key new materials now incorporated into textiles: paper and metal.

Topics included are: Making and Shaping Paper; Texturing and Colouring Paper; Metallic Effects on Paper; Stitch into Paper (with and without fabric); Varieties of metals to use; Colouring Metal; Wire Techniques; Stitch into Metal (with and without fabric); Combining Metal, Paper and Stitch. There are several step-by-step photographs of key techniques plus images of finished pieces.

Many forms of embroidery are covered such as panels and hangings, beadwork, books and jewellery. The book also includes three-dimensional items such as bowls and vessels.

From decorative paper bags to elegant home furnishings, the 26 attractive projects in this beginner's manual will win converts to the simple, fabulous craft of screen printing. The entire printing process receives in-depth explanations and unfolds in numerous detailed photos. Find out how to select and mix inks, print a picture evenly, care for screens, and transform basic sketches into scale images for a design. Make a light exposure unit to create prints of drawings, photographs, and found objects. The fun begins when these techniques turn into projects, including a pretty hand-stamped pillow, a lovely embellished table runner, and a keepsake picture album that features a screen-printed family photo on its cover. Gallery-quality items pictured throughout provide extra inspiration.

This book is for the embroiderer who is interested in developing new and exciting surfaces for stitch. Materials such as polythene, pliable plastics, fibrous films, adhesive webbing, foams and puff paints are combined with fabric and thread to produce innovative and inspirational pieces.

Covers many techniques including fusing and bonding, Tyvek film and fabric, laminating and layering, manipulating and moulding, polythene and pliable plastic, stencil film and plastic fabric. Includes a stitch reference, and project section. Packed with stunning photographs.

Beginning with studio practices and safety rules, this information-packed handbook is appropriate for both newcomers and experienced dyers but assumes that readers have a serious interest in textile design. An overview of dyeing starts with fibres and fabrics and discusses all aspects of the dyes favoured by textile studios: fibre reactive, acid, vat, and disperse-before explaining discharging, screen printing, monoprinting, stamping, stenciling, resist dyeing, dévoré, and painting. Would-be fabric artists are advised along the way to identify a personal approach to dyeing-free spirit? rule-follower? - and colour photographs of work by today's top fibre artists elucidate prevailing styles.

Recipes and techniques are accompanied by step-by-step instructions with photographs, and a concealed spiral binding allows the book to lie flat. Ten appendices include a worksheet for recording chemicals, procedures, and costs for all projects; a guide to washing fabric; descriptions of stock solutions, thickeners, and steaming; a metric conversion table; and a guide to water temperatures.