SynopsisHow can you make all of the home decorating and clothing projects that you sew chic and stylish? With fabric design and embellishment techniques that add a personal touch. Embroidery, pleats and tucks, free-motion stitching...that's just the start. Appliqu, beading, silk painting...you'll be able to do these like a professional. Photo transfer, stamping, velvet embossing...don't stop there! Bonus: a gallery selection fom acclaimed artists who make their living from enhancing fabrics. The author lives in Los Osos, CA. 128 pages (all in color), 8 1/2 x 10., This volume describes a variety of techniques used to embellish textiles. It covers embroidery, pleats and tucks, free-motion stitching, applique, beading, silk painting, photo transfer, stamping, velvet embossing and more. There is a gallery selection from artists who enhance fabrics., "Add your personal touch to...classic techniques of appliqu, embroidery, and beading, as well as the recently popular silk fabric painting, stamping and velvet embossing. In the Gallery...view wonderfully photographed samplings."-- Vogue Patterns . "Innovative techniques and elegant presentation set this book apart from other volumes on fabric embellishment....The photo samples are stunning and the close-ups enable you to see the details. Each of the book's 38 embellishments is presented independently, there is a flow of ideas...As a result, the design possibilities are wide open."-- Sew News .
LC Classification NumberTT750.H58 2000