Create gorgeous one-of-a-kind handmade fabrics and transform them into fun and functional projects with this convenient Fabricate eBook plus print book bundle! You’ll love this guide to distinctive cloth-making techniques. From wearables to home decor, Fabricate teaches you to alter simple materials through texture, substance, embellishment, and adornment. The creative possibilities are endless!
- Make unique cloth using a variety of easy fiber-art and fabric-manipulation techniques
- Projects include laptop cases to evening bags, elegant wraps to flirty skirts, floor pillows to whimsical curtains, a felted puff-ball rug, a faux-chenille throw, a textured shibori scarf, and more
- Create unique effects with pleats and crinkles; puckers and tufts; cut-and-fray fabric techniques; laminates that add colorful, versatile, and playful layers; surface embellishment techniques like cording, applique, and crazy stitch; heat-treated techniques like burn-out, burn-away, and fabric etching; fabrics designed with solvy and repeating notions like rickrack, hooks and eyes, and zippers.
Beginning and expert sewers alike will be thrilled to find that sewing just got creative, beautiful, and artful again. If you are a crafter, sewer, or are simply fabric-obsessed, the Fabricate bundle will take your addiction to new levels.
Following the Thread Necessities & Sundries
Part One: Pleats, Crinkles & Tufts Ruffled flowers bloom on an elegant evening Clutch Crinkled pleats ass a right textural element to a silk Table Runner Wave pleats sculpt a bodice of a Sundress Shaggy pleats create a mod fabric of eco-friendly felt for a shag Pillow Puffed tufts add a confectionary detail to a simple Skirt
Part Two: Laminates & Matrix Fused plastic makes a Shopping Tote that is clever, beautiful, and recycled Laminated felt layers wrap a colorful, playful Laptop Sleeve Stitch less embroidery collage borders this chic Top Swatch matrix of tiny triangles flutter across a Lampshade Swirling freelace Placemats of yarn, string, and thread
Part Three: Cut & Fray Faux chenille created with layered, cut, and frayed silk for an irresistible evening Wrap Frayed circles in natural, earthy tones on a whimsical Curtain Tumbled frays make a plush and inviting Area Rug
Part Four: Surface Embellishment Machine appliqué creates a modern graphic border on an urbane Messenger Bag Applied felt adds exuberant dots or swirls to a must-have Handbag Crosshatch patchwork for a simple quilted & pieced Pot Holder
Glossary of Terms Techniques Glossary Pattern Templates Resources Index Acknowledgements
Susan Wasinger has been sewing since she was four years old. Her work in media from graphic design to architecture to eco-crafts has appeared in Quilting Arts Stitch, Natural Home, and Metropolitan Home Magazine. She has also been featured on HGTV's Look What I Did.
Item #: XC09SW01
ISBN: 978-1-59668-094-4 128 pages Dimensions: 8 1/2" X 9"
Fabricate Print Book + eBook Bundle: 17 Innovative Sewing Projects that Make Fabric the Star
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Create gorgeous one-of-a-kind handmade fabrics and transform them into fun and functional projects with the new and convenient Fabricate eBook plus print book bundle.
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