Liberate your sewing and mixed media!
Sew Wild gives you the green light to make great surface design and mixed media art by breaking the rules and showing you there is no right or wrong way of creating. Enjoy the unlimited freedom and possibilities of color, pattern, and customizable fabric. Get wild with printing, painting, drawing, stenciling, and other surface design methods. Explore unique design materials such as plastic bags, photographs, and cardboard. Inside Sew Wild you'll find 12 simple sewing projects to make colorful, wearable, and hip designs, including a stunning wall quilt, adorable hats for kids or adults, a pretty wreath, cuff bracelets, and a modern ruffled apron.
Influenced by graffiti, collages, and nature, Alisa Burke shares more than 20 mixed-media and stitching techniques to transform fabric from boring to exploding with color and pattern. By freely exploring and combining many techniques with no restrictions, you'll develop the skills to make an infinite variety of handmade fabrics at a fraction of the cost of commercial prints. Alisa also demonstrates many of the sewing/mixed-media techniques and essentials of surface design and on the accompanying DVD, which also includes an exclusive bonus project.
Whether you're already a rule-breaker or you're looking to improvise, Sew Wild shows you how to create fabric and designs that explode with color, pattern, and soul.
Introduction
Materials and Tools
Color and Pattern
Finding Inspiration
Surface Design Techniques
Doodling and Drawing
Freewriting, Lettering, and Text
Graffiti-Style Lettering
Building Layers of Color with Paint
Wet-on-Wet Painting
Woodblock Printing
Creating Pattern with Glue Resist
Discharging with Bleach and Adding Color
Monotype
Easy Screen Printing with Embroidery Hoop or Picture Frame
Stenciling
Masking
Fusing Plastic
Stitching Techniques
Messy Stitching
Free-Motion Stitching
Stitching Over Patterned and Painted Surfaces
Establishing Line, Contrast, and Color with Machine Stitching
Journaling and Writing with Machine Stitching
Freehand and Expressive Drawing
Sewing with Alternative Materials
Building Stitched Layers
Graffiti Quilting
Projects
Rosette Pillow
Smart + Wild Laptop Case and Phone Case
Obi-Style Wrap Belt
Romantic Ruffle Apron
Improvisational Art Quilt
Wonder Woman Cuff Bracelet
Flower Strap Bracelet
Fabulous Fusion Tote Bag
Graffiti Pillow
Graffiti Zipper Bag
Flower Fabric Wreath
Cozy Jersey Scarf
Messy Bucket Hat
Resources
Recommended Reading
Index
DVD
Putting It All Together: Surface Design and Stitching Techniques
Bonus Project: Fiber Flags
Bonus Technique: Fabric FlowersAlisa Burke is a painter and mixed-media artist who studied fine art at Portland State University. She draws inspiration from street art, graffiti, art history, fashion, and found objects. Alisa's artwork has been featured in Quilting Arts and other magazines as well as in galleries. In addition to making art, Alisa teaches a variety of workshops nationwide and has appeared as a guest artist on the PBS series Quilting Arts TV and the DIY network Sewing enthusiasts who are looking to bring new energy to their sewing and
crafting will find Sew Wild a great resource for fabric techniques and designs
that explode with color, pattern, and excitement.
–Linda Lanese,
CraftGossip.com
Item #: 11SW01
ISBN: 978-1-59668-350-1
144 pages
Dimensions: 8 1/2 x 9
Nice book but not mixed media
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If you're keen to learn a variety of simple ways of doing surface design on fabric by applying paint, ink, dye, or decolourant, this is the book for you. On the other hand, if you're a regular reader of Quilting Arts you have already read about many of these techniques (and then some). The design component did not use multiple media. Sadly for me, it was the promise of mixed media with stitch that motivated me to buy this book.
One of my favorite new books!
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Once I received this book, I could not put it down. In this book, the author shares more than 20 mixed-media and stitching techniques to transform fabric into playful pieces.
She begins the book with chapters on materials and tools and color, pattern and inspiration. The following chapter on surface design includes 13 techniques. Some of these include doodling and drawing, graffiti-style letters, building layers of color with paints, wet-on-wet painting, easy screenprinting, and fusing plastic.
Her stitching techniques chapter includes eight ways of stitching including free-motion, stitching over patterned and painted surfaces, establishing line, contrast, and color, freehand and expressive drawing, journaling and writing, sewing with alternative patterns, graffiti quilting, and building stitched layers.
All of the techniques are clearly explained with detailed instructions and helpful color photos. With each technique, she also shows other examples in her Go Wild section.
The projects chapter puts all of what she teaches in the earlier chapters into instructions for finished items. Wonder Woman Cuff Bracelet, Obi-Style Wrap Belt and Cozy Jersey Scarf are just three of the projects. The projects are clearly explained. She even has sketches on adding that dreaded zipper to her Graffiti Zipper Bag. After fighting with my zipper, it was nice to see her illustrations and instructions.
In addition to all of this, there is a DVD where we can watch her show us a few of the techniques and a bonus project. I really loved that part and tried a couple of her techniques.
When a book can get me to drop everything and try a technique or make something – that’s a keeper. I really like this book because Alica gives the readers the permission to explore, to get out of our comfort zone, and not be concerned about perfect.
Alisa says “I want to break down the stigma that often goes along with sewing – that it’s scary, that there are rules to follow, that you have to be technical and always use a pattern. Instead I want to encourage you to experiment, find your style, embrace mistakes, be messy, let loose and explore.”
If you’re looking for a projects book, I must admit that this book is really not about the projects – it’s all about techniques and just letting your creativity flow. She has some cute projects to make, but what I love about this book is her attitude, her encouragement, and the easy-to-understand instructions.
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