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Texture Transformation: Stitch, Alter, Recycle (Video Download)

Natalya Aikens shows you how to add unique texture to your fiber art, and how to incorporate recycled materials into your repetoire.
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Do you yearn to add unique texture to your fiber art? Do you want to incorporate recycled materials into your repertoire? Would you like to learn basic Photoshop® skills to alter photos for inclusion in your art? In this DVD, Natalya shares numerous simple but effective techniques that can be used to transform your artwork. First, consideration is given to a wealth of unique materials available for use in artwork. Then discover how hand stitching can enhance free-motion machine work, and see Natalya demo her approach to free-motion stitching. Next, Natalya provides an overview of some basic Photoshop skills as she shares her approach to altering photos with this software. And finally, discover what wonderful visual texture can be added to your art after the stitch and altered photos, with the application of paints, oil sticks, watercolor pens and pencils, and more.

Table of Contents

Materials

·         Thread: cotton (solid & variegated), silk, rayon

·         Cotton embroidery floss

·         Yarn

·         Fabrics: quilter’s cottons, hand-dyed fabrics, netting, tulle, organza

·         Recyclables: vintage fabrics, paper, plastic netting, candy wrappers, plastic bags, dye catcher sheets, dryer lint, dryer sheets

·         Sewing machine (embroidery foot, darning foot)

·         Hand-sewing needles (quilting needles, ribbon embroidery needles)

·         Computer

·         Photoshop® or other photo-editing software

·         Inkjet printer

·         Printer sheets: silk, cotton, and/or organza

·         Freezer paper (I buy packages of 8½" x 11" sheets.)

·         Iron and ironing board

·         Scissors

·         Oil paint sticks

·         Textile paints

·         Watercolor pencils

·         Water-soluble crayons

·         Pigma® pens

·         Spray bottle

·         Paintbrushes

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SKU: EP1887

Author/Speaker/Editor: Natalya Aikens

Format: Video Download

Customer Reviews

Inspirational ideas for using all those things that have sat in the cupboard for years Review by Anne Hickley

Wow - I sat and watched this through from beginning to end in one sitting. There are some terrific samples shown and some great ideas for using things like watercolour crayons and pencils that I've had sitting in the cupboard for years and haven't thought of a use for! If you have Photoshop or Photoshop elements and aren't really sure what to do with it then those sections will be very useful too, but if you don't have it or you know how to use it already then that section could be a little slow-moving of you. My only real criticism though would be that I would have liked to have seen a little less info on basic materials and a little more actual DOING, rather than just talking through what has been done or can be done. Overall though, I really enjoyed this and will go back to it again and again for inspirational ideas.

(Posted on 8/5/11)