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Fabric Magic
Author: Melanie Paine

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Publisher: Pantheon
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780679725985 - ISBN-10: 0679725989
Publication Date: 8/19/1989

Book Description:
The best-selling guide to decorating with fabric, revised and updated with new photographs and techniques, including: Transforming fabrics by layering, joining, pleating, stitching, adding edgings, and inserting borders. Coloring fabrics by painting, patting, daubing, spattering, stenciling, tie-dye, and wax-resist. Making roller, Roman, Austrian, and inverted-pleat shades. Making lined and interlined curtains using pencil pleat, French pleat, box pleat, gathered, bunch, slot, scalloped, and goblet headings. Draping and dressing sheers and curtains with swags and tails, tie-bands, cornices, and valances. Making bed linen for a wide range of bed styles -- duvets, pillowcases, dust ruffles, and bedspreads. Covering screens. Making box, throw, and "hamburger" cushions. Making table cloths. Basic sewing techniques, from mitering corners to inserting zippers.

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