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From Print to Stitch: Tips and Techniques for Hand-Printing and Stitching on Fabric
From Print to Stitch Tips and Techniques for HandPrinting and Stitching on Fabric Author:Janet Edmonds This hands-on guide focuses on print as a means of getting color and pattern on fabric and embellishing and enhancing the design with stitch. With detailed, step-by-step demonstrations paired with numerous examples of the artist?s work—stitched samples as well as three-dimensional designs—this reference makes a practical sourcebook suited for al... more »l skill levels. Taking crafters from the initial idea and the development of a theme to designing and making a block and creating pattern on paper, the guide ranges from how to make a stamp to the stitches that may be used to enhance a design. Block, soft-cut lino, mono, and collagraph printing are among the techniques surveyed, and the guide?s stitch library shows the range of available machine and hand stitches.« less