Transforming Fabrics Book

Rarely does one book provide you with all the instruction, inspiration, and information you'll need for years of successful dyeing, painting, and patterning fabric. Ms. Dahl takes the reader on a comprehensive and entertaining journey through the world of surface design. As an experienced teacher, she simplifies the materials, answers the questions often asked, and makes you feel she's present, leading you step-by-step through each technique. but it is her artist's heart that will make you want to begin your own journey. Through her stories and personal reflections, she reminds us of the real reason people of all centuries have painted fabric - the mystery and wonder of transforming white cloth with color and pattern.

Techniques included:

• Rain Patterning
• Braiding and Compression Patterns
• Sun Dyeing and Photograms
• Color Washes and Spray Dyeing
• Discharge and Devore
• Dye Painting with Wax Resist
• Quilt Stencil-Stitch Dye Patterns
• Gutta Drawing and Silk Painting
• Fabric Stretchers
• Stamps for Wax
• Inexpensive Fabric Steamers
• Rubber Stamps, Texture Cubes
• Gyotaku and Leaf Printing
• Heat Transfer Inks, Pens, Paint with Photocopies
• Carved Printing Blocks
• Transforming Commercial Fabric
• Heated-Foam Sponge Printing