Transforming Fabrics 30 Creative Ways to Paint, Dye, and Pattern Cloth Details Join fiber artist Carolyn Dahl as she guides you through the exhilarating world of painting, dyeing, and patterning cloth. More than just a how-to guide, Carolyn details not only the how of each process but also the why. She shares her successes and failures and helps the reader to understand why each occurred so that the same results can be achieved or surpassed by anyone from the novice to the expert. Follow her step-by-step photographs and techniques to transform ordinary white cloth into artistic masterpieces for sewing, quilting, and crafting. Her more than 30 techniques include some old favorites as well as some innovative new ideas, including: * Rain Patterning * Leaf Printing * Fish Printing * Wax Stamping * Devoré * Gutta Application * Crayon Cloth * Photograms Soft cover, 160 pages. Price: $34.95 ($31.77) Contents Introduction Ch. 1 The Cloth: Bowing to the White Cotton; Silk; Rayon; Preparing the Fabric For Colour. Ch. 2 The Colorants Early Textile Dyes; Modern Fabric Colourants; Fiber-Reactive Dyes; FAQs; Fabric Paints. Ch. 3 Black and White Transformations Five good beginers patterns Ch. 4 Water Drop Patterns Rain Cloth; Spray Cloth; Water Drop Yardage. Ch. 5 Nature's Patterns Leaf Printing; Fish Printing and Gyotaku; Fish Print Stamps; Sun Printing Ch. 6 Sponge and Moldable Foam Printing Animal/Sea Sponges; Cellulose Sponges; Synthetic Sponges; Moldable Foam Printing. Ch. 7 Compression Dyeing Braiding; Twisting; Knotting; Binding; Scrunching; Folding and Pleating; Stitching. Ch. 8 Heat Transfer Dyes Fabric transfer Ink Pads; Fabric Transfer Crayons and Crayon Cloth; Transfer Pens and Portraits; Dye saturated Paper Sheets; Powdered Disperse Dyes. Ch. 9 Hand Cut Stamps Designing Your Stamp; Flexible Printing Plate; Sheets Foam; Erasers; Rubber Blocks; MagicStamp. Ch. 10 Destructive Patterns Disharge / Bleach Patterns; Match the Fibre to the Discharge Agent; Devoré or Burn Out Technique. Ch. 11 Wax Patterns Dye Painting with Wax resist; Planning the Design; Using the Tanting Tool; Stretching the Fabric; Painting the Fabric; Setting the Dyes; Removing the Wax; Wax Stamping; Making Wax Stamps; Wax Stamping Procedure. Ch. 12 Silk Painting Silk Fabric; Gutta Resists; Painting Techniques; Salt Effects; Silk Painting with Pigments. Closing About the Author Footnotes Supply Sources Index