eQuilter The Cumulative Cloth, Wet Techniques

by Susan Brandeis

This book is a comprehensive how-to reference that teaches wet textile surface design techniques for making custom cloth. Learn surface design for textiles, to create rich and personally expressive fabric surfaces. Projects by expert Susan Brandeis (author of the bestselling The Intentional Thread) help a range of levels--beginners to relatively experienced studio practitioners--experiment with each method. In this book, you will find details of wet techniques: application and layering of textile dyes, pigments, and chemicals to add color, pattern, and images. Dry techniques are covered in a separate companion book (eQuilter code SBBKDRYT)--that is, how to combine these handmade fabrics using cutting, piecing, layering, building, and embellishing. You will learn what the "Cumulative Cloth" is A single cloth that readers add to with each chapter's techniques, eventually creating a piece of art. It serves as a go-to reference to check technical procedures and safety guidelines (many methods and ingredients require caution)'The Cumulative Cloth, Wet Techniques' by Susan Brandeis, published by Schiffer Craft, an imprint of Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., hardcover with 304 pages. 8-1/2" x 11".