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| Fabric Art Workshop: Exploring Techniques & Materials for Fabric Artists and Quilters | 
 enlarge | Author: Susan Stein
Publisher: Creative Publishing international
Category: Book
List Price: $22.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 6491
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 10.6 x 8.2 x 0.4
ISBN: 158923328X
Dewey Decimal Number: 702.81
EAN: 9781589233287
ASIN: 158923328X
Publication Date: October 1, 2007
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Condition: BRAND NEW; never used; clean and crisp!!
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Product Description
A comprehensive source of all the newest and most popular fiber art techniques!This technique-driven book explores a wide range of new possibilities and materials available to fabric and journal artists. Each unique technique is presented with an inspirational, full-page photo of a fabric journal page. How-to steps with photos explore all the possible results from applying the technique. The reader can create journal pages and/or quilt blocks, which can be sewn together to make one large journal quilt, matted and framed individually, displayed on a meditation screen, or used as book pages sewn into a traditional journal format. - Full-page fabric journal block to introduce each technique
- Step-by-step photos for exploring and executing the technique
- Gallery showing ways to display and use the fabric journal blocks
- Great value. Like two years of classes rolled into one book.
- Beautiful "journal page" opens each of 28 technique chapters
- All techniques are easily mastered by anyone. No complex dying involved. All products are readily available at craft, fabric, and quilt shops.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 16 more reviews...
 Amazing Book! October 5, 2007
54 out of 55 found this review helpful
This book is a must have for anyone working with fabric in experimental ways. It is loaded, and I mean LOADED, with surface techniques (over 25), each with photo step-by-step instructions and several different ways to use each one. In the back of the book is a section on fabric collage quilts with artist's examples, but the techniques could be used for many different projects in textile art. I plan on using it for my art dolls! Great book!! I'm pleased to add it to my library!
Excellent primer for beginners November 10, 2007
39 out of 41 found this review helpful
This book covers most of the popular surface design techniques in current use, including Angelina fibers, various printing and painting approaches, bleach discharge, and even rust dyeing. There are good photos and one page dedicated to each subject, so it is meant to give basic steps for the beginner. It's an excellent reference for those experimenting with surface design, or anyone who wants to have a quick and dirty guide with all the information in one place. Obviously, it wouldn't replace a hands-on class in each topic for depth, but it really packs in a lot of information in a usable form. I highly recommend it for gifts or for those who can't get to classes.
 Playing with fabric art November 30, 2007
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
This is a well-presented book, covering many of the newer embellishment and mixed media techniques that have exploded onto the market in recent years. Each technique is presented in about 4 or 5 pages. The illustrations are what make it so useful. You can work from the fairly brief written instructions because the pictures are so easy to follow. Each technique offers 4 samples used in different ways. From this you could improvise and adapt the technique to your own requirements. It is an excellent introduction for people wanting to play with a range of new materials and techniques before concentrating on one or two.
 disapointing January 12, 2008
20 out of 24 found this review helpful
I was very anxious to get this book, I thought I might learn something new. I unfortunatly was disapointed to find I already knew most of the techniques in the book. I also found the "step by step" instructions a bit limited. It is however a visually beautiful book. I would recommend this book to someone who is a new to working with fabrics, or someone who has little experience in art in general.
Well worth having in your library January 15, 2008
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I am not familiar with the author Susan Stein but I bought the book because I liked the look of the artwork on the cover, and the fact that the book covered a wide range of techniques for art quilting.
Best things about it :-
: the techniques were well illustrated and many showed four different ways of applying them.
: a very wide range is covered, some of which you don't find elsewhere such as making fabric beads, burned edge applique, distressed felt, rust dyeing, doing stuff with silk cocoons and the like.
: some very appealing discharge work and fabric collage
Worst things about it:-
:no real criticisms except that I am already familiar with many of the techniques
Overall appraisal : I'm still happy to have bought this book despite the above comment. It's easy to follow, has lots of ideas, and brings a host of things for art quilters together in one place. Many surface design books concentrate on putting your mark onto the fabric but not with what happens next. This book goes that little bit further.
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