Complete Guide to Designing and Printing Fabric

by Laurie Wisbrun

The Complete Guide to Designing and Printing Fabric is a comprehensive handbook covering everything there is to know about designing and printing fabric. The book walks readers through the entire fabric design process, from finding inspiration, through step-by-step tutorials on how to design a pattern (both digitally and by hand), looking at different printing methods (such as digital printing, screenprinting, monoprinting, stamping, stencilling, resis dying, painting and inkjet printing), to establishing and developing a fabric collection, and approaching a manufacturer. The Complete Guide to Designing and Printing Fabric is full of advice from established fabric designers with clear, easy to follow step-by-step tutorials. Textile design is a competitive industry and learning how to design fabric is something that both designers and crafters with an avid interest in fabrics are keen to learn more about. Companies such as Spoon Flower (spoon.flower.com) have emerged, offering customers an affordable way to design and print their own upload a design and they digitally print the fabric for you. This accessibility means fabric design is increasingly popular.

Genres: Fashion, Business, Nonfiction

208 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2011

Reviews

[Justyna · Rating 2 out of 5]

The book is outdated. You'll learn more from free tutorials on Youtube than from this book. The level of this book is beginner but everything is explained in very general terms so I doubt a beginner will be able to design anything except some amateurish patterns for personal use. Free tutorials on Youtube are better alternative.

[Usman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very nice book , well planned and professional way of teaching about fabric design and print.

[Susan Dunlop · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book to learn how to print your own fabric designs. It includes comprehensive instructions on how to use your PC to design digitally. The pictures throughout are great and it's a very enjoyable book to read and learn from.