Fabric Printing at Home: Quick and Easy Fabric Design Using Fresh Produce and Found Objects - Includes Print Blocks, Textures, Stencils, Resists, and More

by Julie B. Booth

You don't have to be a fashion designer to create your own amazing fabrics! Fabric Printing at Home will show you how to print your own custom fabrics using everyday items from the kitchen and around the house! With tons of color photos, step-by-step instructions, and helpful hints, you will be crafting your very own fabric designs in no time! Learn to make print blocks, rubbing plates, stencils, and fabric resists from a wide range kitchen materials. See how your favorite fruits and veggies create perfect shapes and texture patterns for your fabrics and how to upcycle simple materials for surface design. This family-friendly guide shows how to make fantastic, colorful fabric designs with accessible, non-toxic materials.

Genres: Sewing, Crafts

128 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2014

About the author

Julie B. Booth holds a BA in studio art from Wesleyan University and a certificate degree in scientific illustration from Rhode Island School of Design. Although a graphic designer for 18 years, her first love has always been working with fiber. In 1994, Julie established her business, Thread Born Dolls, specializing in one-of-a-kind soft sculptured figures and doll patterns. As an educator, Julie specializes in teaching classes in surface design, doll making, and embellishment techniques.

Julie has exhibited her work in numerous Washington DC area galleries as well as in nationally traveling exhibitions. She is a member of F.I.N.E. (Fiber in Nearly Everything), an exhibiting group of seven mixed media fiber artists as well as a longtime member of Potomac Fiber Arts Guild and Potomac Fiber Arts Gallery.
In 2010, Julie received the Margaret Conant Grant to explore using common household materials (especially those from the kitchen) as fabric resists. She continues to use the kitchen as a resource for all sorts of surface design techniques on fabric. Her discoveries using kitchen materials for printing, stenciling and resist techniques on fabric led her to writing her book, Fabric Printing at Home: Quick and Easy Fabric Design Using Fresh Produce and Found Objects (Quarry Books), which will be published in December 2014.

Reviews

[Ruth Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

"This family-friendly guide shows how to make fantastic, colorful fabric design with accessible, non-toxic materials." That back cover quote gives a good overview of what to expect in Julie Booth's book. She begins with practical advise on how to set up your home work area, even if it needs to be in a multi-use space like your kitchen or dining room. Assemble the suggested basic tool kit and you are ready to begin. Clear instructions accompanied by photo illustrations of the techniques and some finished fabric photos makes it look easy to do. Share the fun...have a creative fabric party with your children, grandchild, or friend. Start small - dream big.

Contents: Introduction: Kitchen Potential
Chapter 1: Getting Started
Chapter 2: Kitchen Textures and Found Object Printing
Chapter 3: Beyond the Potato Print: Using Vegetables and Fruit to Create Fabric Design
Chapter 4: Wrap It Up! Wraps and Foil
Chapter 5: Recycled and Repurposed
Chapter 6: Irresistible: Fabric Resists Using Kitchen Ingredients
Chapter 7: Contributing Artists (sampling of design techniques incorporated into finished projects)
Resources (a few suppliers and recommended books)