“Add your personal touch to...classic techniques to applique, embroidery, and beading, as well as the recently popular silk fabric painting, stamping and velvet embossing.”—Vogue Patterns. “Innovative techniques and elegant presentation set this book apart from other volumes on fabric embellishment.”—Sew News.

"Add your personal touch to...classic techniques of applique, embroidery, and beading, as well as the recently popular silk fabric painting, stamping and velvet embossing. In the Gallery...view wonderfully photographed samplings."--"Vogue Patterns." "Innovative techniques and elegant presentation set this book apart from other volumes on fabric embellishment....The photo samples are stunning and the close-ups enable you to see the details. Each of the book's 38 embellishments is presented independently, there is a flow of ideas...As a result, the design possibilities are wide open."--"Sew News."

The focus of this book is on decorating fabric, with loads of inspiration and ideas for crafters, teachers, quilters, fibre artists and anyone who is fascinated by textiles. Stunning photographs illustrate how off the peg items can be zhooshed up and plain lengths decorated for any purpose, including material for quilting fat quarters. Popular author team Monique Day-Wilde and Angie Franke use clear, step-by-step presentation to demonstrate the layering of the featured techniques creating rich, sumptuous effects. The enthusiastic and descriptive writing style will wet your appetite and encourage even the absolute novice to play and experiment.

A spectacular combination of beading, scrapbooking, fiber arts, and mixed-media techniques, this amazing handbook describes how to create 30 handcrafted beads from rolled tubes of silk, muslin, or ribbon. With more than 20 easy embellishment techniques incorporating glitter, paint, crystals, or wire, these projects result in stunning beads that can be created with inexpensive and readily available supplies and tools described in this guide. Detailed discussions on choosing appropriate fabrics and creating a variety of surface designs are coupled with well-documented instructions on how to cut, roll, dip, and dry collage beads, and how to cover inexpensive wooden and plastic beads to easily achieve different shapes. Additional sidebars and tips include bonus information on selecting successful color palettes and 10 simple stringing techniques.

Beautiful home decor items, made with great fabrics, that don't require threading a sewing machine! The chapters go room by room through your home. Tackle redoing just one room at a time, but before you begin browse through the entire book. Ideas in one chapter may suit a room covered in a different chapter.

Sure-to-be-Treasured Books You Can Make Today! 22 projects feature lots of inspiration. 3 unique techniques to create a huge variety of books. Go wild with pockets, accordion foldouts, tabs, and closures! Create an unforgettable, personal gift. Get the kids involved-they'll love decorating prepared books. Whether you're an experienced scrapbooker, a paper crafter, quilter, or beginner, you're sure to find a perfect project in Sue's collection of handcrafted books. Choose an occasion or theme, round up fabric, paper, and embellishments, then follow Sue's easy and fun directions.

Get Creative with this Fabulous Cross Between Paper and Fabric. Discover all the wonderful things you can do with Lutradur®-the exciting new fabric that looks, feels, and folds like translucent paper, but doesn't tear or fray. Add luminous color and exotic lacy effects to art quilts, fabric or altered books, mixed media art. Try 27 fun techniques that produce fascinating Lutradur effects. Looking to try something that's fresh, fun, and creative? Wait till you get your hands on Lutradur, the new art material that combines the best qualities of fabric and paper. Lutradur is ready for almost anything-cutting, burning, stamping, painting, dyeing, and sewing are just the beginning! 2009 Forward Book of The Year Award finalist (Crafts/Hobbies Category)

Embellishing your fabric is more fun than ever, thanks to this fabulous guide You'll discover and learn over 50 exciting embellishing techniques to enhance and personalize any fabric project. Starting with the essentials, the authors cover equipment and supplies. The foundations section discusses fabric manipulation with techniques like weaving, photo transfers on to fabric and more. The soft embellishments section includes appliqu , machine and hand stitching methods and hard embellishments covers beading, sequins, silk cocoons and much more. Every technique features a large photo of a finished example to inspire readers while clear instructions guide them every step of the way.

Demonstrates how to add stylish, sophisticated, personalized touches to craft projects made of fabric, plastic, clay, and paper, including quilts, garments, and many other items, through the use of a variety of embellishments, in a guide that comes complete with detailed instructions and more than 150 full-color photographs. Original.

Offers vital information on choosing fabrics and creating patterns through basic sewing techniques. After learning how to make various styles of fabric books, readers will learn embellishment techniques that include painting, writing, decorative stitching, machine and hand embroidery, print and transfer techniques.