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Title: The Art of Manipulating Fabric by Colette Wolff ISBN: 0-8019-8496-3 Publisher: Krause Publications Pub. Date: October, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Think Laura Ashley doing muslin.
Comment: I read the positive reviews and had hoped to check this out from the library to give it a preview. Unfortunately, they didn't have a copy, but I was so certain that I would enjoy this book and be able to apply it to my designs that I ordered it anyway. While it is very through and well-documented, it is really meant for those with an old-fashioned "crafty" bent to their sewing. I'm talking frills and puffs and applique and quilting and Celtic knots, and lots of it. Plenty of grid-like patterns to be had for the quilting fanatics. If you interpret "manipulate" to mean painting on, slicing, tearing, knotting, or otherwise changing the look of the fabric itself (as opposed to making it puff out or pleated), then this is not the book you are looking for. Another disappointment were the black and white photos. Even though it was just plain muslin being photographed, I felt gypped having paid so much for what resembles a bunch of 1960s textbook photos.
Rating: 5
Summary: inspiring
Comment: As one reviewer notes, this book focuses on "old fashioned" methods like shirring, trapunto, pleating, etc. but the originality and creativity of the examples are an inspiring display of how traditional methods can be used to create a really dramatic, unique look.
Wolff demonstrates many ways to manipulate the large scale texture of the fabric, and the result is NOT something for the timid dressmaker. In fact, many of the examples seem to be from quilts and home-decoration.
(It must have taken her a couple years just to make the hundreds of beautiful muslin samples, which are clearly photographed in black and white! ) I also think these techniques would be great for handbags, high-drama evening wear, and clothing for people who love texture (like me).
Many of her amazing techniques are labor intensive, often hand-sewn, but worth it, I think!
Rating: 5
Summary: How many ways can you sculpt a piece of fabric?
Comment: Amazing! Colette Wolff has presented innumerable techniques in which simple fabric may be gathered, shirred, ruffled, flounced, given godets, pleats, smocked, tucked, corded, quilted, and stuffed, and how one may use these provocative and remarkable methods of sculpting fabric using combinations of the above.
In using simple white cotton muslin, Colette presents to the student a visualization of precisely what one may expect of the diverse manipulations of fabric. A seamstress may take a plain piece of fabric and transform it into a work of art. This book is for the student who desires to go beyond simple seams. Each section is explained comprehensively and given a distinct black and white photo so that one may ascertain the accuracy of one's project.
A must-have for the serious seamstress interested in artistic needlework. Happy sewing!
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Title: Fantasy Fabrics: Techniques for Layered Surface Design by Bonnie Lyn McCaffery, Bonnie McCafferty ISBN: 1564772721 Publisher: Martingale & Co Inc Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Fine Embellishment Techniques: Classic Details for Today's Clothing by Jane Conlon ISBN: 156158231X Publisher: Taunton Press Pub. Date: January, 1999 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: The Art of Fabric Collage: An Easy Introduction to Creative Sewing by Rosemary Eichorn ISBN: 1561585858 Publisher: Taunton Press Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Creating Texture With Textiles by Linda McGehee ISBN: 0873416570 Publisher: Krause Publications Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Embellishments A to Z : An Embellishment Idea Book by Stephanie Valley ISBN: 1561583073 Publisher: Taunton Press Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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