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The Art of Manipulating Fabric (Paperback)
$30.43 - Save $4.54 (12%) - RRP $34.97 Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The Art of Manipulating FabricThis volume demonstrates the techniques for the three-dimensional manipulation of fabric. It categorizes the techniques showing how they are related, giving examples of both modern and traditional variations. The techniques show how to reconstruct a flat piece of cloth using only a threaded needle.
Full description- Publisher: Kp Books
- Published: 01 November 1996
- Format: Paperback 320 pages
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- Categories: Needlework & Fabric Crafts
- ISBN 13: 9780801984969 ISBN 10: 0801984963
- Sales rank: 2,445
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Full description for The Art of Manipulating Fabric
The possibilities for three-dimensional manipulation of fabric - gathering, pleating, tucking, shirring, and quilting woven materials - are seemingly endless. To describe them all would be to describe the entire history of sewing. In "The Art of manipulating Fabric," Colette Wolff has set herself just this task, and she succeeds brilliantly. Working from the simplest possible form - a flat piece of cloth and a threaded needle - she categorizes all major dimensional techniques, show how they are related, and give examples of variations both traditional and modern. The result is an encyclopedia of techniques that resurface, reshape, restructure and reconstruct fabric. More than 350 diagrams support the extensive how-tos, organized into broad general categories, then specific sub-techniques Handsome photos galleries showcase the breathtaking possibilities in each technique and aid visual understanding by emphasizing the sculptured fabric surface with light and shadow Textile artists and quilters, as well as garment and home decor sewers, will expand their design horizons with the almost limitless effects that can be achieved

