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Transforming Fabric
by Carolyn A. Dahl
Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Cloth: Bowing to the White
- Cotton: Little Tree Lambs
- Silk: Queen of Fabrics
- Rayon: Artificial Silk
- Preparing Fabric for Color
- Chapter 2 The Colorants
- Early Textile Dyes
- Modern Textile Colorants
- Recipes for Fiber-Reactive Dyes
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Fabric Paints
- Chapter 3 Black-and-White Transformations
- Five Good Beginner's Patterns
- Chapter 4 Water Drop Patterns
- Rain Cloth
- Spray Cloth
- Water Drop Yardage
- Chapter 5 Nature's Patterns
- Leaf Printing
- Fish Printing and Gyotaku
- Fish Print Stamps
- Sun Printing (Heliotropic)
- Chapter 6 Sponge and Moldable-Foam Printing
- Animal/Sea Sponges
- Cellulose Sponges
- Synthetic Sponges
- Moldable-Foam Printing
- Chapter 7 Compression Dyeing
- Braiding
- Twisting
- Knotting
- Binding
- Scrunching
- Folding and Pleating
- Stitching
- Chapter 8 Heat-Transfer Dyes
- Fabric-Transfer Ink Pads
- Fabric-Transfer Crayons and Crayon Cloth
- Transfer Pens and Portraits
- Dye-Saturated Paper Sheets
- Powdered Dispersed Dyes
- Chapter 9 Hand-Cut Stamps
- Designing Your Stamps
- Flexible Printing Plate
- Sheet Foam
- Erasers
- Rubber Blocks
- MagicStamp
- Chapter 10 Destruction Patterns
- Discharge/Bleach Patterns
- Devoré or Burn-Out Technique
- Chapter 11 Wax Patterns
- Dye Painting with Wax Resist
- Process Overview
- Selecting the Wax
- Planning the Design
- Using the Tjanting Tool
- Stretching the Fabric
- Painting the Fabric
- Setting the Dyes
- Removing the Wax
- Wax Stamping
- Making Wax Stamps
- Wax Stamping Procedures
- Chapter 12 Silk Painting
- Silk Fabric
- Gutta Resists
- Salt Effects
- Silk Painting with Pigments
- Closing
- About the Author
- Footnotes
- Supply Sources
- Index
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