Book description
In this book you'll create your own fabric inventions as you learn to make wearables, playthings, and decorative items using textile arts--both old and new. Easy projects using will get you started knitting, adding color to your wardrobe with silkscreen and batik, and transforming old clothing into useful items. Then you'll find out how soft circuits can give your creations personality with light, sound, and motion. Fabric and Fiber Inventions will show you how to turn everyday materials into unique designs everybody will love.
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Table of contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Print and Paint on Fabric
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Chapter 2: Hand-Me-Up Wearables and Friends
- Upcycling Wool Sweaters
- Project: Felted Wool Sweater Upcycling
- Project: No-Sew Felted Sweater Wearables
- Project: Felted Sweater Mittens
- Project: Felted Sweater Hat
- T-Shirts Reborn
- Project: No-Sew T-Shirt Tote Bag
- Project: Fringed T-Shirt
- Project: Ball of T-Shirt Yarn
- Project: T-Shirt Yarn Knotted Headband
- Rescuing Unmatched Socks
- Project: Design Your Own Sock Creature
- Chapter 3: Fabric and Fiber Furnishings
- Chapter 4: Needle Arts
- Chapter 5: Soft Tech
- Index
Product information
- Title: Fabric and Fiber Inventions
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2017
- Publisher(s): Make: Community
- ISBN: 9781680452273
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