Fabric Painting for Embroidery

This resource book offers a store of information to anyone working in textiles; it surveys tools and equipment and explains the many methods possible for transferring patterns on to fabric.

Each method is explained with precise instructions, together with illustrations of the design source and method. The range of methods covered includes thread wrapping, stencils, screen printing, printing with brushes, printing with card, block printing, potato printing, rolling, transferring photocopies, painting on fabric, starch resists, using candles, wax resist, gutta resist, marbling and metallic powders.