Shows using wax and paint to create decorative items for the home, with over 35 step-by-step projects in 300 easy-to-follow photographs. This title covers decorate luxurious home furnishings and fine silk clothing with stylized motifs, bold designs or subtle patterns using two of the most beautiful craft skills: batik and silk painting.
Describes how to prepare and use natural dyes on a variety of fibres to produce a range of colours, following safe and environmentally-friendly methods. This title includes a comprehensive recipe section that gives instructions for over 100 colours, using both traditional dyes such as cochineal, and dyes from more common plants such as blackberry.
Standard kitchen equipment is all that's needed to set up a kitchen dye shop. Dyeing can be done in a microwave oven, a sturdy stove top kettle, a crackpot, a traditional oven, or even an electric frying pan. The author covers various methods. She uses fibre, colour, and heat to create exciting new yarns and yarn colours.
Offers techniques that let you use wax and dye to decorate scarves, wall hangings, bracelets, and bags. This title features four projects with many variations; step by step photographs; easy to follow instructions; simple techniques; many ideas; and, things from clothing to wall-hangings.
Offers step-by-step sequences that explain techniques for collecting and preparing your own dyestuffs, colour matching, and methods both solid and semi-solid dyeing. Whether you are a quilter wishing to give your projects an edge or a knitting casting around for that perfect colour of yarn, this book provides you with natural dyeing techniques.