Print, Sample, Sew: Block-Printing Fundamentals + Easy Stitching Initiatives for an Impressed Wardrobe

This e book gives:

   • Clear how-to directions for carving motifs from gentle blocks, plus 13 designs to get you began

   • A information to printing on cloth and assemble repeating patterns

   • 13 tasks and full-size patterns for clothes and equipment for a whole hand-printed wardrobe

Infuse your on a regular basis model with extra coloration, extra sample, and extra character. Printmaker and textile designer Jen Hewett presents her distinctive course of for block-printing yards of material with garment stitching in thoughts. Discover the method of designing and printing cloth by step-by-step instruction on carving blocks and printing sample repeats. Hewett makes creating customized, hand-printed cloth approachable and doable.

Impressed by her California residence, Hewett’s designs reference the crops and panorama round her by botanical motifs, natural shapes, and a daring graphic high quality. Paired with a playful use of coloration, the sample designs right here supply the right place to start out with block-printing. As soon as you’ve got printed your cloth, it is time to sew. With stitching patterns for easy clothes and equipment, you will uncover the play between cloth and completed venture and work towards constructing a extremely customizable wardrobe. With step-by-step pictures, clear directions, and full-size stitching patterns it is a full information to stitching garments that really replicate your model and character.