100 Best Fabric Books of All Time

We've ranked the best fabric books using expert recommendations, sales data, and millions of reader ratings. At Shortform, we know books. Our book guides are the best in the world. Learn why.

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The Essential Rumi

Jalal al-Din Rumi

5.0
This revised and expanded edition of The Essential Rumi includes a new introduction by Coleman Barks and more than 80 never-before-published poems.

Through his lyrical translations, Coleman Barks has been instrumental in bringing this exquisite literature to a remarkably wide range of readers, making the ecstatic, spiritual poetry of thirteenth-century Sufi Mystic Rumi more popular than ever.

The Es
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The Art of Manipulating Fabric

Colette Wolff

4.7
The possibilities for three-dimensional manipulation of fabric - gathering, pleating, tucking, shirring, and quilting woven materials - are seemingly endless. To describe them all would be to describe the entire history of sewing.


In "The Art of manipulating Fabric," Colette Wolff has set herself just this task, and she succeeds brilliantly. Working from the simplest possible form - a flat piece o

The Fashion Designer's Textile Directory: A Guide to Fabrics' Properties, Characteristics, and Garment-Design Potential book cover3

The Fashion Designer's Textile Directory: A Guide to Fabrics' Properties, Characteristics, and Garment-Design Potential

Gail Baugh

4.6
Here's the fabric and textile directory that fashion designers have been longing for!

This book will help you find the fabrics that suit the affects you want to achieve, show you how the fabric will perform, and recommend ways of using it. This new edition has information that is key to industry professionals (including designers and owners of fashion businesses) and explains textile issues and the
Fabrics A-to-Z: The Essential Guide to Choosing and Using Fabric for Sewing book cover4

Fabrics A-to-Z: The Essential Guide to Choosing and Using Fabric for Sewing

Dana Willard

4.5
Fabrics A to Z is the essential guide for sewists and fabric enthusiasts of all levels. This thorough resource explains the unique characteristics, strengths, and limitations of more than 100 fabrics in easy-to-understand terms, so any sewist can enter a fabric shop with confidence. From dotted swiss to silk charmeuse to faux fur, each entry includes a close-up photo of the fabric as well as an ov
A Field Guide to Fabric Design: Design, Print & Sell Your Own Fabric; Traditional & Digital Techniques; For Quilting, Home Dec & Apparel book cover5

A Field Guide to Fabric Design: Design, Print & Sell Your Own Fabric; Traditional & Digital Techniques; For Quilting, Home Dec & Apparel

Kim Kight

4.5
This title is a comprehensive and refreshingly straightforward fabric design guide that teaches you everything you need to know to get started - from design and colour basics to creating repeat patterns, screen-printing tips, even selling your designs!
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The Quiltmaker's Gift

Jeff Brumbeau, Gail De Marcken, Gail de Marcken

4.4
When a generous quiltmaker finally agrees to make a quilt for a greedy king but only under certain conditions, she causes him to undergo a change of heart.
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Fabric for Fashion: The Complete Guide: Natural and Man-made Fibers

Clive Hallett and Amanda Johnston

4.4
Fabric For Fashion: The Complete Guide is the only book specifically for fashion designers to explain the behavior and properties of different fabrics. Fashion design is largely determined by how the fabrics work, move, feel and look. The most successful fashion designers are those who understand their materials, who match design skill with technical knowledge.

This book bridges that gap by providi
Print, Pattern, Sew: Block-Printing Basics + Simple Sewing Projects for an Inspired Wardrobe book cover8

Print, Pattern, Sew: Block-Printing Basics + Simple Sewing Projects for an Inspired Wardrobe

Jen Hewett

4.4
Create bold block prints for a completely custom wardrobe--print fabrics, customize patterns and sew garments that truly express your own style.
Infuse your everyday style with more color, more pattern, and more personality. Printmaker and textile designer Jen Hewett presents her distinctive process for block-printing yards of fabric with garment sewing in mind. Explore the process of designing and
Claire Shaeffer's Fabric Sewing Guide book cover9

Claire Shaeffer's Fabric Sewing Guide

Claire Shaeffer

4.3
"Claire Shaeffer's Fabric Sewing Guide" is your one-stop sewing resource, with answers to the most common sewing questions and details about the latest advancements in sewing. This new, thoroughly updated edition contains everything you need to know, and will surely be a reference you will review again and again. In addition to an extensive glossary with answers to the most common sewing questions
Fabric Surface Design: Painting, Stamping, Rubbing, Stenciling, Silk Screening, Resists, Image Transfer, Marbling, Crayons Colored Pencils, Batik, Nature Prints, Monotype Printing book cover10

Fabric Surface Design: Painting, Stamping, Rubbing, Stenciling, Silk Screening, Resists, Image Transfer, Marbling, Crayons Colored Pencils, Batik, Nature Prints, Monotype Printing

Cheryl Rezendes

4.3
Sensational sewing projects demand fabulous fabrics! Fiber artist Cheryl Rezendes shows you how to create an astonishing array of surface designs, simply and safely, using textile paints and printing ink. She covers a wide variety of techniques: stamping, ancient Japanese Shibori, silkscreen, soy wax and flour resist, image transfer, marbling, nature printing, foils and metal leaf, and more. Step-
All New Fabric Savvy: A Quick Reference Guide to Choosing and Using Fabric book cover11

All New Fabric Savvy: A Quick Reference Guide to Choosing and Using Fabric

Sandra Betzina

4.3
The essential guide for every sewer just got better!All New Fabric Savvy is updated to include detailed information on 107 different fabrics; must-know information on determining fabric content, working with knits, working with different types of interfacing, removing stains, and choosing lining material; recommended tools and notions; illustrated reference sections on seams, details, closures, an
Wild Color: The Complete Guide to Making and Using Natural Dyes book cover12

Wild Color: The Complete Guide to Making and Using Natural Dyes

Jenny Dean, Karen Diadick Casselman

4.3
The best resource on natural dyeing is back, updated to make your colorful hobby even more beautiful and rewarding.

A practical and inspiring guide to creating and using natural dyes from plants, Wild Color, Revised and Updated Edition, offers the latest information on current environmentally friendly dyeing techniques and more than 65 species of plants and natural dyestuffs.

This comprehensive boo
Spruce: A Step-by-Step Guide to Upholstery and Design book cover13

Spruce: A Step-by-Step Guide to Upholstery and Design

Amanda Brown, Grace Bonney

4.3
This is the only book you will need to learn the craft and art of upholstery from start to finish. With clear instructions illustrated by more than 900 step-by-step photographs, the five projects included here are designed to teach all of the techniques and skills you need to reupholster any piece of furniture to suit your own taste and style.
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The Principles of Knitting: Methods and Techniques of Hand Knitting

June Hemmons Hiatt

4.3
Now featuring new instructions, new illustrations, and new information, The Principles of Knitting—beloved by knitters everywhere and one of the most requested out-of-print books for years—finally gets the revision that fans have been clamoring for!

A treasured guide beloved by knitters everywhere, the classic book The Principles of Knitting is finally available again in a fully revised and updated
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Madeleine Vionnet

Betty Kirke, Issey Miyake

4.3
Back in print at last, with a ravishing new cover, Madeleine Vionnet is "not only the best book on Vionnet, but perhaps the best book ever on a fashion designer" (Out). Madeleine Vionnet (18761975) was the greatest dressmaker in the world. Considered a genius for her innovations with the bias cutthe most difficult and desirable cut in clothing designshe has a fanatical following. Vionnet was a mav
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Christmas Tapestry

Patricia Polacco

4.3
Beading Artistry for Quilts: Basic Stitches & Embellishments Add Texture & Drama book cover17

Beading Artistry for Quilts: Basic Stitches & Embellishments Add Texture & Drama

Thom Atkins

4.2
Use beads and simple stitches to create magnificent texture and dimension on any quilt. Learn everything you need to know about the best supplies and techniques to get breathtaking results. Dozens of images throughout the book illustrate the limitless possibilities for designing your own spectacular beaded quilt.
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Hand-Dyed Fabric Made Easy

Adriene Buffington

4.2
Even beginners will get beautiful results with these simple, step-by-step techniques. There's no mess, because the dyeing is done in plastic bags! Color suggestions and tips included.
Make Yourself Comfortable: Sewing clothes from stretch knit fabrics book cover19

Make Yourself Comfortable: Sewing clothes from stretch knit fabrics

Tilly Walnes, Ellie Smith, Fannie Williams

4.2
Make Yourself Comfortable offers perfect proof that easy-to-wear clothes can be seriously stylish with a collection of outfits that combine the comfort of stretch fabrics with Tilly Walnes' signature look. Even experienced stitchers are often wary of working with stretch knit fabrics, but in this book Tilly demystifies the techniques needed and shows how to sew stretchy makes on a regular sewing m
Bloom Wild: a free-spirited guide to decorating with floral patterns book cover20

Bloom Wild: a free-spirited guide to decorating with floral patterns

Bari J. Ackerman

4.2
Bloom Wild is for rebellious maximalists seeking savvy advice for decorating their homes with bold floral fabrics

Designer Bari J. Ackerman’s signature Style—modern florals bursting with color—brings energy and joy to interior design. Justina Blakeney and Anne Sage are fans of Ackerman’s work, and have this to say about her approach:

“Bari’s designs are instantly recognizable . . . her style and he
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Fabric Manipulation

Ruth Singer

4.2
This is truly an essential resource for all sewists! Set to be the new The Art of Manipulating Fabric, Ruth Singer offers a modern interpretation of fabric manipulation in this book, with hundreds of full colour diagrams. Discover and explore 150 creative sewing techniques including pleating, folding, gathering, smocking, quilting, trapunto and applique. Ruth explains her innovative variations of
Botanical Colour at your Fingertips book cover22

Botanical Colour at your Fingertips

Rebecca Desnos

4.2
This book will show you how to extract dye from wild plants, garden herbs, kitchen waste, as well as fruit and vegetables that you can buy from the supermarket. Dye your own fabric, yarn and clothing whilst using soya milk to bind the colours. There is colour potential all around us just waiting to be unlocked!

I share my methods with you, step-by-step. The pages are bursting with photos of the dye
Printed & Lace Handkerchiefs: Interpreting a Popular 20th Century Collectible book cover23

Printed & Lace Handkerchiefs: Interpreting a Popular 20th Century Collectible

Betty Wilson

4.2
Collecting pretty handkerchiefs has become a wide-spread and popular hobby for many people. This entertaining and comprehensive identification and price guide will be useful and fun for all vintage linen enthusiasts. Over 400 color photographs and a lively and factual text present hankies from both historical and design points of view. You will learn how events of the 20th century influenced their
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Felt Wee Folk: Enchanting Projects

Salley Mavor

4.2
Learn to create your own tiny figures and accessories using wool felt, chenille stems, simple embellishments, and Salley's new step-by-step guide. Ideal for dollmakers, quilters, embroiderers, and crafters of every skill level. Important Note about PRINT ON DEMAND Editions: You are purchasing a print on demand edition of this book. This book is printed individually on uncoated (non-glossy) paper w
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Swatch Kit for Textiles

Sara J Kadolph and Sara B Marcketti

4.2
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Fit for Real People: Sew Great Clothes Using ANY Pattern

Pati Palmer, Marta Alto

4.2
Presented in a new edition that adds updated pattern industry news and revised rules for selecting pattern size, this easy and practical fitting system requires no measuring, no drafting skills, no muslin mock-ups—and it works with all brands of tissue paper patterns. Real people of all ages are featured in photographs that explain the steps of cutting out pattern pieces, pinning them together, an
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The Psychology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

Catherine Collin, Nigel Benson, et al.

4.2
Now in paperback, The Psychology Book explores more than 100 groundbreaking ideas in the field using highly visual graphics, clear text, a directory of scientists, and a vocabulary glossary.

The Psychology Book looks at the biggest names in psychology, including William James, Sigmund Freud, and Ivan Pavlov, and unpacks each psychologist's contribution to our understanding of how the mind works. Fr
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Eco-Dyed Art Journals: Using Nature's Imprints

Susan Brooks

4.2
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Intermediate Aerial Fabric Instructional Manual (Part 2)

Rebekah Leach

4.2
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Designing Tessellations

Jinny Beyer

4.2
Introduces quilters to the world of symmetry and then shows how to experiment with shapes and images to create tessellating designs. This book helps quilters learn how to produce interlocking geometric patterns, and also how easy it is to create true-to-life images of birds, fish, butterflies, and more in the style of Escher.
Peaceful Pieces: Poems and Quilts About Peace book cover31

Peaceful Pieces: Poems and Quilts About Peace

Anna Grossnickle Hines

4.2
In this evocative collection of poems illustrated by beautiful handmade quilts, Anna Grossnickle Hines explores peace in all its various and sometimes surprising forms: from peace at home to peace on a worldwide scale to peace within oneself. Pondering the meaning of peace and its fleeting nature, this book compels each of us to discover and act upon peace ourselves.
Taking Flight: Inspiration and Techniques to Give Your Creative Spirit Wings book cover32

Taking Flight: Inspiration and Techniques to Give Your Creative Spirit Wings

Kelly Rae Roberts

4.2
Stretch Your Wings, Learn to Soar, Take Flight

In "Taking Flight," you'll find overflowing inspiration—complete with a kindred spirit in author and mixed-media artist Kelly Rae Roberts. Join her on a fearless journey into the heart of creativity as you test your wings and learn to find the sacred in the ordinary, honor your memories, speak your truth and wrap yourself in the arms of community.

Along
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Masters: Art Quilts: Major Works by Leading Artists

Martha Sielman

4.2
These art quilts showcase such versatility, innovation, and beauty that readers can’t help but be truly inspired. The gifted artists come from across the globe—including Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America—and their work displays their varying sensibilities, backgrounds, and talents.

Abstract appliquéd shapes cascade across the surface of Ita Ziv’s brilliantly colored quilts, creating vibrant c
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Witch Crafting: A Spiritual Guide to Making Magic

Phyllis Curott

4.2
Phyllis Curott’s first book, Book of Shadows, was an inspirational, spiritual memoir that chronicled her journey from Ivy League-educated, New York City attorney to Wiccan High Priestess. By inviting readers of all faiths to share in her own personal transformation, Phyllis debunked many of the myths surrounding Wicca and revealed it for what it really is: a spiritual movement whose tenets of Godd
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The Quilt Story

Tony Johnston, Tomie dePaola

4.2
Long ago, a young girl named Abigail put her beloved patchwork quilt in the attic. Now years later, another girl discovers the quilt and makes it her own, relying on its warmth to help her feel secure in a new home. "A quilt that provides warmth, fun and comfort to two different generations is the star of this rich picture book . . . dePaola provides a warm, dignified interpretation of Johnston's
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Crosspatch - Print on Demand Edition

Pepper Cory

4.2
Important Note about PRINT ON DEMAND Editions: You are purchasing a print on demand edition of this book. This book is printed individually on uncoated (non-glossy) paper with the best quality printers available. The printing quality of this copy will vary from the original offset printing edition and may look more saturated. The information presented in this version is the same as the latest edit
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Dinosaurs Love Underpants

Claire Freedman, Ben Cort

4.2
Easy Layer-Cake Quilts 2: More Simple Quilts from 10" Squares book cover38

Easy Layer-Cake Quilts 2: More Simple Quilts from 10" Squares

Barbara Groves

4.2
Introducing more sensationally simple quilts from Me and My Sister Designs--Layer-Cake style! The sisters are famous for sharing little sewing tricks that make quilt blocks look more complex than they truly are. In Easy Layer-Cake Quilts 2, they're at it again. Put your Layer Cakes (10" fabric squares) to work in 11 quilts that are easy AND as pretty as can be. A Layer Cake, a background fabric, a
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Second Skin: Choosing and caring for textiles and clothing

India Flint

4.2
Almost from the moment of our birth, clothing acts as our second skin, yet we rarely consider where our clothes come from, or the effects they might have on the environment. This beautifully photographed is about easily achievable ways to care for the planet by living a little simpler regarding cloth and clothing.

Get a handle on how cloth consumption affects nature on a larger scale. Look at what
Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois book cover40

Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois

Amy Novesky, Isabelle Arsenault

4.2
A picture book biography of sculptor Louise Bourgeois focusing on how her childhood family life influenced her later works.
The Contemporary Quilt: New American Quilts and Fabric Art book cover41

The Contemporary Quilt: New American Quilts and Fabric Art

Pattie Chase, Mimi Dolbier

4.2
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Printed Textile Design

Amanda Briggs-Goode

4.2
This book explains the fundamentals of printed textile design, from design brief through to the completed collection, and introduces the basics of color, drawing, composition, and repeat with a series of step-by-step exercises and examples.

Printed Textile Design helps to demystify the design process and provides an invaluable guide to the study and practice of textile design.

The book includes case
Fabrics in Fashion Design: The Way Successful Fashion Designers Use Fabrics book cover43

Fabrics in Fashion Design: The Way Successful Fashion Designers Use Fabrics

Stefanella Sposito

4.2
In the world of fashion, fabrics are essential. They determine how designers visualise their pieces and play a fundamental role in the way they express their creativity. This title is the ultimate reference guide to all major types of fabric in use today. It successfully illuminates the connection between materials and creators or, in other words, fabrics and fashion.

Fabrics in Fashion Design show
Moda All-Stars - On a Roll: 14 Quilts That Start with 2 1/2" Strips book cover44

Moda All-Stars - On a Roll: 14 Quilts That Start with 2 1/2" Strips

Lissa Alexander

4.1
One-Block Wonders: One Fabric, One Shape, One-Of-A-Kind Quilts book cover45

One-Block Wonders: One Fabric, One Shape, One-Of-A-Kind Quilts

Maxine Rosenthal

4.1
'One-Block Wonders' is a guide to making kaleidoscope quilts using just one large-scale print fabric. The projects produce high-impact quilts made with simple cutting and construction, therefore no fussy cutting or Y-seams are required.
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Living with Pattern: Color, Texture, and Print at Home

Rebecca Atwood

4.1
If you focus on pattern, from texture and color to furniture and textiles, everything else will fall into place.

Pattern is the strongest element in any room. In Living with Pattern, Rebecca Atwood demystifies how to use that element, a design concept that often confounds and confuses, demonstrating how to seamlessly mix and layer prints throughout a house. She covers pattern usage you probably a
The Complete Photo Guide to Textile Art: *All You Need to Know to Alter and Embellish Fabric *The Essential Reference for Novice and Expert Fabric Artists * Packed with Hundreds of Crafty Tips and Ideas * Detailed Step-by-Step Instructions for More Tha... book cover47

The Complete Photo Guide to Textile Art: *All You Need to Know to Alter and Embellish Fabric *The Essential Reference for Novice and Expert Fabric Artists * Packed with Hundreds of Crafty Tips and Ideas * Detailed Step-by-Step Instructions for More Tha...

Susan Stein

4.1
Individuality is key in today's DIY trends. Whether creating fabric art, sewing clothes, making home décor items, or quilting, people are looking for ways to make their projects unique and self-expressive. Fabric choices have narrowed and it certainly is not cheaper to sew than buy ready to use items, so when someone wants to use fabric to make something, their reasons are very often for the pure
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Easy Quilts from Precut Fabrics

Sue Pfau

4.1
Create delightfully scrappy quilts featuring classic quilt blocks--and get to the finish line fast using time-saving precut fabrics. No need for stockpiles of scraps; precut bundles include small cuts of many different fabrics, so getting a scrappy look is a snap.
Feed Sacks: The Colourful History of a Frugal Fabric book cover49

Feed Sacks: The Colourful History of a Frugal Fabric

Linzee Kull McCray

4.1
Volume "F" in the UPPERCASE Encyclopedia of Inspiration

Feed sacks are the perfect example of a utilitarian product turned into something beautiful. Author Linzee Kull McCray explores the history of the humble feed sack, from a plain burlap or cotton sack to exuberantly patterned and colourful bags that were repurposed into frocks, aprons and quilts by thrifty housewives in the first half of the 20
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The Scraps Book

Lois Ehlert

4.1
A behind-the-scenes tour of Ehlert's books and book-making process - encouraging readers to explore their own creativity.
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Shirtmaking

David Page Coffin

4.1
Why make a shirt? Because, with the skills you'll learn in Shirtmaking, you can create elegant, custom-fit garments for a woman or man that look like the best money can buy. Includes full-scale patterns for collars, cuffs, plackets, and pockets, and complete instructions for developing custom-fit shirt patterns.
Artist Trading Card Workshop: Create. Collect. Swap. book cover52

Artist Trading Card Workshop: Create. Collect. Swap.

Bernie Berlin

4.1
Create and swap mini works of art!

The simple act of sharing 21/2 x 31/2 pieces of art, known as Artist Trading Cards, knows no boundaries and brings like-souls together like no other form of communication can. Unique statements, passionate emotions and favorite interests can all be expressed in these miniature works of art that are always traded, never sold.

"Artist Trading Cards Workshop" will not
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Tucks Textures & Pleats

Jennie Rayment

4.1
Explore the fascinating world of weaving, scrunching, tucking and pleating; from the Bias Bobble to the delights of Trumpets and the Origami Twist, plus much more. Includes a fully illustrated section on finishing techniques and extensive design suggestions for development and embellishment. Ideal for both beginners and expert needlewomen/men.
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Natural Color: Vibrant Plant Dye Projects for Your Home and Wardrobe

Sasha Duerr and Aya Brackett

4.1
An exploration and appreciation of the brilliant spectrum of colors derived from plants, with seasonal, project-based ideas for using these natural dyes to color your clothing and home.

Following the incredible success of the slow food movement, the slow fashion trend is now gaining momentum, with more and more consumers buying locally produced clothing and homewares created using sustainable metho
Mending Matters: Stitch, Patch, and Repair Your Favorite Denim & More book cover55

Mending Matters: Stitch, Patch, and Repair Your Favorite Denim & More

Katrina Rodabaugh

4.1
Thread Folk: A Modern Makers Book of Embroidery Projects and Artistic Collaborations book cover56

Thread Folk: A Modern Makers Book of Embroidery Projects and Artistic Collaborations

Libby Moore

4.1
A modern refresh of an age-old craft!

Author Libby Moore teaches basic embroidery stitches and how to choose materials, and shares original patterns with easy-to-remove perforated pages.

Thread Folk Includes:
15 embroidery projects
Step-by step instructions & modern patterns
14 different stitches, from straight stitch to lazy daisy
Techniques to stitch on clothes, shoes, tote bags, and pillows

Th
The Coat Route: Craft, Luxury, & Obsession on the Trail of a $50,000 Coat book cover57

The Coat Route: Craft, Luxury, & Obsession on the Trail of a $50,000 Coat

Meg Lukens Noonan

4.1
In today’s world of fast fashion, is there a place for a handcrafted $50,000 coat?

When journalist Meg Lukens Noonan learned of an unthinkably expensive, entirely handcrafted overcoat that a fourth-generation tailor had made for one of his longtime clients, she set off on an adventure to understand its provenance, and from that impulse unspooled rich and colorful stories about its components, the
It's a Wrap: Sewing Fabric Purses, Baskets, and Bowls book cover58

It's a Wrap: Sewing Fabric Purses, Baskets, and Bowls

Susan Breier

4.1
Wind, wrap, and sew fabric strips into fantastic containers! Start with a plate shape to learn the technique. Then experiment with four basic container styles to create round, oval, square, and other shapes. Create purses, baskets, and bowls in an endless variety of sizes, shapes, and colors Simply wrap fabric strips around cotton clothesline, coil into the desired shape, and secure with machine s
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Layered, Tattered & Stitched: A Fabric Art Workshop

Ruth Rae

4.1
Tear, Burn & Stitch Your Way to Beautiful Fabric Art

Learn how to create fabric art with incredible depth and meaning in Layered, Tattered & Stitched. Mixed-media artist Ruth Rae expands your creativity as she shows you how to singe, tear, stain, later and stitch fabric and paper for amazing texture and visual interest. Explore both traditional and atypical sewing techniques combined with collage,
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Dating Fabrics - A Color Guide - 1800-1960

Eileen Trestain

4.1
Are you a fabric collector, quilt collector, appraiser, or antiques collector who needs to know specifics about fabrics or quilts? Then this book is for you! It will help you identify, date, and recognize antique fabrics and their uses in quilts and clothing. Over 1,000 color fabric swatches are listed in this handy, easy-to-use reference guide. You'll be able to identify fabric dating from the pr
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Crafty Chloe

Kelly DiPucchio, Heather Ross

4.1
Fancy Nancy meets Martha Stewart in Crafty Chloe, the adorable DIY star of a new picture book series!

When another girl has already purchased the most perfect birthday gift for Chloe’s friend Emma, Chloe decides she’ll make a present—something you can’t buy in a store. But crafting isn’t easy, and it’s beginning to look like she won’t have a great idea in time. Fortunately, with a good doodle sessi
Printing by Hand: A Modern Guide to Printing with Handmade Stamps, Stencils, and Silk Screens book cover62

Printing by Hand: A Modern Guide to Printing with Handmade Stamps, Stencils, and Silk Screens

Lena Corwin, Thayer Allyson Gowdy

4.1
It’s the natural inconsistencies—the accidental differences between one finished piece and another—that make hand-printed fabrics, papers, furniture, and works of art so interesting. The quirks are what show the maker’s intimate involvement in the process, and it’s that unique quality that first attracted textile designer and illustrator Lena Corwin to hand-printing. Even though decorative prints
Hand Embroidery Stitches At-A-Glance book cover63

Hand Embroidery Stitches At-A-Glance

Janice Vaine and Jeri Simon

4.1
Presented in a quick and easy-to-understand format, this essential guide includes 30 favorite embroidery stitches to practice and inspire creativity! Providing needle and thread reference charts and step-by-step techniques for backstitches, blanket and buttonhole stitches, chain stitches, feather stitches, fly stitches, French knots, running stitches, stem stitches, and much more, this book is a m
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Draping: The Complete Course

Karolyn Kiisel

4.1
Draping is the art of using cotton muslin to create a fashion design directly on a mannequin. It is an essential skill for fashion designers. In this book, Karolyn Kiisel presents a series of step-by-step projects, creating real garments in classic styles, that are designed to develop skills from the most basic to more advanced techniques.

Starting with the basics of choosing and preparing the dres
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Print & Pattern

Bowie Style

4.1
Pattern is everywhere. Years of minimalism have been superseded by a riot of color and shape, whether on walls, fabrics, clothes, or signage. Print & Pattern is a visual celebration of contemporary surface design.

Compiled by the creator of the cult blog of the same name (http://printpattern.blogspot.com/), this book documents the work of the best surface designers from around the world and featur
Mastering the Art of Fabric Printing and Design book cover66

Mastering the Art of Fabric Printing and Design

Laurie Wisbrun

4.1
This authoritative guide outlines everything readers need to know to create gorgeous fabrics. There’s nothing like it on the market! Collected within are step-by-step tutorials for designing patterns (both digitally and by hand), a comprehensive section on printing techniques—including digital printing, screen printing, stenciling, block printing, and resist dyeing—and even insider tips for develo
Sew, Slice, Spin and Sash: Quick and Easy Strip-Pieced Quilts book cover67

Sew, Slice, Spin and Sash: Quick and Easy Strip-Pieced Quilts

Theresa Ward

4.1
Do you have hours rather than weeks to work on a quilt? Theresa Ward has the solution! Discover how to use precuts from your local quilt shop or fabric from your stash to create quick and easy quilts that look fantastic with Theresa's unique sew, slice, spin, and sash technique.


One simple technique and 11 projects that are fun for everyone; projects include patterns that are perfect for precuts
Pie
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Jelly Roll Quilts

Pam Lintott

4.1
Immerse yourself in the sumptuous world of Jelly Rolls with 17 exciting quilting projects

Turn gorgeous Jelly Rolls into fabulous quilts, each of which can be made from just one roll.

Features unique advice on making the most of this fresh approach to fabric, as well as tips on adapting the quilts to your existing stashes.

Step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow diagrams ensure that untying your
Tilda's Studio: Over 50 Fresh Projects for You, Your Home and Loved Ones book cover69

Tilda's Studio: Over 50 Fresh Projects for You, Your Home and Loved Ones

Tone Finnanger

4.1
A gorgeous collection of over 50 projects inspired by Tilda's studio.


Choose from a stunning variety of designs for yourself and your home, including bags, accessories, clothing, decorations, gifts and soft toys.
The colour palette used includes beautiful shades of lavender, pink, teal, turquoise, green and blue.
Easy-to-follow instructions, gorgeous colour photos and delightful illustrations accompa
Patchwork Essentials: The Half-Square Triangle: Foolproof Patterns and Simple Techniques from Basic Blocks book cover70

Patchwork Essentials: The Half-Square Triangle: Foolproof Patterns and Simple Techniques from Basic Blocks

Jeni Baker

4.0
The half-square triangle (or HST for short) is a quilter's most versatile piecing shape, holding seemingly endless design combinations. First Jeni will show readers how to create any sized HST using a handy chart of cut sizes–you'll be using this again and again. Next, learn how to create HSTs three ways before diving into the four workbook sections. Each section features three bold projects incor
Marbling on Fabric book cover71

Marbling on Fabric

Daniel Cohen, Paula Cohen, Eden Gray

4.0
Introduces useful tools, equipment, and materials for marbling, demonstrates how to create different marbling patterns, and suggests projects involving pillows, T-shirts, note cards, jackets, and a silk kimono.
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Drawn to Stitch: Line, Drawing, and Mark-Making in Textile Art

Gwen Hedley, Info

4.0
Line is an essential component of all textile and surface art. When used effectively, line and mark-making convey texture, tone, form, movement, and mood. With Drawn to Stitch by your side, learn creative uses of line in embroidery and textile art.

Artist and teacher Gwen Hedley shares a series of exercises designed to explore line’s potential as well as develop your creativity. Drawn to Stitch als
Mid-Century Modern Living: The Mini Modern's guide to pattern and style book cover73

Mid-Century Modern Living: The Mini Modern's guide to pattern and style

Mark Hampshire

4.0
In this beautifully photographed book, Keith and Mark of Mini Moderns show you how to create a timeless mid-century look in your own home.

Keith and Mark of Mini Moderns refer to their design ethos as 'pattern with a story'. In this beautifully photographed book, they bring you the stories behind their designs and show you how you can use pattern and mid-century style to tell a story in your own ho
The Art of Faux: The Complete Sourcebook of Decorative Painted Finishes book cover74

The Art of Faux: The Complete Sourcebook of Decorative Painted Finishes

Pierre Finkelstein

4.0
This collection of show-and-tell recipes includes a marvelous range of surfaces, paints, tools, and procedures for both beginners and professionals.
Plaster Studio: Mixed-Media Techniques for Painting, Casting and Carving book cover75

Plaster Studio: Mixed-Media Techniques for Painting, Casting and Carving

Stephanie Lee

4.0
Return to the origin of the earth and discover a new way of playing in the mud.

Raw, friendly and easily altered, plaster is perhaps the most versatile art medium you have yet to encounter. Beautiful in its luminosity, yet open to receiving a multitude of alterations, plaster will easily agree to being painted, carved, cast and sculpted. Stephanie Lee and Judy Wise will walk you through 24 step-by-
Fabric-by-Fabric One-Yard Wonders book cover76

Fabric-by-Fabric One-Yard Wonders

Patricia Hoskins, Rebecca Yaker

4.0
This One-Yard Wonders collection organizes projects by fabric type so that you can make the most of each cloth’s unique characteristics. Find the best uses for all your different fabrics as you learn to use stretchy jersey knits for a ruffle scarf, lightweight cotton voile for a girl’s sundress, and sturdy corduroy for a tote. Easy-to-follow illustrated instructions are provided for 101 projects,
Rags: Making A Little Something Out Of Almost Nothing book cover77

Rags: Making A Little Something Out Of Almost Nothing

Linda Allison, Stella Allison

4.0
A Yolla Bolly Press book
Generation T: 108 Ways to Transform a T-Shirt book cover78

Generation T: 108 Ways to Transform a T-Shirt

Megan Nicolay

4.0
Make it yours. This inspirational guide with DIY attitude has everything you need to know about the world’s great T-shirt: how to cut it, sew it, deconstruct it, reconstruct it, and best of all, transform it. • Features more than 100 projects (plus 200 variations) for customized tees, tank tops, tube tops, T-skirts—even handbags, a patchwork blanket, iPod cozies, leg warmers, and more. • Not a DIY
Layered Cloth: Slash, Manipulate and Stitch book cover79

Layered Cloth: Slash, Manipulate and Stitch

Ann Small

4.0
Ann Small's imaginative use of cutting and manipulating techniques, and her layering and colouring tricks, makes this your 'go-to' guide for bringing form and texture to your fabric work. This book is a rich resource and reference for textile artists seeking new ideas and who want to experiment with texture and pattern. Clear, close-up images and exciting hot tips help to make layering enjoyable a
A Pattern for Pepper book cover80

A Pattern for Pepper

Julie Kraulis

4.0
Pepper is getting a dress made for a special occasion. It's the first dress that has ever been made just for her, and she wants it to be perfect. But what pattern is right for her? Pepper is particular, and nothing works at first. Dotted Swiss? Too plain. Houndstooth? Not enough color. Pinstripe? Too glum. As Pepper learns about each fabric, she finds a reason why it's just not the one. Will Peppe
Fabric For Fashion: A Comprehensive Guide book cover81

Fabric For Fashion: A Comprehensive Guide

Clive Hallett, Amanda Johnston

4.0
This book explains the particular qualities of different fabrics and how to get the most out of them. Providing a mix of practical information and the industry vocabulary, Fabric for Fashion will help students gain a clear understanding of how to work with fabrics as an integral component of the fashion design process. With stunning color photographs that show how fashion designers, both past and
America's Printed Fabrics 1770-1890: 8 Reproduction quilt projects, historic notes & photographs, dating your quilts book cover82

America's Printed Fabrics 1770-1890: 8 Reproduction quilt projects, historic notes & photographs, dating your quilts

Barbara Brackman

4.0
Quilt historian Barbara Brackman guides us through more than a century of American fabrics and shares wonderful old photos, diary entries, and letters from America’s past.

8 projects inspired by antique quilts, made with today’s reproduction fabrics
Gain insight into the social, technological, and fashion influences on past generations of quiltmakers
Learn to identify vintage fabrics and quilts
Learn
J.J. Pizzuto's Fabric Science Swatch Kit book cover83

J.J. Pizzuto's Fabric Science Swatch Kit

Ingrid Johnson, Allen C. Cohen, et al.

4.0
J.J. Pizzuto's Fabric Science Swatch Kit, 11th Edition reinforces the study of textiles for students in fashion design, merchandising, interior design, product development and home furnishings. The kit contains 114 (2"x 3") fabric samples, a fabric key, 40 special assignments, heavy-weight sample sheets to mount and analyze fabrics, and a pick glass - all contained in a three-ring binder. The swat
Wrapping with Fabric: Your Complete Guide to Furoshiki-The Japanese Art of Wrapping book cover84

Wrapping with Fabric: Your Complete Guide to Furoshiki-The Japanese Art of Wrapping

Etsuko Yamada, Kanji Okamoto

4.0
Wrap anything from a wine bottle to a yoga mat with this practical Japanese fabric-wrapping book.

Long before today's eco-friendly philosophy of "reduce, reuse, recycle" entered America's collective consciousness, furoshiki—the Japanese method of wrapping things with fabric—flourished as a time-honored and practical art form. In Wrapping With Fabric, Etsuko Yamada—born into a long-line of furoshiki
Making More Needle-Felting Magic: New Techniques, Creative Projects book cover85

Making More Needle-Felting Magic: New Techniques, Creative Projects

Margo Duke

4.0
Fiber artists everywhere loved Margo's first book, "Needle-Felting Magic," and now she's outdone herself with even more techniques. Take your skills to the next level as you combine machine needle felting, free-motion quilting, and wet-felting techniques. Margo's step-by-step directions allow you to master the fundamentals easily, even if you're a beginner.

Choose from eight color-drenched projects
Sewing Clothes for Barbie: 24 Stylish Outfits for Fashion Dolls book cover86

Sewing Clothes for Barbie: 24 Stylish Outfits for Fashion Dolls

Annabel Benilan

4.0
Sew Barbie this cute wardrobe of 24 stylish outfits. Sew clothes for every day or create outfits for special occasions. The detailed explanations are accompanied by step-by-step diagrams and real-size patterns.

Sew Barbie this cute wardrobe of 24 stylish outfits. Sew clothes for every day: jeans and a tie-waist shirt for a picnic in the country, a fleecy jumper and pants for skiing, a bikini, towel
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The Dolls' House Do It Yourself Book

Venus Dodge

4.0
Quilts for Fabric Lovers book cover88

Quilts for Fabric Lovers

Alex Anderson

4.0
Alex Anderson reveals her techniques for making quilts that have that special sparkle.
The Altered Object: Techniques, Projects, Inspiration book cover89

The Altered Object: Techniques, Projects, Inspiration

Terry Taylor

4.0
Altered art is the fastest growing craft trend today
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Fibershed: Growing a Movement of Farmers, Fashion Activists, and Makers for a New Textile Economy

Rebecca Burgess

4.0
A new "farm-to-closet" vision for the clothes we wear--by a leader in the movement for local textile economies

There is a major disconnect between what we wear and our knowledge of its impact on land, air, water, labor, and human health. Even those who value access to safe, local, nutritious food have largely overlooked the production of fiber, dyes, and the chemistry that forms the backbone of mod
One-Yard Wonders: 101 Sewing Projects; Look How Much You Can Make with Just One Yard of Fabric! book cover91

One-Yard Wonders: 101 Sewing Projects; Look How Much You Can Make with Just One Yard of Fabric!

Patricia Hoskins, Rebecca Yaker

4.0
Discover all that you can make with just one yard of fabric! Rebecca Yaker and Patricia Hoskins offer 101 stylish projects that use a single yard of fabric to make clothes, accessories, baby items, and more. With simple step-by-step instructions that are accompanied by templates and pattern pieces, each project is designed to be completed in just a few hours. Get inspired and turn a yard of your f
Noah's Ark: Sewing, Quilting & Applique for You and Your Home book cover92

Noah's Ark: Sewing, Quilting & Applique for You and Your Home

Anne Pia

4.0
Taking the much-loved Noah's Ark story as her inspiration, Anne-Pia Godske Rasmussen has designed a gorgeous collection of sewing projects that are both appealing and full of fun. Using traditional sewing, quilting and appliqué techniques, Anne-Pia shows you how to create beautiful items for you and your home, all in her unique country style.
Making Cards book cover93

Making Cards

Fiona Watt

4.0
This inspiring book is packed full of creative ideas for making cards for all occasions. You can follow the clear, simple step-by-step instructions exactly, or just use the imaginative ideas to create your own cards.
Sewing Room Accessories book cover94

Sewing Room Accessories

Debbie Shore

4.0
The latest addition to the Love to Sew series, this new title from best-selling author Debbie Shore contains 15 gorgeous, practical items that every sewer will love to make, use or give as gifts.

The book contains storage solutions and sewing accessories to equip every sewing space. The projects range from practical storage solutions such as tool rolls, carry cases and cutting mat carriers to innov
The Creative Photographer book cover95

The Creative Photographer

Catherine Anderson

4.0
For most photographers the picture is the end product of the creative process. For Catherine Anderson, it's just the beginning. In a wide array of projects using techniques from Photoshop to needle and thread, she shows beginner and experienced photographers alike how to turn their pictures into handmade objects of art-from books and collages to customized greeting cards.
The Thames and Hudson Manual of Dyes and Fabrics book cover96

The Thames and Hudson Manual of Dyes and Fabrics

Joyce Storey

4.0
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Designing with Stamping

Erin Trimble, Robert Casey (Photographer)

4.0
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Digital Textile Design

Melanie Bowles, Ceri Isaac

4.0
Digital Textile Design, Second Edition covers everything students and practitioners of textile design will need to learn about designing and printing digitally. The book examines how designers can access this technique, looking at the work of those currently exploring its possibilities, and provides an insight into the technology involved in digital textile printing.
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Mary Had a Little Lamb

Tomie De Paola, Sarah Josepha Hale

4.0
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Let's Go Camping! From cabins to caravans, crochet your own camping Scenes

Kate Bruning

4.0