Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This sourcebook shows over 35 techniques and applications in step-by-step detail from block printing, batik and tie-dyeing to devore, screen printing and computer-generated methods. Recipes are given for natural and chemical dyes, with information on the appropriate ingredients for each fabric. advice is given on how to equip your workspace. Close-up photographs of work from fabric designers complement the instructional element of the book.

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Booklist Review

In an era when yard goods stores are dying by slow degrees, the notion of fashioning one's own fabrics seems somehow at odds with the general trend. Yet the techniques espoused by Royal College of Art instructor Wells, and the resulting fabrics, are brilliant enough to inspire any and all attempts at dyeing and printing textiles. What is especially valuable is that she travels well beyond the standard block and screen and resist dyeing; included are explanations and photographs for more than 30 techniques, including such unusual processes as devore, a chemical application that resembles lace. Words do not stand alone here; close-ups of color fabrics parade as samples of particular techniques. And plenty of photographs illustrate more difficult printing, dyeing, and finishing methods. --Barbara Jacobs