The Complete Guide to Designing and Printing Fabric is a comprehensive handbook covering everything there is to know about designing and printing fabric. The book walks readers through the entire fabric design process, from finding inspiration, through step-by-step tutorials on how to design a pattern (both digitally and by hand), looking at different printing methods (such as digital printing, screenprinting, monoprinting, stamping, stencilling, resis dying, painting and inkjet printing), to establishing and developing a fabric collection, and approaching a manufacturer. The Complete Guide to Designing and Printing Fabric is full of advice from established fabric designers with clear, easy to follow step-by-step tutorials. Textile design is a competitive industry and learning how to design fabric is something that both designers and crafters with an avid interest in fabrics are keen to learn more about. Companies such as Spoon Flower (spoon.flower.com) have emerged, offering customers an affordable way to design and print their own fabric: upload a design and they digitally print the fabric for you. This accessibility means fabric design is increasingly popular.
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'an inspirational and practical guide that walks readers through the entire fabric design and printing process.' --prlog.org, April 10, 2011
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Laurie Wisbrun is a pattern and textile designer specialising in art for textiles, craft/hobby products, home decor products, wallpaper, stationery and paper goods, children's apparel and more. She left her career in marketing in 2008 to set up her own business producing limited-run fabric. She quickly developed a strong following online, with her quilts becoming particularly popular. In addition to an exhibition at Surtex 2010 as a pattern and textile designer, several of her designs have been licensed for two collections of Robert Kaufman Fabrics.
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By K. Platt
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Format:Paperback
Usually 'complete' books disappoint me because they are not complete, however this book is different. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It is without doubt the best book I have on fabric printing and I have quite a few. If like me, you have a desire to print your own fabric, you'll find this book a real bonus. It's good to look at - the photographs are clear and the fabrics beautiful. It's good to use - it explains so much from types of fabric, types of pattern, colour, how to design. It's good in practice - providing sources of information, pattern design tips, tools of the trade, using software, dyeing and hand and digital printing. In addition, there are profiles of successful fabric designers and tips on going professional. One thing is for sure, Laurie has done a professional job on this book - it's top of the class. This review first appeared on Karen Platt's book review websites.
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
By S. Singh
Format:Paperback
I found this book very clear, concise and easy to follow. Having dabbled in pattern design, this book was very helpful in guiding me deeper into the fabric design process. The book begins by going though the different types of patterns, then moves on to going through the entire design process in great detail, covering topics such as repeat pattern types, inspiration, colour wheel etc. A wide range of textile and print designers are interviewed about the type of work they do and these interviews are placed strategically within the chapter that corresponds to the technique used by that particular designer, for example in the chapter on screenprinting there's a fantastic interview with Lara Cameron and Tegan Rose of Ink & Spindle. The chapter on repeats goes into detail about the different types of repeat and how to create them in Photoshop and Illustrator. I personally use only Illustrator to design, so found it useful to see how the repeat process can work in Photoshop. The book not only covers designing on computers for machine printed fabrics, but also all the hand printing processes including various techniques of dyeing, block printing, stencil printing and silk screen printing. The last few chapters are very informative about going professional, mass production and further eduction for anyone wishing to follow their dreams and make fabric design a full time career. Altogether I found the book extremely thorough covering every aspect of the industry that I would wish to know, especially practical techniques of design, and learning how to market your own work and get into the industry.
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
By Una C
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book will impress if you are completely new to the concept of printing and dyeing fabric. However,I suspect that it will also frustrate, as the instructions/content are quite "high level". This is one of several books I've purchased recently on the back of American blogger reviews and I have to say I've been a tad disappointed. There appears to be a bit of a glut of new books from this "community" which have been marketed well but from my perspective fail to deliver. Lots of nice picture fillers, but big type and lots of white space, so on first impressions it looks like a meaty tome but when you actually start to read it, it's pretty lighweight.
On the plus side it does cover a lot of subject matter (from printing to selling your stuff), the images show fresh modern prints for inspiration, and there are some interesting interviews with crafters and artists who have successfully transferred their talents to a commercial enterprise.
I'm a bit borderline as to whether I would have added this to my library if I'd had the chance to really delve into it first - chances are I would as it has got the seed of being an excellent book if only it had raised the bar on areas other than how to use Adobe illustrator/photoshop (which as I don't own I've skipped - it does take up a significant chunk of the book).
On the plus side it does cover a lot of subject matter (from printing to selling your stuff), the images show fresh modern prints for inspiration, and there are some interesting interviews with crafters and artists who have successfully transferred their talents to a commercial enterprise.
I'm a bit borderline as to whether I would have added this to my library if I'd had the chance to really delve into it first - chances are I would as it has got the seed of being an excellent book if only it had raised the bar on areas other than how to use Adobe illustrator/photoshop (which as I don't own I've skipped - it does take up a significant chunk of the book).
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Fab
A very inspiring book with loads of really helpful information. A great guide for the beginner or someone more accomplished.
Published 11 days ago by E. Hayton
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very useful
I found this book easy to read and informative. I find instructions hard to understand (I work better when I am shown how to do something, rather than reading about it). Read more
Published 1 month ago by Flurominx
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Brilliant
Brilliant book, 1005 recommend for any one wanting to get to grips with the basics or to refresh your skills.
Published 2 months ago by Julius Quinn Arthur
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I wish I'd had this at college
I did a 3 year degree in fabric design, and I've learned more from this book than I did for my BA.
Published 4 months ago by Cee Jay
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Love This
Recently bought this book... loved it. Found it really useful as I'm starting a BA in textile design next year and I feel this will give me a nice headstart.
Published 11 months ago by Sarah
5.0 out of 5 stars
great book - sorry i didnt get it sooner
i was looking for a good fabric printing book that dealt with all aspects in a simple manner (i have bought a few...) and i am very impressed with this. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Eimear Greaney
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