Fabric Printing at Home: Quick and Easy Fabric Design Using Fresh Produce and Found Objects - Includes Print Blocks, Textures, Stencils, Resists, and More
is a great resource for fabric printing, fabric painting and fabric stamping ideas.
I attended a clothing swap where they had a bunch
of different art stations that members could use to upcycle their new
finds. Seeing the amazing things that
members made really changed the way I look at clothing and fabric.
It inspired me to go on the hunt to find a fun
way to upcycle some of my favorite pieces.
This book shows different methods to fabric stamp and fabric paint.
Here is a partial look into the table of contents
for Fabric Printing At Home:
· Introduction:
Kitchen Potential
· Chapter
1: Getting Started
a.
Setting up a workspace
b.
Assemble your basic tool kit
c.
Paint techniques
· Chapter
2: Kitchen Textures and Found Object Printing.
a.
Three printing techniques
b.
Create a collage design with layered textures
c.
Found objects and kitchen tools
d.
Small scale Items: Nine-Patch
· Chapter
3: Beyond the Potato Print: Using Vegetables and Fruit to Create Fabric Designs
a.
Creating Background Textures and Vegetables
b.
Making Marbled Fabric with Cabbage Prints
c.
Carving Print Blocks from Vegetables
d.
Slicing and Dicing: Printing with Vegetable
shapes
e.
Lovely leaves
f.
Brayer Rubbings
· Chapter
4: Wrap It Up! Wraps and Foil
a.
Freezer Paper Fun: Masks and Stencils
b.
Playing with Plastic Wrap
c.
The Wonders of Wax Paper
d.
Folk Art Foil: Embossed Designs in Aluminum Foil
· Chapter
5: Recycled and Repurposed
a.
Cardboard: The Thick and Thin of It
b.
Junk Mail Jackpot
c.
On a Roll: Fabric Designs from Cardboard Tubes
d.
Making Your Mark: Designing Print Blocks from
Recycled Foam
e.
Artful Aluminum: Create decorative shapes from
recycled cans and pans
f.
Printing with Recycled Materials
· Chapter
6: Irresistible: Fabric Resists using kitchen ingredients.
a.
Resist Recipes
b.
Resist Application Techniques
c.
Painting a Resist-Covered Fabric
d.
Setting Paint on Resist-Covered Fabric
e.
Removing Resists
· Chapter
7: Contributing Artists
· Resources
· Acknowledgments
· About
the Author
· Index
In addition to all the unique objects this book
suggests printing fabric with it also explains about repeats and patterns with
those prints. This really exponentially increases the types of designs you can
make. I found that fabric painting is
an entertaining and inexpensive way to upcycle and/or accent some of the things
I own. Fabric printing at Home is just
the book to help me with my new endeavors. I am looking at everything in my
house, including the food, in a new way!
