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CLOTHING DECORATION & TRIM sa BABY CLOTHES DECORATION & TRIM sa BATHROBE DECORATION & TRIM sa BEADWORK ON FABRIC sa BLOUSE DECORATION & TRIM sa CAFTAN DECORATION & TRIM sa DRESS DECORATION & TRIM sa GLOVE DECORATION & TRIM sa HAT DECORATION & TRIM sa JACKET DECORATION & TRIM sa NECKTIE DECORATION & TRIM sa SCARF DECORATION & TRIM sa SHAWL DECORATION & TRIM sa SHIRT DECORATION & TRIM sa SHOE DECORATION & TRIM sa SKIRT DECORATION & TRIM sa SMOCK DECORATION & TRIM sa STOCKING DECORATION & TRIM sa SWEAT CLOTHING DECORATION & TRIM sa SWEATER DECORATION & TRIM sa T SHIRT DECORATION & TRIM sa TEXTILE PAINTING & STENCILING sa TUNIC DECORATION & TRIM sa UNDERWEAR DECORATION & TRIM sa VEST DECORATION & TRIM x DECORATION (CLOTHING) x EMBELLISHMENT (CLOTHING) xx CLOTHING xx HEMMING, EDGING & FINISHING xx TEXTILE PAINTING & STENCILING How to make a potato fabric stamp and make and decorate clothing (shirt, jumper, pants, apron, mittens, dress) and a rag doll using textile paints. Diagram for clothing and doll included, along with pattern for a simple house-design fabric stamp. Fantastic fish fashions. Fish motifs to cross-stitch on clothing. A matching necklace, pin and earrings set made from the same fish motif. Motif of gumballs rolling from a dispenser to paint on a little girl's knit top and skirt. Dot-to-dot dress for a little girl. Dimensional paint dots are used to embellish a purchased knit dress with motifs of a bunny with carrot and rows of ducks. Mock quilting, Western style, is used to dress up wearables. Precut fusible silhouettes of traditional quilt motifs adorn a denim shirt and skirt. Western embellishments for a denim vest, jeans and blouse. Iron-on transfers and painted motifs are outlined with dimensional gold paint and sprinked with glitter. Painted pansy motifs and glass-bead look-alikes. Decorate clothing or pillows using glitter fabric paints and dimensional fabric paints. Mother-daughter chambray jumpers are trimmed with no-sew appliques. Decorate blue jeans with fusible denim patches that have been painted with geometric designs using a toothbrush and glittery paints. Pumpkins 'n crows jumper. Calico pumpkin appliques, accented with a black crow, picket fence and ivy motifs, decorate a purchased denim jumper. Wavy lines are painted on seams of the bib. Patterns for wild animals (leopard, tiger, giraffe, koala bear) to paint on clothing. How to decorate denim and other articles of clothing with pearls, beads, sequins and felt. Instructions are included for decorating a cap, sweater or shell. Patterns are furnished for an apple and a bicycle. A look at textile painting on clothing. Patterns included for a bird-in-tree, cherries, butterfly and flowers. How to make fabric fruit decorations. Patterns and instructions included for a pear, peach, strawberry and apple. How to decorate denim with embroidery, fabric applique, metal studs, and paint-on designs. Patterns for a sun and stylized flowers are included. How to sew clothing from denim and then applique designs in calico and lace. Patterns for several designs included. Tips on how to use old textile pieces such as crocheted doilies, tatting and bits of lace found at flea markets as trim on clothing. Includes instructions on how to remove stains. Two ways to embellish evening fashion. (1) Machine sew gold flowers on the shoulders of a black dress. (2) Add jet bead work to the bodice of a tunic. Selling wearable art. Three artists detail how and where (home parties, craft fairs, shops, etc.) Adding fashion trims to clothing. Tips on sewing on sequins, "jewels", studs, paillettes, and rhinestones-by-the-yard. Four simple ways to give an article you sew a custom look. Covers hemstitching, trapunto, lace applique, and machine embroidery. How to decorate a variety of home-sewn clothes with crocheted flowers, buttons, rickrack, eyelet, and cross-stitch embroidery. Bright patchwork designs to add personalized accents to clothing sewn from Simplicity patterns. Machine applique accents in floral patterns for clothing sewn from Simplicity patterns. Six pages show how to embroider home-sewn clothes with Swedish weaving. How to add cording and applique to home-sewn clothing to add a touch of class. How to add bits of gold to accent five Simplicity patterns. Band weaving. Suggestions on yarn choices and how to use the bands as trims. Includes instructions for four inkle bands: a folded band, a soumak band, a pick-up on horizontal stripes and pick-up on basket weave. Card-woven bands in diamond, oval, little-girl, two-way turning and braids are explained. Inserts explain how to warp and weave with cards and on an inkle loom, as well as how to warp-paint on an inkle loom. Three projects are included: (1) A woman's jacket sewn from a commercial pattern and trimmed down the front with bands of card-woven trim. (2) A magazine tote (book cover) with offset inkle-woven bands sewn together to decorate the front. A narrow card-woven band fastened inside the tote serves as a bookmark. (3) A double-weave chenille vest that can be worn by either sex. Lining is weft-face straight twill with chenille weft. Outer fabric is weft-face reverse twill stripes alternating between colorful pearl cotton and white chenille in a four-harness weave. A squared cutting pattern for the vest is included. Tips on applying rope made from yarns as trims, button loops and hangers on handwoven items. Includes instructions for making rope from strands of yarn. Guidelines for choosing buttons or beads to enhance handwoven garments. Includes addresses of sources. Friendship garments, articles of clothing constructed of small units embellished by others. Offers ideas on conducting a workshop at which embellishing methods are taught. Surface decoration on handwoven fabric. Discusses designing and the use of applique and additional stitchery. Includes instructions for making a handwoven Tibetan hat with earflaps embellished with applique and hand embroidery. Shisha (or mirror) work. Several techniques for attaching the flat, smooth mirrors to cloth. Design line. Embellishment ideas for knitted garments. (1) Knit embroidery. (2) Knit braid. (3) Bobbles with tails. Tips on how to decorate children's denim clothing with sew-on beads and false jewels. Techniques for making pompoms, tassels, twisted cord and fringe. A collection of military insignia, medals, ribbons and rank bars to cross-stitch on clothing or other objects. Victorian trimmings to make. (1) Tassel. (2) Ribbon rose. (3) Twisted cord. (4) Fringing. Stenciling childrens' denim playclothes. Stenciled accessories with a vintage automobile motif. (1) Wall-hung key rack. (2) Desk box. (3) Man's boxer shorts. (4) Apron. Spin-art patch to decorate clothing. Portuguese designs to embroider on clothing. Wave patterns are embroidered on a middy and jeans to make this "nautical" theme outfit. A matching embroidered belt completes the ensemble. Cross-stitch an airy balloon design on a toddler's dress or on a pair of boy's coveralls. Machine-applique "scottie dogs" decorations. Simple designs to stitch for personalized clothing labels. "Raggles," the art of tearing strips of fabric and sewing them to an item, creating a fringe-like embellishment. Includes diagram for making a lightweight woman's long-sleeved jacket with a drawstring bottom. Also includes suggestion for a pillowtop with "Raggles" applied along two diagonals. Tools, cars and front-loader motifs to applique on little boys' shirts and pants. Boy's and girl's Easter outfits are sewn from a Simplicity pattern and trimmed with bunny appliques. Sew rainbow appliques on children's bib overalls. Personalize a jacket, sweatshirt, shoes, etc. by adding button decorations. Tip: Several ways to attach prestrung pearls or other trims using the blind hemstitch on a sewing machine. Tip: Rescue a knit damaged by a bleach spill by adding a few more splotches and then accenting them with embroidery. Zandra Rhodes' couture. Decorative and construction techniques from the workrooms of London's exotic fashion designer. Includes descriptions of underlining, bias and rouleau bindings, applying zippers to bound openings, bound necklines, rope-trimmed necklines, fabric corsages and shirring. Necktie legacy. How to take apart a necktie for the fabric, and then piece and pleat it into a garment embellishment. Embroidery with texture. Tips on using the satin stitch to embroider garments. An embroiderer's earthly treasurers. Using seeds and other natural elements for embellishments. Includes information on preparing cicada wings with resin for use as embellishments. Fabric trims for clothing are adapted from the nineteenth century. (1) Sawtooth edging. (2) Row of bows. (3) Petal pockets. Traditional Lithuanian-style embellishments for clothing. (1) Counted-thread embroidery pattern. (2) Crocheted ball buttons. (3) Scalloped gathers. (4) Crochetetd-lattice lace. Embellishing with self-fabric. Applique raveled and folded fabric shapes to add texture. How to add drama to any garment using traditional mola applique techniques. Design with knitted cord. How to create complex-looking textures such as faux cables by applying the cord. Includes knitting instructions for I-cord and for tube stitch. Diagrams show how to sew cord in place and how to knit an I-cord border and garment together. Balloon-chain embellishment. How to make a chain of fabric with fabric circles stitched into a beaded bias band. Edges alive! Appliqued collage is used to alter and enliven a garment's straight edges. Includes instructions for changing any two-piece dartless vest pattern into a single-piece pattern for applying appliqued collage. Heavenly embellishment. A roster of techniques for details that can be used to embellish delicate blouses and lingerie. (1) Serpentine stitch. (2) Silk-ribbon cord. (3) Single-bead faggoting. (4) Twisted ties of silk ribbon. (5) Edge binding with silk ribbon. (6) Silk roses and cockades. Horsehair braid. Suggestions for using this traditional hem stiffener as a decorative element. Seashells to wear. How to make a fabric bezel for attaching a seashell or other found object to a belt, purse, etc. A tip on using fabric selvage as a trim. Ways to dress up fleece fabric. Embellishment techniques include decorative stitching, corded edges and applique. How to add leather trimmings to give a garment a distinctive touch. How to add shaped edges, reversed facings, bindings, reverse applique, faced openings, piping and cording. Inspiration from the Orient for garment-design elements. How to make frog closures and miter inside and outside bound corners. How to construct an asymmetrical trio of flattened ruffles that can be added to a bodice. Silk-ribbon bobbin work. Ribbon, wound onto the bobbin, is sewn to the fabric with the right side face down. Baroque floral rosemaling based on a design from Valdres, Norway. Instructions furnished for painting the motif with acrylics on a tank top. Intermediate painting level. Pocket Full of Rabbits designs to paint on purchased overalls. Bib is painted with a motif of two rabbits eating clover. On the back, a rabbit's head peeks out of one pocket while the other pocket is painted with a rear view of a rabbit. Intermediate skill level. Tropical fish motif to paint on a pair of dyed overalls. Several varieties of fish are painted amid a seen with sea shells, seaweeds and bubbles. Intermediate skill level. Sweet pansy fashion ensemble. A pansy motif is painted on a dress collar, shoes, hat brim, pin and earrings. Painting is done in a watercolor technique. All backgrounds are black, except the white collar. Intermediate skill level. Perfectly Purple motif of a little girl seated in a field of flowers is designed to be painted on child-size overalls. Back pockets are outlined with flowers and grass motifs. Beginner to intermediate painting skills. Roses on aqua caftan. Pattern for a spray of roses painted using a bleed technique and outlined with gilt and glitter. Large watermelon and grape motifs are used to decorate a T-shirt and pants set. The patterns are outlined in black gutta, colored with fabric dye and topped with accents of glitter. Trims and embellishments with the "Southwestern look." How to attach tin cones, feathers, beads, leather, fur, fringes, fetishes, buttons and teeth. Embellishments on a Hopi rain sash (wedding sash). Ball-shaped cornhusk rings wrapped with yarn are knotted on the fringe. Tips on decorative trims you can add to older clothing, including a doily collar, peplum, tuxedo trim on shirt, etc. Tips on adding decorations to inexpensive clothing. Ideas include a "fan club jacket", a "zoo" coat, etc. Sew on craft store jewels to decorate a beret, gloves, etc. Dainty tatted picot edging for the neckline of a shirt. | |||||||||
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