the art of manipulating fabric
For my birthday, my brother gave me this great book called The Art of Manipulating Fabric by Colette Wolff. It’s full of step-by-step instructions on gathering, shirring, ruffling, tucking, pleating, quilting, and everything in between. The hard part is figuring out which technique to try first! I see lots of pillows and upcycled t-shirts in my future…
You can pick up a copy here.
Categories: books, fabric & textiles
Responses to “the art of manipulating fabric”
twobrunettesshop
April 13, 2010 at 3:18 pmwhat a fab book!! I need this.
victoria (paper and type)
April 13, 2010 at 3:38 pmbeautiful! i like how the pieces in the first photo (at the far right) remind me of flowers & pasta all at once. are all the spreads in b&w?
please post photos of the techniques you try!
ellie
April 13, 2010 at 4:14 pmyes, all black & white.
i will!
pleasesir
April 13, 2010 at 4:30 pmI have the same book! You made me want to dig it out and start sewing again…:)
Meredith
April 13, 2010 at 4:37 pmWow, that’s great. I’ll have to put it on my book wish list.
katie
April 13, 2010 at 4:42 pmso beautiful! thank you for sharing!
jessica / feathers of gold
April 13, 2010 at 5:10 pmomg!!! i have this EXACT book from my mom’s old sewing book collection! there is so much inspiration in there!!
i’ll have to try out some techniques myself too, now that my interest has been reinstated! thanks for sharing! :)
darling dexter
April 13, 2010 at 5:14 pmso awesome! i’m going out to get a copy now :)
Lauren (downtown polish)
April 13, 2010 at 5:39 pmwhew! that looks ambitious, kudos to you for being that awesomely crafty.
Ivana
April 13, 2010 at 6:56 pmaaawww.. thanks for sharing! the book looks breathtaking. looks like something i really want to learn about!
cathie
April 13, 2010 at 7:00 pmawesome book! what a thoughtful gift! (my brother would never think to give me something like that.) those techniques look so good! post some of your projects later :]
abigail
April 13, 2010 at 8:11 pmI have and love this book, and by some weird coincidence I was just talking about it to someone today!
It’s amazing.
Mom
April 14, 2010 at 1:29 pmWow! What an awesome brother you have :) love Mom
emily
April 14, 2010 at 5:03 pmyeah you have an awesome brother :)
that fabric and tie he used to wrap it up was pretty cool too, I wonder where that came from…
ellie
April 15, 2010 at 9:02 ammmm, yes, the whole thing seemed “inspired” ;)
Melanie
April 16, 2010 at 6:11 pmOk, this book was immediately added to my wishlist on Amazon!
Kelle Dame
April 17, 2010 at 1:42 pmOooh! Lovely and on my list! The ideas are flowing!
Irene
April 17, 2010 at 8:41 pmI was interested in geting a copy of this book. so great that you share some pages!!!
Barehanded Press
April 29, 2010 at 5:00 pmThis reminds me of your work as an undergrad. Bet you wish you’d had this book back then :)