Learn to make books out of fabrics or incorporate fabrics. Make fabric tag books, altered board books, folded fabric books, scrapbook or journal, and altered scrapbook. You'll also learn the following techniques: setting eyelets, pattern tissue uses, fabric frames, book section edges, finished fabric edges, pockets, envelopes, and adding text.

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Product Description

Artist Jan Bode Smiley seamlessly blends fabulous fabrics with altered books for cutting-edge designs every quilter, paper crafter, and scrapbooker will want to try. This guide teaches crafters how to use fabric as a natural addition to scrapbook and altered book projects, and for books made entirely of fabric and embellishments. These are creative, doable projects that use paper, fabric, thread, findings, buttons, and more in a variety of book styles.

Jan Bode Smiley is the founder and former owner of Batiks Etcetera, a mail-order source for batik fabrics. She lives in Fort Mill, SC.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #123964 in Books
• Published on: 2005-01-25
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 112 pages

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Customer Reviews

Fabric Artistry--cover to cover!
This book was worth waiting for! It is beautiful. The photos are clear with so many examples of each technique. It has inspired me. I love the textures of fabric and include them in most of my art. This book has such diversity, combining fabric, paper, sewing notions, and other materials to create amazing books. The "tips" tags are good for quick information. Book artists everyone should have this book!

Inspiring
I wish that I had received this book before I started my latest project - a fabric altered book round robin. It covers techniques, projects and an inspiring gallery section. Some of the books illustrated are completely made from fabric, while others use ordinary books that have been decorated with fabric and sewing supplies and techniques.
The photos are clear and well labelled. Instructions are set out clearly and easy to follow. After reading this book I have a list of techniques and designs to try out. This is a worthwhile addition to your altered book library.

A good book for altered book artists
This is a great book for altered book artists who don't usually work with fabric and want to add fabric to their work. It is a beginner's book... if you have done a lot of quilting, you probably want to move on to something like Quilted Memories or that other one Stampington sells. I used several of the techniques when making a "pocket of dreams" gardening journal for my sister (based on Nina Bagley's Pocket of Dreams- published in Cloth, Paper, Scissors). But it really is just a resource for folks who want to add fabric to their books; it is not a book on how to make fabric books. ;)