Product Description

Whether you long for the fresh and muted tones of Swedish minimalism, with sheer white linen hangings at the windows, or plan to upholster your sofa and armchairs in velvet or faux fur, Home Furnishing with Fabric will help you make your vision a reality. In this beautifully illustrated guide to decorative style, leading interiors writer Leslie Geddes-Brown shares her experience in exploring every aspect of using soft furnishings in the home.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2409125 in Books
• Published on: 2001-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 191 pages

About the Author
Leslie Geddes-Brown, a former deputy editor of World of Interiors and Country Life, is one of Britain's leading writers on interiors and gardening. Her books include The Floral Home and Chelsea : the Greatest Flower Show on Earth' and she is author of Home Furnishing with Fabric and Waterside Living (both also published by Ryland Peters and Small), Leslie writes for the Daily Telegraph, the Sunday Times, You magazine, Town and Country, and Country Life. She divides her time between a Georgian townhouse in London, a farmhouse in Tuscan hills, and a medieval moated manor house in Suffolk.

Lucinda Ganderton is a graduate of Goldsmith College, London, where she studied Fine Art Textiles. She is the author of The Complete Guide to Needlecraft, Applique, and the bestselling Stitch Dictionary. For Ryland Peters and Small, Lucinda has written Window Treatments and Vintage Fabric Style, and has contributed to Home Furnishing with Fabric. She has written for a number of home magazines and also played a leading role in Change That, a BBC TV series on crafts and interiors.

Customer Reviews

Excellent book if you are looking for inspiration to begin a home sewing project
A sewing novice writes this review. Thus far my sewing has been limited to home decorating. I have made curtains, roman blinds, duvets, and most recently slipcovers. I purchased this book to get additional ideas for projects around my house and was not disappointed. This book is great at supplying decorating inspiration.

The book is subdivided as follows:
Fabric Styles
.....solid colors
.....neutrals and plain weaves
.....wool and velvet
.....faux fur, suede and leather
.....checks, stripes and geometric
......the new florals
......silk and damask
.......pictorials and toiles
The components
.....Window dressings
.....Slipovers and upholstery
.....Pillows and cushions
.....Bed furnishings
.....accessories
Room by Room
.....Living rooms
.....Bedrooms
.....Kitchens and dining rooms
.....Bathrooms
.....Halls and landings
.....Outdoors
Fabric Care
Practicalities
.....Equipment and techniques
.....Unlined curtains
.....Door curtains
.....Roman shade
.....Linen bedspread
.....Chair back and tie on seat cover
.....Slipcover for a dining room chair
.....Tie on pillow covers
.....Buttoned pillow cover
.....Bed bloster
.....Drawstring bag
.....Conical lampshade
.....Fabric basket

The majority of the book is spent on covering topics and providing pictures that relate to the topics. This covers the first 150 pages of the book, and I would classify this part as more of a decorating book than a sewing book. However, the author does provide a lot of valuable information about decorating, which will have an impact on the fabrics, and designs that you will select. The remaining 50 pages of the book (the section on practicalities) covers specific how-to instructions for the projects outlined above. The directions are clearly written. Even as a novice with a sewing machine I had no problem following the directions.

The photographs in this book are lovely and provided me with many ideas for my home. I would say that the style of this book tends toward the European Country. But there are also modern interiors included as well. If you are looking for decorating ideas and instruction on how to make many of those ideas happen this is nice book to own.

Home Furnishings with Fabric
The book seemed limited on ideas of how to make the home more comfortable using fabric. It did not have a broad scope of ideas or usage of fabric. It also was limited on directional how-to information.

Home Furnishing with Fabric
You can find the same type of photos & information in any decorating magazine. The instructions for making the items are clear, but they did not include what I wanted.