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Book Description

In this book you'll create your own fabric inventions as you learn to make wearables, playthings, and decorative items using textile arts--both old and new. Easy projects using will get you started knitting, adding color to your wardrobe with silkscreen and batik, and transforming old clothing into useful items. Then you'll find out how soft circuits can give your creations personality with light, sound, and motion. Fabric and Fiber Inventions will show you how to turn everyday materials into unique designs everybody will love.

Table of Contents

  1. Acknowledgments
  2. Introduction
  3. Chapter 1: Print and Paint on Fabric
    1. Color Theory and How to Blend Your Own Colors
    2. Project: Capillary Action Sun Prints
    3. Project: Tie Dye T-Shirts
    4. Project: Science Ombre T-Shirt
    5. Project: Simple Silkscreening
  4. Chapter 2: Hand-Me-Up Wearables and Friends
    1. Upcycling Wool Sweaters
    2. Project: Felted Wool Sweater Upcycling
    3. Project: No-Sew Felted Sweater Wearables
    4. Project: Felted Sweater Mittens
    5. Project: Felted Sweater Hat
    6. T-Shirts Reborn
    7. Project: No-Sew T-Shirt Tote Bag
    8. Project: Fringed T-Shirt
    9. Project: Ball of T-Shirt Yarn
    10. Project: T-Shirt Yarn Knotted Headband
    11. Rescuing Unmatched Socks
    12. Project: Design Your Own Sock Creature
  5. Chapter 3: Fabric and Fiber Furnishings
    1. Project: Coil Basket
    2. Weaving on Looms
    3. Project: Cardboard Weaving Loom
    4. Building with Fabric
    5. Project: Wearable Shelter
    6. The Math of Quilting
    7. Project: A Foldable Quilted Checkerboard
  6. Chapter 4: Needle Arts
    1. Quick Crochet How-To
    2. Project: Crochet Hot Cocoa Mug/Roll-Up Scarf
    3. Quick Knitting How-To
    4. Project: Tiny Toothpick Knitting
    5. Project: Spool Knitter
  7. Chapter 5: Soft Tech
    1. How to Make an Electrical Circuit
    2. Quick Soft Circuit How-To
    3. Project: Sew a Soft Circuit Tester
    4. Project: Soft Sensors
    5. Project: Woven Audio Speaker
  8. Index
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