Synopsis
Tantalise with Tucks. Beguile with the Bias. Enter the fascinating world of textural creativity! This book will guide you through the tactile delights of fabric manipulation. Discover the simplicity and explore the diversity as you create a unique masterpiece. It's easy, it's fun and it's different, and making mistakes will not matter. Very little equipment is required. The samples can be stitched by hand or by machine. The basic model will cope with all the techniques. An accurate seam allowance is not always essential, the designs can be planned as you sew, changes can be made and only you will known if the final result is perhaps not quite the original idea.
About the Author
This skinnyish, reddish-haired, slightly wacky Brit is totally obsessed with 'Nipping and Tucking' - fabric manipulation and surface texture. Unique in her field, she's now internationally known for her quick, simple, innovative and original techniques with manipulated material and her hilarious lectures with real 'Strip, Show and Tell'. Jennie teaches a wide variety of classes for all levels and abilities of sewers from patchworkers, quilters and embroiderers to fashion, soft furnishing and home decor enthusiasts. Indeed, anyone interested in any form of needlework will be totally captivated by her deviously ingenious textural designs and can benefit from the wealth of creative ideas arising from her magic manipulations. Although, much of her work is created in simple calico known as muslin in the USA, her elegant ideas and natty notions may be adapted for any type of fabric and used to make quilts, wall-hangings, boxes, baskets, cushions, table linen and of course fashion garments and accessories. She works and teaches on a variety of sewing machines from Bernina, Husqvarna, Pfaff to Brother, Janome and Elna but her delectable creations can be made by hand. With seven books on fabric manipulation techniques, many articles and a variety of patterns, Jennie's material magic goes on and on.
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