Fabric Magic. [Fabrics: Choosing Fabrics; Transforming Fabrics; Windows: Choosing a Style; Shades; Curtains; Beds and Bedding;: Choosing a Style; Covers & Linen; Coverings: Choosing a Style; Fabric Surfaces; Fabric Furnishings; Beds & Bedding; etc]

Paine, Melanie. [Richard Bird, Penny David, Carole McGlynn, Fritz von der Schulenburg, Hilary More, Annabel Westman, Steven Wooster, Tig Sutton, Diana Leadbetter, Sandra Pond. Michael Dunne, Jacqui Hurst]

ISBN 10: 0679725989 / ISBN 13: 9780679725985

Published by New York : Pantheon Books, c1987, 1989., 1989

About this Item

1st pbk. ed. ; 216 pp. : color illustrations ; 28 cm. ; ISBN: 0679725989 (pbk.) ; 9780679725985 (pbk.) ; LCCN: 87-43004 ; LC: TT387; Dewey: 747/.5 ; OCLC: 20377688 ; full-color, stiff paper wrappers ; slight foxing ; "A complete sourcebook of both design inspiration and professional techniques for soft furnishings. Techniques include transforming fabrics by layering, joining, pleating, stitching, adding edgings, and inserting borders; coloring fabrics by painting, patting, daubing, spattering, stenciling, tie-dye and wax resist; Making roller, Roman, Austrian, and festoon shades; Making lined and interlined curtains with pencil pleat, French pleat, box pleat, gathered, bunch, goblet, and scalloped headings; Draping and dressing sheers and curtains with swags and tails, tie-bands, cornices, and valances; Making bed linen for a wide range of bed styles--comforters, pillowcases, dust ruffles, and bedspreads; Covering screens; Making box, throw and "hamburger" pillows; Making table cloths; Basic sewing technioques from mitering corners to inserting zippers; Complete glossary and suppliers."--back cover ; photographs feature the homes of John Alexander, Patricia Boulter, Barbara Douglas, Paul Dyson, Anne and John Fraser, Toby Kalitowski, Shirley Mitchard, Gill SHepherd, Andrew Speak. Debbie and Mike Staniford, Althea Wilson, and Christabel Brown ; FINE.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fabric Magic. [Fabrics: Choosing Fabrics; Transforming Fabrics; Windows: Choosing a Style; Shades; Curtains; Beds and Bedding;: Choosing a Style; Covers & Linen; Coverings: Choosing a Style; Fabric Surfaces; Fabric Furnishings; Beds & Bedding; etc]
• Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, c1987, 1989.
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679725989
• ISBN 13: 9780679725985
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Catalog 66 - Art

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Synopsis

In the style of Paint Magic, Fabric Magic has all the amateur needs to know to create easily and inexpensively an interior that a professional would be proud of. Illustrated.

Review

Fabric, declares the author, is "the most exciting element" in decorating a room. Leaf through her attractive book and you'll see why. A wide range of styles is embodied here, from the opulence of a Renaissance-style hallway adorned in red silk to the lushness of creamy cotton drapes puddled on the floor to the contemporary lines of smartly striped Roman blinds to the rustic charm of gingham curtains. Melanie Paine explains how to choose, combine, manipulate, and paint on fabrics, as well as how to choose a style for window dressing, beds and bedding, and fabric coverings for walls and furnishings and ceilings. Although step-by-step directions are provided throughout for many of the items (such as various types of blinds, curtains, and bed covers), this is not a basic instructional how-to book. The New Fabric Magic is most successful and appealing as an idea book, filled with wonderful ways to use fabric to make rooms come alive.