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Explore the art of surface design and storytelling with fabric as your medium. Delve into a world of rich textures and techniques—painting, dyeing, printing, stitching, and more—to craft four distinctive sampler book structures. Jody Alexander, a renowned book and textile artist, showcases many bookmaking and fabric art techniques to help shape narratives using your unique style and mark making. With suggested sizes accommodating diverse structures, seamlessly transition from page creation to book assembly, embracing experimentation as inspiration for future creative endeavors.
For more Japanese side sewn patterns (Day 29), check out Jody's class Japanese Side Sewn Sketchbook
Learn how to:
Here’s what you’ll need:
- Sewing materials
- To make all four structures you will need 20-25 pieces of 4"x6" or 5"x7" fabric: natural fabric, medium weight, or deconstructed garment
- Fabric scraps and paper ephemera, such as book pages, maps, sheet music, security envelopes, etc.
- Thread: perle cotton size 8, daruma sashiko 20/4, machine thread, embroidery thread, other threads
- Scissors and/or rotary cutter and mat
- Thread snips
- Sewing needles
- Pins and clips
- Sewing machine (optional)
- Ruler
- Awl
- Painting / Dyeing materials
- Surface for painting: plexiglass or enamel tray or cardboard
- Paints, inks or ink pads, Jody recommends Jacquard and Yellow Owl Workshop
- Paint brushes
- Palette or paper plate, and palette knife or plastic knife
- Stir sticks
- Speedy Cut blocks or erasers for block carving and printing
- X-Acto or wood cutting/lino tools
- Pencil
- Pens: Micron, Gelly Roll, fabric pens
- Foam roller
- Manila file folder or stencil film to make stencils and stencil brushes
- Cups and jars and tubs
- Natural dyes: dirt, black tea, soy milk, iron water, oak galls, acorns, black walnuts, etc.
For more Japanese side sewn patterns (Day 29), check out Jody's class Japanese Side Sewn Sketchbook
Downloads:
- Combine sewing, bookmaking, embroidery, natural dyeing, block printing, collage, and quilting into one project
- Construct four book structures that work well with fabric
- Make natrual dyes from dirt, soy milk, tea and collected nature
- Make unique stencils and stamps
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Shape, Pattern, Color: Hand-Stitched Sampler Books Reviews
26 users recommended this class to a friend
Claudine Fujii
Lots of tips and ideas for tiny fabric books. Really enjoyed dthis class.
14 hours ago
Jacquelyn Mercer
I adore Jody! She is passionate, highly experienced as both artist and teacher, and a joyful inspiration. Wonderful class! I will watch again and again.
17 hours ago
Kris Roberts
Very informative on different ways to color fabric & helpful stitches with book making thanks
23 hours ago