Layer, Paint and Stitch

Create textile art with machine and hand stitching.

Experiment, explore and embellish: create 6 stunning works of textile art by layering, painting and embellishing fabrics with machine and hand stitching.

This beautiful book will guide you through Wendy Dolan’s inventive style of work: from piecing and patching fabrics and creating textures to painting and embellishing with hand and machine stitching. Included are:

• 6 inspiring step-by-step projects, broken down into three chapters: Architecture, Landscapes and Flowers. Each project delights in playing with colour, texture and stitching, and every category is followed by a striking gallery of Wendy’s work.
• A wealth of technical inspiration for any textile artist: discover ideas, techniques and approaches that will help you develop your own gorgeous, textured pieces of art. 
• A gallery of 3D textile art pieces, demonstrating how to turn your wonderful stitched textiles into captivating structures. Wendy’s transformed items include a fabulously textured satin cushion cover, beautifully adorned notebooks and a wedding dress made for her daughter.

This stunning book will unlock an abundance of inspiration for the experimental textile artist: gain the confidence to push your use textile artistry to new and impressive horizons.

This is a paperback re-issue of The Textile Artist: Layer, Paint and Stitch (9781782210740), 2015.