suggestions for "fabric art" books or online links?

[aimeekitty]

does anyone have suggestions for instructional websites or books about fabric art? (ie: dying, applique, embellishment, fabric collage, etc...)

SCREENPRINTING::
I did some searching and reading today about silkscreening... it seems if I wanted to do a detailed silkscreen (ie like one of my drawings) that I need to use the photo emulsion technique (rather than this simpler technique) or should I try ezscreenprint ?

also relevant:
http://community.livejournal.com/craftgrrl/3340159.html
http://www.moonchacha.com/screen2.html
http://www.thinkink.net/Qstore/Qstore.cgi
http://www.sdmart.org/pix/screenprinting.pdf

and then we have Youta with a bag:

Comments

[merrycalliope.livejournal.com]

I've had pretty good luck finding 'how to' sites by searching for whatever I'm specifically looking for...like 'shibori' or whatever... If I'm not sure what I'm looking for I start cruising places like Etsy or Craftster hoping someone will have put a name to what I have in mind.

If you find a fairly definitive website I'd be interested to know about it as well! ^_^

[actionflakes.livejournal.com]

CraftGrrl's memories have a lot of tutiorials/ideas for stuff like that. :] It's a really cool community (I post there sometimes) and they're all really helpful.

[april-art.livejournal.com]

My last silkscreen class was too long ago to be helpful with anything, sadly.

LOVE fluffy black glowing eyed Youta photo! ^____^

[karisu-sama.livejournal.com]

That is a fabulous Youta pic. THE EYES!!! 8D I am snagging it to disc. I am even thinking of perhaps at some point making another random LJ kitty icon from it, but as I can identify whose photo it is, it would be polite to ask your permission first... ^^

[dusk-in-dendera.livejournal.com]

Not just Youta with a bag-- Youta with incredible glowing eyes! I have a similar picture of my cat Miroku ^^

[questionstar.livejournal.com]

I had a great book on applique I found in a quilter's store, though all of my books are still in scotland right now @___@ but I'm going to try and get my mom to send me a bunch of my books and when I do I can send you some scans.

I've been looking around for a lot of fabric decoration howto as well, googling and going to the library, but I haven't found more info than you yet D: When I do I'll let you know.

[kaijou-akai.livejournal.com]

*Waves at fellow IG Forum member* Hello ^^

Photo emulsion screen printing requires a number of chemicals, and the emulsion solution needs to be prepared and mixed before using. When applying to the screen (the screen needs to be prepped with a special conditioner before use), it can get pretty messy, and it must be done in a dark room, since it'll harden under normal lighting/sunlight very quickly.

To remove the emulsion from the screen, it requires a special cleaner (can't remember what it is at the moment), as well as a power washer to remove the remaining excess residue. Or instead of using that method of cleaning, the screen can be replaced with a new one, although it's kind of a hassle to get it stretched onto the frame evenly.

I've never heard of ezscreenprint before, but it wouldn't hurt to experiment with it =)

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

hieee! :)

yeah, if the ezscreenprint works with enough detail, it seems like it would be way easier! I need the details!

thanks for the info!