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Color by Design from Ann Johnston is a practical guide to exploring color and design directly on fabric. It allows dyers to focus more on color and design than on chemistry. Exercises in this book progress from simple to complex and include a wide variety of options for more experienced dyers. Relevant technical details are included for advanced dyers as well.

Ann Johnson

Color by Design
Color by Design
by Ann Johnston
Color by Accident
Color by Accident
by Ann Johnston
Speaking in Cloth
Speaking in Cloth
6 Quilters, 6 Voices
by Ann Johnston, Jeannette DeNicolis Meyer, Cynthia Corbin, Quinn Zander Corum, Nancy Erickson, Trish Hassler
Quilter's Book of Design Cover
The Quilter's Book of Design

Expanded 2nd Edition
by Ann Johnston

 

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Paint and Print with Dye

Author: Ann Johnston
Pages: 168
Page size: 8 1/2" x 6"
Publisher: Ann Johnston Publications
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Fast, Simple and Exciting ......

Color by Design shows you how to dye cottons and silks in an incredible range of colors and patterns - without changing the feel of your fabric. Using every tool imaginable - from brushes, sponges, stamps and blocks to rollers, sprays, silk screens and more - you will discover an endless array of techniques. Right away you will be able to create your own distinctive marks and colors and with practice, you will create intricate designs with confidence and spontaneity.

  • 48 exercises with crystal-clear directions, step by step
  • Recipes that can be prepared ahead and instructions to store them
  • More than 120 color photos of sensational fabrics, with how-to captions
  • Information and options for more experienced dyers.
  • Special chapters on water-soluble resists and on dyeing blacks

About the Author

First, Ann learned to sew, then she learned to dye fabric. In between, she earned a BA in Literature from Stanford University and an MA in Geography from the University of Oregon, married Jim, worked in Peace Corps Peru, and taught school in the US. By now, Ann has been putting dye on fabric for over 25 years. Her years of experimentation have led to mountains of hand-dyed fabric and hundreds of one-of-a-kind quilts. Since she wrote Dye Painting!, Ann has continued to explore even more variations that work best with dyes. Color by Accident: Low-Water Immersion Dyeing, describes a quick and easy method to create richly textured fabrics. The popularity of that book pushed her to write its companion book, Color by Design: Paint and Print with Dye, a very complete manual of techniques for surface design with the same dyes. In her book, The Quilter's Book of Design, you can see some of Ann's quilts, made exclusively with her hand-dyed fabrics. If Ann isn't at home in Oregon dyeing fabric or making quilts, you may run into her in a workshop in the US or Europe, doing the same thing, or even more likely, somewhere on the road or trail with Jim and one or both of their sons, Scott and Todd

Table of Contents

 
Introduction 7
Learn the Basics  
1. Supplies 13
2. Instructions 27
3 Color Mixing 41
Practice the Applications  
4. Moisture Variations 49
5. Paint Techniques 61
6. Print Techniques 77
7. Water-Soluble Resists 93
8. Layers of Colors 107
9. Large-Scale Applications 119
Extend Your Understanding  
10. About Black 132
11. Alternative Methods 136
12. Questions & Answers 146
Glossary 160
Sources 164

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Color by Design
Color by Design
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Color by Accident
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Jacquard: Indigo Dye Kit, iDye, iDye Poly & Laundry Aid Color Remover & Sunblock

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Color by Accident
Color by Accident
by Ann Johnston

Dyeing in Plastic Bags

by Helen Deighan
Fabric Dyeing for Beginners
Fabric Dyeing for Beginners

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Fast Fun & Easy Fabric Dyeing

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Hand-Dyed Fabric

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by Helen Deighan

Stitching to Dye in Quilt Art
Stitching to Dye in Quilt Art
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by C June Barnes

 

Fabric Dyeing for Beginners
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Flower Pounding
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Batik Patterns

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Creative Batik
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Introduction to Batik

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Indigo Dye Kit
Indigo Dye Kit
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A Handbook of Indigo Dyeing
A Handbook of Indigo Dyeing

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Kimono as Art
Kimono as Art
by Dale Carolyn Gluckman and Hollis Goodall
Shibori for Textile Artists
Shibori for Textile Artists
by Janice Gunner
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Shibori Designs & Techniques

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Shibori

by Karren K. Brito
Shibori The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist Dyeing
Shibori
The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist Dyein
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by Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada, Mary Kellogg Rice and Jan Barton

Tie Dye

Tie-Dyed Shirts
Tie-Dyed Shirts

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Colour on Cloth
Colour on Cloth
Create Stunning Effects with Dye on Fabric

by Ruth Issett
Color by Design
Color by Design
by Ann Johnston
Complex Cloth by June Dunnewold
Complex Cloth

by June Dunnewold
cover create your own hand-painted cloth
Create Your Own
Hand-Painted Cloth

by Rayna Gillman
Creative Surface Design
Creative Surface Design

by Sandy Scrivano
Exploring Textile Arts
Exploring Textile Arts

From Creative Publishing
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Painted Quilt

by Linda & Laura Kemshall
Sky Dyes
SkyDyes
A Visual Guide to Fabric Painting

by Mickey Lawler
  Sun-Kissed Quilts and Crafts Cover
Sun-Kissed Quilts & Crafts

by Barbara K. Baker & Jeri Boe
The Surface Designers Handbook
The Surface Designer's Handbook
by Holly Brackman
Transforming Fabric
Transforming Fabric

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Silk Dyes & Paints

A Complete Guide to SIlk Painting
A Complete Guide to Silk Painting
by Susanne Hahn
Beginner's Guide to Silk Painting
Beginner's Guide to Silk Painting
by Mandy Southan
 

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Painting Flowers on Silk
Painting Flowers on Silk
by Mandy Southan

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Fabric Textures & Patterns
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250 desins on CD
Pattern Storybook:  Japanese Style
Pattern Storybook: Japanese Style

by Shigeki Nakamura
 
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i Colour book
Abstract Designs
i Colour Designs From Nature i
i Colour
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