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Fusing Fabric by Margaret Beal offers one of the most innovative techniques in textile art: cutting, fusing and marking fabrics with the soldering iron to create stunning effects. Illustrated with over 100 color photographs you will find a wealth of inspiring ideas for creative experimentation.

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Fusing Fabric
Creative Cutting, Bonding and Mark-Making with the Soldering Iron

Author: Margaret Beal
Pages: 128
Page size: 8 1/2" x 11"
Publisher:Batsford
Cover: Soft
Item Code: 4Q0524
Weight: 1.25 lb

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Discover one of the most innovative techniques in textile art: cutting, fusing and marking fabrics with the soldering iron to create stunning effects
Acclaimed embroiderer Margaret Beal gives full step-by-step instructions for the basic methods, plus a wealth of inspiring ideas for creative experimentation
Illustrated with over 100 color photographs of beautiful finished pieces

The fine tipped soldering iron is one of the most creative tools available to textile artists and embroiderers today. Acclaimed embroiderer Margaret Beal is a pioneer of these techniques. Armed with this book and a soldering iron you will discover how to cut, bond, seal, seam, score and make marks on single or multiple layers of synthetic fabric, creating finished pieces that are beautiful in themselves or make unique surfaces for further stitching, whether by hand or machine.

About the Author

Margaret Beal is an embroiderer who travels all over the UK teaching her innovative and popular soldering-iron techniques. She is a member of Wessex Textile Artists and has studied under the renowned and highly respected embroiderer Gwen Hedley, author of the bestselling Surfaces for Stitch.

Table of Contents
Introduction	6
Chapter One - Mark-Making, Cutting and Bonding	18
Chapter Two - Machine Stitching	74
Chapter Three - Three-Dimensional Effects	88
Chapter Four - Other Materials	100
Suppliers	126
Further Reading	127
Index	128