num_pages: 176
description: Create bold block prints for a completely custom wardrobe--print fabrics customize patterns and sew garments that truly express your own style.Infuse your everyday style with more color more pattern and more personality. Printmaker and textile designer Jen Hewett presents her distinctive process for block-printing yards of fabric with garment sewing in mind. Explore the process of designing and printing fabric through step-by-step instruction on carving blocks and printing pattern repeats. Hewett makes creating custom hand-printed fabric approachable and doable. Inspired by her California home Hewett's designs reference the plants and landscape around her through botanical motifs organic shapes and a bold graphic quality. Paired with a playful use of color the pattern designs here offer the perfect place to start with block-printing. Once you've printed your fabric it's time to sew. With sewing patterns for simple garments and accessories you'll discover the play between the fabric and finished project and work toward building a highly customizable wardrobe. With step-by-step photos clear instructions and full-size sewing patterns this is a complete guide to sewing clothes that truly reflect your style and personality.
language: English
title: Print, Pattern, Sew: Block-Printing Basics + Simple Sewing Projects for an Inspired Wardrobe
publisher: Roost Books