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Acid dyes and dyeing: techniques from Art Van Go

recipe and directions

STITCH with the Embroiderers' Guild Workshop - Blueprints on Fabric

Valerie Campbell-Harding shows how to use blueprinting fabric, with images of pieced and stitched blueprinted samples

Absolutely Brilliant - monoprinted cushions

Janice Hay creates designs with simple monoprints, embellished with stitching and beading

Surface Design Techniques

includes stamping, foiling, and discharge dyeing

Colorquilts by Carlene L. Raper

images of hand dyed fabrics with brief descriptions of how they are made

Fibre Etch, Devore and Discharge instructions

from Farthingales, who sell products for theatrical costumers and creative dressmakers

All about Hand Dyeing on Fabric

comprehensive hand dyers site

Painted Quilt: Paint and Print Techniques for Colour on Quilts Linda Kemshall, Laura Kemshall £10.49	The Surface Designer's Handbook Holly Brackmann £21.99
Colour on Cloth: Create Stunning Effects with Dye on Fabric: Colour, Design and Technique Ruth Issett	Textile Surface Decoration: Silk and Velvet (Textiles Handbooks) Margo Singer £11.19
1000 Patterns £13.99	Patterns: New Surface Design Drusilla Cole £10.99
Collagraphs and Mixed Media Printmaking (Printmaking Handbook) Brenda Hartill, Richard Clarke £11.19	Textile Designs: 200 Years of Patterns for Printed Fabrics Arranged by Motif, Colour, Period and Design Susan Meller, Joost Elffers £20.99