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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

Colorquilts by Carlene L. Raper

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

All about Hand Dyeing on Fabric

comprehensive hand dyers site

Textile Designs: 200 Years of Patterns for Printed Fabrics arranged by Motif, Colour, Period and Design Susan Meller £22.40	Colour on Cloth: Create Stunning Effects with Dye on Fabric: Colour, Design and Technique Ruth Issett
Collagraphs and Mixed Media Printmaking (Printmaking Handbook) Brenda Hartill £10.23	1000 Patterns
Textile Surface Decoration: Silk and Velvet (Textiles Handbooks) Margo Singer £12.99	The Painted Quilt: Paint and Print Techniques for Colour on Quilts Linda Kemshall £9.59
Patterns: New Surface Design Drusilla Cole	Surface Designer's Handbook: Dyeing Printing Painting and Creating Resists on Fabric Holly Brackmann £14.07