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The Complete Book of Stuffedwork

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This book will appeal to and inspire anyone who loves sewingand creating with fabrics eg: fabric artists, sewers, quilters, dollmakers, toy makers, etc; although its probabley not for those who tend towards more traditional work.

When I first read this book in the early 1990's I was astounded to discover it had been published in 1978. (Where had I been?) Years ahead of its time, this book introduces the reader to numerous techniques available to those dabbling in "stuffed work".

STUFFEDWORK ??!... well its a good general description for the variety of subjects dealt with in this book in relation to making 3 dimensional fabric "objects". There are brief, but consise chapters on tapunto, quilting, pattern making for various shapes along with a pattern library, cloth doll face and body needle sculpture, etc - get the drift?

Although not in its own special chapter there is a s such a "gallery" of various 1970's artists work scattered through the pages. American fabric artists would probabley be familiar with the cloth fire hydrant and the huge cloth slice of chocolate cake! The work is truly inspirational with the only disappointment being that many of the photo are only black and white.

The only other book I've enjoyed as much in recent years is Ellen Rixfords "3 Dimensional Illustration", which deals only partly with fabric art.