Easy Transfers for Any Surface: Crafting with Images and Photos [Paperback]

Livia McRee (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2, 2002

Integrate image transfer into your next craft project. The explosion of home computers, digital cameras, and photos being available on cd's or floppy disks has resulted in photos, images and clip art being at your finger tips for inclusion in a wide array of projects. The book will be arranged in two sections. The first is an overview of each technique, explanation of materials, digital how-to, glossary of terms. The second is divided into chapters on different materials: fabric, wood, porous surfaces: terra cotta, tumbled marble, stone, polymer clay.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

The easy availability of clip art, photo imaging, and other types of transferable artwork makes personally created transfers generally more attractive than those purchased in craft shops. McCree, a craft designer and former editor of Handcraft magazine, provides step-by-step projects and techniques for transferring images to fabric, wood, stone, or polymer clay. The projects are mainly for household items such as pillows or flowerpots. A section of artwork to be copied for the projects is included. The up-to-date technical information in this book makes it a good selection for public libraries.
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About the Author

Livia McRee is a craft designer and writer, and a former editor at Handcraft Illustrated magazine. She is author of Quick Crafts: Fast and Fun Projects to Make and Give and Instant Fabric: Quilted Projects from Your Home Computer. Her work has been published online and she has contributed to several how-to craft books including The Crafter's Project Book, Mosaics Inside and Out, and Ceramic Painting Color Workshop.

Product Details

• Paperback: 116 pages
• Publisher: Quarry Books (April 2, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564968510
• ISBN-13: 978-1564968517
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 7.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #723,029 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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34 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Graphic Design Meets Crafting, August 31, 2002

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This review is from: Easy Transfers for Any Surface: Crafting with Images and Photos (Paperback)

As a graphic designer I was drawn to this title. I've always wanted to try my hand at some home furnishing projects but thought I would just make a mess with out the benefit of Edit > Undo on my Mac. Livia McRee took me step by step through my first project (Stone tile coasters p. 58) and I was amazed when they were done. Totally cool 50s clip art on coasters. I love it. SUPER BONUS: the book is filled with full color pages of great artwork like vintage luggage lables, indian folk art, and old time illustrations that you can xerox or scan for use in the projects. People won't believe you when you tell them you made this stuff!

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not to Good, April 12, 2005

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Darla Proctor "dajean" (Rossville, Ga. United States) - See all my reviews
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If you're already into transfering images to fabric, this book won't tell you much more than you already know. It's main focus is store bought heat transfer sheets. I wanted more. I also have "Fabric Photos" by Marjorie Croner, which is a far better book and goes into different ways to transfer using mending tape and fabric. It does have some good images in the back you can use, but I like my own better. Skip it, look for something with more detail.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy transfers for any Surface, June 12, 2002

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Giorgetta Mcree (Hermitage, TN) - See all my reviews
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Transfers! Who can resist them! Even as children we were interested in this craft. Well, this book is not for children, no, it is for all of us adult crafters that aspire to produce spectacular work with ease and satisfaction!