Fast, Fun & Easy Fabric Dyeing: Create Colorful Fabric for Quilts, Crafts & Wearables [Paperback]

Lynn Koolish (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2008

Learn 12 quick, can't-miss dyeing techniques to add custom color to quilts, fabric, clothing, linens, and household goods.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Lynn Koolish works full-time editing quilting books and teaches a variety of surface design and quilting classes.

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: C&T Publishing (November 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 157120508X
• ISBN-13: 978-1571205087
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #362,062 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

In addition to being an author and quilt/fiber artist, I'm a Developmental Editor at C&T Publishing. I also teach classes including Fabric Dyeing the Fast, Fun & Easy Way, Piecing Ruth McDowell Style, Photo-Editing Software for Quilters, and other assorted classes.

I've written two books--Fast, Fun & Easy(R) Fabric Dyeing and Fast, Fun & Easy(R) Creative Fabric Clocks, co-written two books on inkjet printing on fabric--More Photo Fun and Innovative Fabric Imagery, and have done a DVD--Lynn Koolish Teaches You Printing on Fabric.

My website is www.lynnkoolish.com and you can see more photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/lynnquilter/

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is cool stuff!, December 17, 2008

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Crafty Hubby (San Rafael, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fast, Fun & Easy Fabric Dyeing: Create Colorful Fabric for Quilts, Crafts & Wearables (Paperback)

My wife is a quilter and has talked about wanting to dye fabric for a long time, but she never quite got around to doing it. When I heard about this book, I bought it for her. I decided to take a look through it first and thought: Hey! This is really cool stuff. Then I realized: Hey! I could do this, too. So we used the reference section of the book, got online and ordered some dyes and fabric, and together we started trying it out. With the pictures, the instructions are so easy to follow, and we've gotten great results for everything we've tried. Now she's ready to use the book to try more things. And I'm ready to dye some of my old t-shirts to jazz them up a bit.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fast fun & easy - the title is a great summary!, December 3, 2008

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This review is from: Fast, Fun & Easy Fabric Dyeing: Create Colorful Fabric for Quilts, Crafts & Wearables (Paperback)

I've done simple tie-dying before and thought I had "been there, done that". But this book gave me so many ideas for fun techniques that I know it'll end up as a dog-eared favorite on my shelf.

It's not just the technical information that makes this book so great; the instructions are easy to follow and the pictures are worth... more than 1000 words! (One example of great use of pictures is the comparison of printed fabrics undyed, overdyed with blue and overdyed with peach-orange.)

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW, December 5, 2008

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This review is from: Fast, Fun & Easy Fabric Dyeing: Create Colorful Fabric for Quilts, Crafts & Wearables (Paperback)

WOW

What a great resource book for fabric dyeing! The book explores a variety of dyeing techniques; The instructions and how to photos are clear, concise and easy to follow.

I think quilters often shy away from dyeing their own fabric because they think it is difficult and time consuming. Fast, Fun and Easy Fabric Dyeing demonstrates that the process can be exactly as the title claims -Fast, Fun and Easy, and the results extremely rewarding.

Everything you need to know to dye fabric is all here in one ready reference.