Creative Journeys: Fun & Easy Textile Surface Design Techniques

Do you run your hands over surfaces, walk around looking at the tiled floors in churches, take close-up shots of leaves and flowers or sculptural details in buildings? Do you watch how the light changes in a sunrise or the randomness of nature?

This book guides you through the ways in which you can turn these beautiful patterns and textures into stunning textiles.

The first in a series of books titled ‘Creative Journeys’, Lisa Walton imparts expert guidance, tips and techniques coupled with over 140 illustrations to help inspire and encourage you to turn your ideas into creative textiles.

With a focus on fabric painting, stamping, decorative rubbings, metallic foils, simple screen printing, stencilling, creative stitchwork, textural quilting, Lisa shows how these can be used to create stunning textile art.