About this item
More than 50 stylish projects using the traditional tie-dye method. Tie-dye is an easy, rewarding and affordable craft that can turn silks, cottons and simple ready-made garments into dramatic fashion statements. Author Melanie Brummer is an expert at reviving clothes, linens and draperies with this creative craft skill. Contemporary Dyecraft features more than 50 resist-dyeing projects that are easy to do and yield beautiful one-of-a-kind results. Methods used are bucket-dyeing, dip dyeing and dyeing in a washing machine. The book begins with an introduction to suitable fabrics, types of dye, paints and an explanation of resist dyeing. The required equipment is largely household items that are inexpensive and readily available. The projects use eight dyeing styles: flat color, graded color, crazed patterns, circles, stripes and coils, geometric shapes, spirals and stitched patterns.
About the Author
I first started working with dye and textiles in 1993. I dyed and sold T-shirts, dresses, bell-bottom trousers, babygro's, poncho's, sweatshirts, socks and anything else that I could lay my hands on. By the end of 1998 I was manufacturing and selling 100 garments a week at local flea markets.In 2002 I took what I knew to the fashion industry. I manufactured high end textiles for designers like Marianne Fassler, Stoned Cherrie, Sun Goddess, Marion & Lindie, JJ Schoeman, Black Coffee and many others. In 2005 my finishes appeared on the catwalk at SA Fashion Week in six different collections. Fabrics that I have dyed have been seen on the catwalk in New York and Milan.Currently I focus on teaching and training. I teach into schools, fashion colleges, skills development centres, NGO's and craft centres. I am fascinated with entrepreneurship and love to watch cottage industries spring up out of dreams and mist and grow into real businesses.
