Print, Pattern, Sew

Block-Printing Basics + Simple Sewing Projects for an Inspired Wardrobe

Create bold block prints for a completely custom wardrobe—print fabrics, customize patterns, and sew garments that truly express your own style. This book offers:

• Clear how-to instructions for carving motifs from soft blocks, plus 13 designs to get you started
  
• A guide to printing on fabric and constructing repeating patterns
  
• 13 projects and full-size patterns for garments and accessories for a complete hand-printed wardrobe
  

Infuse your everyday style with more color, more pattern, and more personality. Printmaker and textile designer Jen Hewett presents her distinctive process for block-printing yards of fabric with garment sewing in mind. Explore the process of designing and printing fabric through step-by-step instruction on carving blocks and printing pattern repeats. Hewett makes creating custom, hand-printed fabric approachable and doable.