Print Pattern Sew

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.Inspired by her California home, Hewett's designs reference the plants and landscape around her through botanical motifs, organic shapes, an