Inner sleeve summary from the book cover:

In felt to Stitch, acclaimed feltmaker Sheila Smith explores the possibilities of making and using handmade felt for stitch. Felt is an incredibly versatile medium that is easy to make and manipulate and provides the ideal base for surface embellishment. Handmade felt allows you a degree of control and creativity that ready-made fabrics cannot replicate. This book shows you how to make your own felt, select and dye your own colours, build unusual textures with felt fibres and further decoration, and manipulate felt to make stunning three-dimensional pieces. With sample projects that illustrate the main techniques, the book covers:

• Making Hand-Rolled Felt: all the basic techniques you need for creating felt.
• Colour in Felt: blending commercially dyed fibres; dyeing process for wool fibres; applying colour as surface design.
• Line, Shape and Pattern: Methods for creating clear outlines in felt; pre-felts for use as inlays; appliqué and mosaic techniques.
• Shibori: Using traditional shibori techniques to add surface interest.
• Texture with Nuno Felt: using combinations of felt with fabric to create rich textures and innovative textile pieces.
• Three-Dimensional Felt: harnessing the special moulding capability of felt to make unique vessels and purses.

Above: a typical double page spread (pp74-5) from 'Felt to Stitch'. Click on the image to see an enlarged version.

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First published in the United Kingdom in 2006 by Batsford, 151 Freeston Road, London, W10 6TH. Already reprinted to satisfy demand and translated into German.

128pp illustrated throughout in full colour size (approx) 9 x 11 inches (21 x 27.5 cm)

ISBN: 0 7134 9008X (13 digit: 97807 13490084)