Both amateur and professional potters constantly seek time-saving tips, trade secrets, and new technical knowledge--which makes this handsomely illustrated book exactly what they're looking for! Author Jacqui Atkin describes the full range of available clays and their individual qualities, as well as necessary tools and equipment. She presents easy-to-follow directions for fashioning pottery, and augments her instruction with captioned, step-by-step photos and illustrations.

Introduction

About this book

TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT

Essential equipment

Needle know-how

Pin pointers

Great gadgets

Pressing points

Sewing machine tips

Modern machines

Clever cutting

Troubleshooting for machines

MATE RIAL MATTE RS

Fibre facts

Choosing fabrics

Working with tricky fabrics

Storing fabrics

Working with colour

Pattern and printed fabrics

Texture and weight

Sourcing fabrics

Special products

Threads and more threads

IN STITCHES

Sewing by hand

Magical machine stitches

Buttonholes

Machine embroidery

Serging ahead

SEWING TECHNIQUES

Using paper patterns

Joining fabrics

3-D shaping

Desirable draping

Pleats

Hemming

Best ways with edges

Luxury linings

Underlinings

I nterfacings

Perfect pockets

DECORATING FABRICS

Achieving quick effects

Beading

Twisted tucks and folds

Smocking

Quilting

Applique

Couching

Silk ribbon embroidery

Making tassels and fringes

Piping

Flower making

Glossary

Resources

Index

Fold-out flap

Credits