a miraculous and fascinating place, and ideas for surface designs are everywhere,” Jane, our author, explains. “You may make wondrous cloth based on what you learn in this book (Complex Cloth), but if your eyes are newly opened to the world around you, we will have both succeeded beyond these limited pages.” Are you one of the many fabric enthusiasts who love the look of batiks and rich tonal fabrics?Fabric motifs come and go and seem to have a limited timeframe where they are the prevailing favorite. The subtle beauty of rich tonals is not one of them. Few of us, though, may have considered creating our own textiles whose depth and complexity would offer the
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