Overview
Découpage, Paint and Fabric Projects contains complete, easy-to-follow instructions and step-by-step photographs to guide you. The book features:
- Découpage
- materials, applications and protective coatings
- posters for dramatic flair
- dried leaves for a natural look
- creative ideas for using wrapping paper, calendar pictures, postage stamps
Paint
- combining paint with découpage and fabric treatments
- creating textured backgrounds
- staining
- freehand painting
- all about paint and craft supplies and their properties
Fabric
- using fabric for découpage treatments
- fully cladding furniture in fabric
- halter-backs for chairs
- a curtain for a wardrobe door
- all about adhesives and protective coatings
Also included: a full section on making and repairing chair seats and cushions
Découpage, Paint and Fabric Projects is part of a four book series on Decorating Furniture based on Sheila McGraw's highly successful Painting & Decorating Furniture (pb: 1-55209-380-8) that has sold over 40,000 copies. Booklist called this volume "Quite probably the best general instruction on furniture decoration that exists."
With these four books as guides, anyone can decorate furniture like a professional. Each book contains complete, easy-to-follow instructions and hundreds of step-by-step color photographs. The extensive range of projects and techniques provides something for every taste. Other books in the series are Antique and Country Paint Projects (pb: 1-55297-615-7); Stencil, Paint and Block Print Projects (pb: 1-55297-617-3); Texture, Paint, Ornament and Mosaic Projects (pb: 1-55297-618-1).