Textiles transformed : thread and thrift with reclaimed textiles

**Mandy Pattullo, textile artist and author of** Textile Collage **, builds on her previous work demonstrating how to create beautiful and new collages from found and cherished textiles.** Transform old and vintage textiles into beautiful new art! Author and artist Mandy Pattullo demonstrates how to source, refashion, and repurpose old and worn textiles through embellishment, stitch, and appliqué; she also shows how to turn them into stunning quilts, books, table linen, wall hangings, and more. Following the make-do-and-mend and folk-art traditions of previous generations, Mandy gives simple instructions for handling these vintage and precious materials, and provides projects for quilts and patchworks, linen and lace, wool and knitting, and deconstructing worn garments. Her ideas—from making rag dolls and lace books to stitching on blankets, sewing tapestry panels, and customizing children’s clothes—will inspire you to incorporate these past beauties into your own unique textile work. Mandy Pattullo, textile artist and author of Textile Collage, builds on her previous work demonstrating how found and cherished textiles can be used to create beautiful collages. In this, her new work, Mandy demonstrates how to source, refashion and repurpose old and worn vintage textiles, not only through embellishment, stitch and applique but also into stunning quilts, bags, books, tablecloths and napkins, tapestry panels and wall hangings, and much more. Following the make-do-and-mend and Folk Art traditions of previous generations, Mandy provides simple instructions for working with a variety of vintage textiles and precious fragments. There are projects for working with quilts and patchworks, linen and lace, wool and knitting and even deconstructing pre-loved garments. Each project beautifully demonstrates how fabrics and textiles can find a new and repurposed life and will inspire you to incorporate these past beauties into your own unique textile work A guide to transforming found and cherished textiles. Textile artist Mandy Pattullo shows how to source, refashion and repurpose vintage textiles to create beautiful collages and other unique textile objects. There are ideas for embellishment, stitch and appliqué as well as tips for transforming material into impressive quilts, bags, books, tablecloths, tapestry panels and wall hangings and much more. Following the make-do-and-mend and folk art traditions of previous generations, Mandy provides simple instructions for working with a variety of vintage textiles and precious fragments. There are projects for working with quilts, patchworks, linen, lace, wool and even deconstructing pre-loved garments. Each project beautifully demonstrates how fabrics and textiles can find a new and repurposed life and will inspire textile artists to incorporate these past beauties into their own work. A guide to transforming found and cherished textiles. Textile artist Mandy Pattullo shows how to source, refashion and repurpose vintage textiles to create beautiful collages and other unique textile objects. There are ideas for embellishment, stitch and applique as well as tips for transforming material into impressive quilts, bags, books, tablecloths, tapestry panels and wall hangings and much more. Following the make-do-and-mend and folk art traditions of previous generations, Mandy provides simple instructions for working with a variety of vintage textiles and precious fragments. There are projects for working with quilts, patchworks, linen, lace, wool and even deconstructing pre-loved garments. Each project beautifully demonstrates how fabrics and textiles can find a new and repurposed life and will inspire textile artists to incorporate these past beauties into their own work Rescue beautiful vintage fabrics and treasured items by repurposing, embellishing and displaying them in your own unique textile work.