The Art of Manipulating Fabric Janet Doman as he grapples with his

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Publication Date: 01 Oct 2003

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The Art of Manipulating Fabric Janet Doman as he grapples with hisThe possibilities for three dimensional manipulation of fabric gathering, pleating, tucking, shirring, and quilting woven materials are seemingly endless. To describe them all would be to describe the entire history of sewing. In "The Art of manipulating Fabric," Colette Wolff has set herself just this task, and she succeeds brilliantly. Working from the simplest possible form a flat piece of cloth and a threaded needle she categorizes all major