kraft-tex Style: Sew 27 Projects

by Roxane Cerda

Overview

Today’s top designers share 27 stylish sewing projects featuring the rugged craft paper that combines the best qualities of fabric and leather.
 
Kraft•tex™ is a truly amazing material. It looks and feels like leather, but cuts, sews, and washes just like fabric. In kraft•tex Style, top designers demonstrate its endless creative possibilities with projects that involve stitching, embossing, painting, dyeing, embellishing, inkjet printing, washing, distressing, weaving, burning, and die-cutting.
 
Kraft•tex Style features more than two dozen projects, from home décor to bags and accessories. The 18 well-known contributors include Jen Carlton Bailly, Carrie Bloomston (SUCH Designs), Rachel Gander (Imagine Gnats), Michelle Jensen (Mixi Heart), Maryellen Kim (Twist Style), Cheryl Kuczek (Paradiso Designs), Karen LePage (One Girl Circus), Nicole Mallalieu (YOU SEW GIRL!), Caro Sheridan (Splityarn), Alyssa Thomas (Penguin & Fish), and Annabel Wrigley (Little Pincushion Studio).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781607059110
Publisher:	C & T Publishing
Publication date:	07/30/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	15 MB
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About the Author

Roxane Cerda sews, knits, and makes jewelry when she isn’t up to her eyeballs with her day job as the Acquisitions Editor for C&T Publishing, Stash Books, and FunStitch Studio. Roxane lives in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Editorial Reviews

09/15/2014
C&T's kraft•tex product is a washable, sewable, paper-based substitute for leather or vinyl. It's ecofriendly, easy to clean, and very durable, making it suitable for a variety of uses, such as handbags, household accessories (e.g., place mats or coasters), and jewelry. This collection of projects, compiled by Stash editor Cerda and featuring numerous designers who have written books or contributed projects to other Stash publications, serves as a commercial for the product. There's no denying that kraft•tex is versatile—the projects showcase painted, sewn, embroidered, distressed, and dyed variations—and the leatherlike appearance and durability without the need for specialty leather-cutting and -sewing tools is a selling point. Many of the designs are clever and will appeal to Stash's typical readership of young, hip, modern crafters, and the book will likely accomplish what it sets out to do, which is promote and sell kraft•tex. VERDICT Crafters who enjoy sewing projects with a variety of interesting embellishments (and who don't mind a little marketing with their projects) may enjoy this collection.

Library Journal

06/16/2014
Kraft-tex is an "eco-friendly paper-based material" that can substitute for, or be used alongside, fabric, leather, and vinyl. Here, editor Cerda presents patterns using the innovative material in a well-designed collection of 27 projects, complete with photos, diagrams, and instructions. The book assumes readers have basic sewing skills, although some tips on kraft-tex-specific needlework are included. A chapter of bag designs, which range from a simple yoga mat sling to a makeup bag that uses dye on kraft-tex for a beautiful mottled look, is a particular stand-out. A charming snowflake wall-hanging makes use of a die-cut machine usually used for scrapbooking. Wallets, bags, camera straps, and more round out the collection. Oddly, a photograph of what kraft-tex looks like in the package isn't included, nor is the range of colors explained (from the photographs, it appears to be extensive). And where does one buy this wonder material? It's not mentioned, but eager crafters will want to know after a glance through the book. Full-color photos. (Aug.)

Publishers Weekly

Sew, paint, stamp, and distress Kraft-Tex paper fabric. The material–available in five colors–has texture similar to leather but is pliable like fabric. Get instructions for 27 projects, including home decor and accessories, in the Kraft-Tex Style book.

Fall 2015 Quilts and More

Creative New Substrate -
Here’s the best of leather and fabric in one product! It looks, feels and wears like leather, but sews, cuts and washes like fabric. Kraft-Tex, available in white, black and natural, can be used for nearly any kind of sewing project, mixed media work and book-making. Project sized rolls (19 inches by 1 ½ yards) retail for $12.95, or offer it to customers as yardage from the bolt.
Find a great selection of patterns using Kraft-Tex in C&T Publishing’s new book, Kraft-Tex Style. A perfect merchandising bundle!

October 2014 American Quilt Retailer

Have you heard of Kraft-tex? No? Well, let me introduce you. You are going to fall.in.love. I did. You know that little tag on the back of your favorite old pair of Levi's Jeans? You thought it was printed leather, didn't you? It used to be. But now manufacturers use products like Kraft-tex–a tough paper that performs like fabric. It is durable, flexible, washable, paint-able, dye-able, stamp-able, sew-able, emboss-able, fold-able…getting the idea? You can make almost anything with this stuff. And that’s what you get to see in kraft•tex Style. The great thing about Kraft-tex is that you can use the raw edge (without turning it under or hemming it) because it won't fray or rip….This book is filled with so many cool projects. You'll be so inspired to make, paint, sew and create with Kraft-tex.

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