Picture Piecing
Author: Cynthia England
Publisher:
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780972096300
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Textile Artist: Small Art Quilts
Author: Deborah O'Hare
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2018-04-03
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 178221450X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn inspiring look into the world of creative textile-making, illustrated with beautiful textile pieces. This inspiring book guides the reader through Deborah's creative and inventive textile work: from painting fabrics and building textures to embellishing with hand and machine stitching. This book contains a wealth of inspiration for any textile artist, showing them how to create gorgeous, textured pieces of art.
Art Quilt Collage
Author: Deborah Boschert
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Published: 2016-09-01
Total Pages: 100
ISBN-13: 1617452858
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow to get from "start" to "art" Make treasured art quilts from bits of cloth, stitched motifs, and painted details. Dip your toes into the world of art quilting with mixed-media techniques, practice exercises, checklists, and work-along projects presented using 8 design guides. This visual, step-by-step guide will help you unlock your own artistic vision as you quilt in a series, finish small art pieces, and incorporate meaningful symbols into your work. • Tap into your creative muse! Art quilt inspiration, techniques, and checklists presented in 8 easy-to-use design guides • Uncomplicated, visual guide to fabric collage with practice pieces to help you gain expertise • Tell your own artistic story with colors, materials, and beloved symbols
Pictorial Quilts
Author: Carolyn Vosburg Hall
Publisher:
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780801982453
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOffers advice on creating a pictorial quilt by stressing the process of developing imagery, arranging space, and choosing a technique, and summarizes such techniques as tranferring, drawing, piecing, quilting, embroidery, and appliqueing.
Photo-Inspired Art Quilts
Author: Leni Levenson Wiener
Publisher: Krause Publications
Published: 2009-06-12
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780896898042
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn art quilt is a unique and original work of art done in fabric, layered with batting and backed just like a traditional quilt. Most often, they are made to hang on a wall as decoration. In this book, learn how to identify an appropriate photo for an art quilt, how to translate that photo into a fabric collage, and how to accent and/or embellish it using thread painting, raw-edge machine appliqué and fabric collage. A bonus DVD hosted by Nancy Zieman compliments the instruction featured in the book.
American Folk Art Quilts
Author: Maggi McCormick Gordon
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2024-03-19
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 1510756698
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Beautiful Quilts! Beautiful antique quilts and a workbook of patterns come together in this lavish photography book for quilters. The more than 30 featured quilts from the Wisconsin State Historical Society collection are displayed in period rooms at Old World Wisconsin, the Society's outdoor museum of German and Scandinavian farmhouses. Patterns and block layouts are provided for replicating each of the original quilts, and after seeing each of them in a true historical context, home sewers will be inspired to create their own versions.
Adventures in Improv Quilts
Author: Cindy Grisdela
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Published: 2021-09-25
Total Pages: 100
ISBN-13: 1644030705
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFind inspiration in Improv and start your journey with bold colors and unique designs! Improv expert Cindy Grisdela shares the design principles and construction strategies for successful quilts every time. Explore three different ways to create improvisationally, from the easiest—using one block in different colors and orientations—to combining block units using various techniques—to aspirational, free cutting the entire quilt and designing it on the wall before sewing. Finished creations result in one-of-a-kind artwork! Master three different improvisational styles to create original works of art Design and construction process made easy with expert strategies Guided exercises will have you creating stunning Improv quilts in no time!
How to SEW ART!
Author: Tammie Bowser
Publisher: Art Quilt Books
Published: 2014-12-24
Total Pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9781887467018
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt's Easy To Sew Art When You Know The Simple Secrets! In this book you will find the inspiring story of how I became an artist and I'll teach you the easy way to become an artist too. I will teach you my award winning Contoured Pixel Technique. You will master the Core Concepts that make sewing art easy. Follow me and you'll be making fine art with a sewing machine and ordinary fabrics (easily found at any fabric store) very quickly. The diagrams and instructions make this modern quilting process so easy to understand that even a beginner can do it! Each book comes with a free online video course to guide you. The Techniques Are Easy! Read This Book And Learn: How to choose the perfect image! How to make your fabric look like paint! How to use thread like it's a paint brush!
Pictorial Art Quilt Guidebook
Author: Leni Levenson Wiener
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Published: 2014-06-01
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 160705745X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTurn photos into fabulous fabric art collages You’ll be surprised how easy it is to transform a photo into gallery-worthy fabric art with Leni Wiener’s simple methods. Leni walks you step by step through choosing the right fabrics; creating patterns with free software; depicting common elements, such as grass, trees, water, and faces; layering and sewing your collages; and finishing your work for display. Loaded with inspiring photos, this guide is a virtual art class in a book. • Complete patterns and instructions for two quilts help get you started • Use the included Art Quilter’s Value Scale to choose the perfect fabrics for your quilts
Modern Art Quilts
Author: Sue Bleiweiss
Publisher: Stash Books
Published: 2018-11-07
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781617456817
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCreate dynamic quilts the fast and easy way, with no piecing required. Learn the principles of design to create your own modern quilts, with an intro to fusible fabric art and seven satisfying projects to help you realize the freedom of fusing. Get tips on dyeing your own gorgeous fabrics and try a new way to quilt as-you-go for a faster and more beautiful finish. If you can imagine it, you can quilt it!
