Ready-to-Use Narrow Frames and Borders
Ready-to-Use Narrow Frames and Borders

Author: Maggie Kate

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1993-01-01

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 0486275752

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24 full-page, 16 half-page frames provide maximum amount of interior space for copy and illustration. Elegant, distinctive designs include florals and foliates. Royalty free.

Ready-to-Use Ornate Borders on Layout Grids
Ready-to-Use Ornate Borders on Layout Grids

Author: Dan X. Solo

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1996-04-09

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 0486290433

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Borders are among the most needed of all graphic design elements. In this volume graphic artists will find a particularly handsome selection of borders and frames with the accent on the lavishly decorative and ornate. In styles ranging from rococo to high Victorian, they offer an elegant and eye-catching setting for copy of all types, from ads and invitations to title pages, menus, announcements, and more. Printed on nonreproducible blue layout grids for easy and accurate placement of copy, these ready-to-use borders will appeal to graphic artists, librarians, teachers, just about anyone looking for a unique way to frame their message.

Luminous Landscapes
Luminous Landscapes

Author: Gloria Loughman

Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc

Published: 2007-01-02

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 1607053896

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Thread, Paint & Inspiration — the Sky’s the Limit! • Create unique and impressive landscape quilts from photos you take — includes tips on taking good pictures, how to combine elements of several photos into one design, and how to use color effectively • Yes, you can create stunning pictorial effects using step-by-step techniques! • Learn how to paint your own fabrics and create striking silhouettes Let your inner artist out! Capture the glory of a sunrise or sunset, the stark outline of a tree against the sky, the placid surface of the ocean. Gloria has assembled a repertoire of techniques to give all your pictorial quilts breathtaking impact, from working with photographs to painting fabric, creating silhouettes, constructing backgrounds, and embellishing with stitching. Try one of three projects, or use the techniques in your own designs.

Young House Love
Young House Love

Author: Sherry Petersik

Publisher: Artisan

Published: 2015-07-14

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1579656765

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This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that readers will return to again and again for the creative projects and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the Petersiks are known for. Learn to trick out a thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.

Ricky Tims Convergence Quilts
Ricky Tims Convergence Quilts

Author: Ricky Tims

Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc

Published: 2010-11-05

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 1607053470

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Become a fabulous quilt artist - the fun, easy way! Popular quilting expert Ricky Tims presents an imaginative, new piecing technique that quilters will adore! Convergence quilts feature two or more fabrics cut into strips, sewn together, then cut and pieced again. Nothing could be simpler - or more magical! Ricky offers lots of creative guidelines but no hard-and-fast rules, so every Convergence quilt is a unique work of art. • 4 projects walk you through the steps of making Convergence quilts • Quilts look complex but are fun, easy, and, best of all, creative to make • Use any fabric from commercial prints to hand-dyed • Add decorative touches such as appliqué to dress up your projects • An infinite number of looks from one ingenious technique