Quilt Art Chinese Style
Decorate Your Home with Creative Patchwork Designs
Erschienen am 15. November 2021
254 Seiten
978-1-938368-70-7 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
With its combination of modern techniques and traditional patterns, Quilt Art Chinese Style will be an exciting new challenge for any crafter!This book highlights the popular craft of quilt art, which includes both trendy and timeless quilting techniques to create art objects with a special Asian flair for your home.This book includes:.Basic patchwork techniques for beginners-a popular technique that can be traced all the way back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907).Step-by-step instructions for small projects, including appliques, clothing accessories and handbags.Larger projects to decorate your home, including tapestries and wall hangings, rugs, table runners and quilts.The beautiful projects highlighted in this book have a uniquely Chinese twist-they are full of culturally-significant symbols as well as elements of Chinese gardening and painting. Each piece is meant to act as a canvas, where crafters can show off their individual creativity.
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Inhalt
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Patchwork: A Brief History
- Chapter 2 Patchwork and Culture in China
- 1. Patchwork Techniques: Baina and Duixiu
- 2. Patchwork Culture
- Chinese Painting
- Gardening
- Culturally Significant Patterns
- Chapter 3 Before You Start
- 1. Fabric
- Fibers
- Types of Fabric
- 2. Tools and Supplies
- Needles
- Finger Protectors
- Accessories
- Marking Tools
- Cutting Tools
- Sewing Threads
- Lining and Backing
- Embellishments
- Chapter 4 Basic Techniques
- 1. Terms
- 2. Running Stitches
- Hand Sewing: Blocks
- Machine Sewing: Blocks of the Same Size
- Machine Sewing: Blocks of Different Sizes
- 3. Machine Sewing: Appliqué
- 4. Top-Stitching
- Top-Stitching by Hand
- Stitching in the Ditch
- 5. How to Attach Bias Binding
- 6. Embroidery and Beading: The Basics
- Outline Stitching
- Sewing Single Beads
- Sewing Combinations for Seed Beads
- Sewing Combinations for Tube Beads
- Sewing a Sequin on One Side
- Sewing a Sequin on Two Sides
- Fastening Sequins
- Chapter 5 Gallery
- 1. Peach Blossom Garden (Mouse Pad)
- 2. First Snow (iPad Case)
- 3. Life (Collecting Bag)
- 4. Cat and Chinese Rose (Appliquéd Shirt)
- 5. Dunhuang Landscape (Appliquéd Notebook Cover)
- 6. Four Seasons (Handbags)
- Winter: Heavenly Bamboo
- Spring: Chinese Plum
- Summer: Lotus
- Fall: Crape Myrtle
- 7. Peach Blossom (Appliquéd Frame)
- 8. Lucky Clouds (Mat)
- Chapter 6 Creative Patchwork Series
- 1. The Three and All Series
- Wall Hanging
- Thin Blanket
- Cushion with Leaf Pattern
- Cushion with an X Pattern
- Tablecloth
- 2. The Shanglin Garden Series
- Wall Hanging
- Cushions
- Tablecloth
- Carpet
