Thread Stories
A Visual Guide to Creating Stunning Stitched Portrait Quilts
Published on 14. September 2015
116 pages
978-1-61745-054-9 (ISBN)
Description
Tell captivating stories in fabric and thread! Acclaimed quilting artist Jennifer Day invites you to create realistic portrait quilts with thread painting. Turn your own photos of people and animals into one-of-a-kind story quilts, as you learn to masterfully stitch in the details. This step-by-step visual guide takes you from photo selection to editing, printing on fabric, thread painting, and free-motion quilting. With just a home sewing machine, quilters of all experience levels can capture and quilt life's precious memories.
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By Jennifer Day
Content
Introduction: Quilts Are Stories
Photographs That Tell a Story
Elements of a Great Photo . Editing the Photo
Tools and Supplies
Sewing Machine . Free-Motion Presser Foot . Printable Paper-Backed Fabric . Canvas . Batting . Scissors and Thread Snips . Ruler . Backing and Binding Fabric
Threads!
Gütermann Thread . Precencia Thread . Isacord Embroidery Thread . Silk Thread . Variegated Thread
Photographs and Cameras
Environmental Portraits . Cropping . Digital Cameras and Image Size . Copyright . Pixels, Megapixels, Resolution, PPI, and DPI
Using Photo-editing Software to Prepare Your Photos
Make Your Photo the Best It Can Be . Posterization . More Posterization Examples
Printing on Fabric
Types of Fabric . Sizes of Fabric . Poster Printing
Getting Started
Making a Quilt Sandwich . Blending is Key . Stitching Direction
The Eyes Have It
The Iris . The Whites . Stitching the Eyes . Highlights . Eyelashes
Blending Skin Tones
Auditioning Threads . Starting the Blending Process
Elisha (Diverse Skin Tones)
Judy (Older Skin)
. Texture . Lips . Eyes
Carson (Youth)
Hair
Dark Hair . Streaks of Light . White and Gray Hair . Blondes
Hands
Elderly Hands . Young Hands
Clothing
Using Free-motion Quilting . Completely Covering in Thread . Appliqué . Combination
Pet Portraits
Taking the Perfect Pet Portrait . Eyes . Mouth . Fur . Whiskers . Birds
Free-motion Quilting
Choosing a Free-motion Design
Correcting Mistakes
Don't Bee Too Hard On Yourself . Using Appliqué . Cutting to Remove Bubbles . Covering Over White Dots
The Flip Side
Portrait Artists
Barbara McKie . Jayne Bently Gaskins . Laura Rocke... //fill in later
Student work
Additional Jennifer Day Quilts
Resources
About the Author
Photographs That Tell a Story
Elements of a Great Photo . Editing the Photo
Tools and Supplies
Sewing Machine . Free-Motion Presser Foot . Printable Paper-Backed Fabric . Canvas . Batting . Scissors and Thread Snips . Ruler . Backing and Binding Fabric
Threads!
Gütermann Thread . Precencia Thread . Isacord Embroidery Thread . Silk Thread . Variegated Thread
Photographs and Cameras
Environmental Portraits . Cropping . Digital Cameras and Image Size . Copyright . Pixels, Megapixels, Resolution, PPI, and DPI
Using Photo-editing Software to Prepare Your Photos
Make Your Photo the Best It Can Be . Posterization . More Posterization Examples
Printing on Fabric
Types of Fabric . Sizes of Fabric . Poster Printing
Getting Started
Making a Quilt Sandwich . Blending is Key . Stitching Direction
The Eyes Have It
The Iris . The Whites . Stitching the Eyes . Highlights . Eyelashes
Blending Skin Tones
Auditioning Threads . Starting the Blending Process
Elisha (Diverse Skin Tones)
Judy (Older Skin)
. Texture . Lips . Eyes
Carson (Youth)
Hair
Dark Hair . Streaks of Light . White and Gray Hair . Blondes
Hands
Elderly Hands . Young Hands
Clothing
Using Free-motion Quilting . Completely Covering in Thread . Appliqué . Combination
Pet Portraits
Taking the Perfect Pet Portrait . Eyes . Mouth . Fur . Whiskers . Birds
Free-motion Quilting
Choosing a Free-motion Design
Correcting Mistakes
Don't Bee Too Hard On Yourself . Using Appliqué . Cutting to Remove Bubbles . Covering Over White Dots
The Flip Side
Portrait Artists
Barbara McKie . Jayne Bently Gaskins . Laura Rocke... //fill in later
Student work
Additional Jennifer Day Quilts
Resources
About the Author
