The Complete Photo Guide to Art Quilting
Published on 1. June 2012
224 pages
978-1-61058-399-2 (ISBN)
Description
This comprehensive how-to book explores all the concepts and techniques involved in creating art quilts, including composition and design; making whole-cloth, pieced, and appliqued art quilts; fabric manipulation and surface design; quilting/stitching; embellishing; and working in a series. Readers will find easy access to information with step-by-step directions and hundreds of full-color photos for clear understanding. Easy projects provide opportunities for the reader to try the techniques, and galleries of art quilts by various fabric artists offer beautiful examples and enticing inspiration.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Beverly
United States
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Illustrations
600
ISBN-13
978-1-61058-399-2 (9781610583992)
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Susan Stein
The Complete Photo Guide to Art Quilting
Book
06/2012
Creative Publishing International, US
€41.07
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Person
Susan Stein owned a successful quilt and fiber arts shop in St. Paul, Minnesota called Colorful Quilts and Textiles. She stocked all the cutting edge products for quilters and fabric artists who love to go beyond basics into fabric painting, dyeing, fabric manipulation, and other fiber arts. In 2003, Susan was voted Minnesota Quilter of the Year. She is the author of Fabric Art Workshop,The Complete Photo Guide to Textile Art, and The Complete Photo Guide to Art Quilting published by CPi. She has also written two other quilting books and has researched and contributed to numerous Creative Publishing international titles. Susan is now retired, but still quilting and exploring fabric arts for fun!
Content
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- What is an Art Quilt?
- GETTING STARTED
- Setting Up a Work Space
- Choosing a Format
- Auditioning Techniques
- Selecting Fabric
- Using a Sketchbook
- Working in a Series
- DESIGN ELEMENTS
- Lines
- Value
- Color
- Texture
- Balance
- Unity
- CREATING THE ART QUILT TOP
- Options
- Lines
- Landscapes
- Texture
- Layers
- Text
- People and Faces
- Flowers
- Leaves and Trees
- Split Blocks
- FIVE PROJECTS
- Waves of Texture
- Lining Up
- Lines and Leaves
- Layers of Letters
- Fence and Lattice
- FINISHING THE ART QUILT
- Substrates
- Machine Quilting
- Adding Shading and Details
- Hand-Stitching
- Embellishing the Finished Quilt
- Binding and Other Edge Finishes
- Display Considerations
- GALLERY
- Resources
- About the Author
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- H
- I
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
