Author : Deborah O'Hare
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,81 MB
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 178221450X
An 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.
Author : Cindy Grisdela
Publisher : C&T Publishing Inc
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 25,80 MB
Release : 2021-09-25
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1644030705
Find 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!
Author : Deborah Boschert
Publisher : C&T Publishing Inc
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 40,13 MB
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1617452858
How 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
Author : Lyric Kinard
Publisher : Interweave
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,91 MB
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781596681064
Secrets for quilting success are presented through a variety of techniques, exercises, and insider tips to inspire novice quilters and experienced textile artists to make genuine works of art. Simplifying the basic fundamentals of art and teaching the underlying principles of the visual language, this guide explores texture, shape, line, color, and value with examples and hands-on exercises. Essential principles--such as focal point, balance, repetition, scale, and space--are paired with creativity exercises while guest essays, guest artwork, and inspiring artwork from the author allow readers to analyze how other artists utilize key artistic elements or principles and see how to successfully use these elements in their own work. Both a personal creativity coach and a guide for a hobbyist or professional artist, this reference clarifies quilting goals and takes the craft to the next level through design and composition.
Author : Martha Sielman
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 26,19 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Art quilts
ISBN : 9781600591075
A pictorial showcase of the work of 40 contemporary art quilt masters from around the world. Up to a dozen quilts by each artist are shown, along with commentary by each artist.
Author : Maggi McCormick Gordon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,75 MB
Release : 2024-03-19
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1510756698
A 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.
Author : Ray Hemachandra
Publisher : Lark Crafts
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,55 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Art quilts
ISBN : 9781600590580
A collection of 500 international art quilts.
Author : Jane Davila
Publisher : C&T Publishing Inc
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 34,24 MB
Release : 2010-11-05
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1607050005
Do-It-All Guide to Putting the ART in Art Quilts. Learn the basics of good design with simple step-by-step exercises, then add your own personal style. Develop the quilt artist within you. Explore fabric collage, thread painting, innovative piecing, and photo imagery on fabric. Learn about the business side of creating, exhibiting, and marketing your quilts. Take your art quilts to the next level with Jane and Elin guiding the way. Do the lessons and homework, check out all the beautiful gallery quilts for inspiration, and find lots of resources for further study.
Author : Tammie Bowser
Publisher : Art Quilt Books
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 37,52 MB
Release : 2014-12-24
Category : Quilting
ISBN : 9781887467018
It'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!
Author : Nancy Bavor
Publisher :
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 34,49 MB
Release : 2018-10-28
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780764356261
From 1965 through today, the art quilt movement has grown to become one of the most exciting art forms of the 21st century. Until now, there has not been a comprehensive, chronological history of the studio art quilt, which has become an international phenomenon. This feast for the eyes offers full-color images of 400 masterpieces along with engaging interviews and profiles of 58 influential artists, key leaders, important events, and significantcollections. Organized by decade, an additional 182 international artists' works are featured. An introduction by Janet Koplos, former senior editor of Art in America, and a conclusion by Ulysses Grant Dietz, emeritus chief curator of the Newark Museum, help us to understand the impact and the future of the art. This publication originated with Studio Art Quilt Associates, a non-profit professional organization founded in 1989 and now serving 3,500 members in nearly forty countries.
