Appliqué Mastery

Appliqué Mastery
Author: Philippa Naylor
Publisher: Dragon Threads
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Appliqué
ISBN: 9780981886053

"Inside this book is the full-scale original pattern of Bird by Bird, accompanied by a 12-month program of instruction..."--Back cover.

Scrappy Bits Appliqué

Scrappy Bits Appliqué
Author: Shannon Brinkley
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2014-07-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1607058812

Go beyond basic scrap quilts with this guide to turning fabric bits snips into striking modern art quilts—featuring 8 quick and easy projects. In Scrappy Bits Applique, fabric designer and quilt artist Shannon Brinkley shares her secrets to putting sewing room scraps to use. With her easy stitching and collage techniques, she shows how simplicity can produce dramatic results. Shannon’s “scrappy” approach to quilting uses a fast raw-edged technique. With step-by-step instructions, she teaches you how to intuitively choose, cut, and sew bits of fabric to create a collage of unique images and textures. Included are eight engaging quilt projects to try out your new skills.

Quilting in the Limelight

Quilting in the Limelight
Author: Philippa Naylor
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-03
Genre: Machine quilting
ISBN: 9780981886008

Internationally-known, award-winning quilter Philippa Naylor has penned an autobiographical book detailing her extraordinary career as a quilt artist and teacher. Philippa is known for her intricate- ly designed quilts and her fans will find that same kind of meticulous detail in Quilting in the Limelight! Inside the pages of this vibrant, full-color book she shares all her secrets that will inform, inspire and instruct quilters. The personal history Philippa recounts provides great insight into her development as a quilt artist. As a child in England fascinated with sewing clothes for her dolls, Philippa grew up to enter the fast-paced, high-pressure world of fashion design. When she took quilting class on the suggestion of a friend, she never looked back. The author chronicles her journey from making quilts for fun, for herself, to making larger, more labor-intensive pieces to be exhibited. As she explains, it all evolved organically. From using someone else's traditional patterns to creating her own unique patterns, she moved on to creating templates for each pieced section of her quilts. Philippa's strong, dramatic quilt designs attract attention from a distance but also draw viewers in to see the fine work involved. As the bright detail.

Minky Mastery

Minky Mastery
Author: Billie Veerkamp
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2017-08-17
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1546205055

Minky Mastery takes minky fabric to a new level of artistry. This book is the next generation in piecing and quilting with minky fabric. Minky Mastery takes this creative and somewhat challenging fabric and uses it in a way no one else has imagined. The techniques in this book will allow the beginner quilters to piece with minky and be successful. The expert quilters will fall in love with this fabric all over again. I am so excited to share this technique of piecing minky fabric. This fabric is so much more than backing fabric and baby blankets. The book will show you how to piece with minky in a way you have not thought of before.

25 Days to Better Machine Quilting

25 Days to Better Machine Quilting
Author: Lori Kennedy
Publisher: Martingale
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2020-06-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1683560957

Machine-quilting pro Lori Kennedy has taught hundreds of quilters how to start and, more importantly, how to improve their machine quilting. Now she's packed her vast knowledge, and more than 150 up-close photos, into 25 hands-on lessons you can turn to anytime you need guidance. Each lesson has a practice session and questions to help you evaluate what worked and where you may need a bit more practice. Whether you stitch your way through a lesson a day or save them for weekend quilting time, you'll soon be building skills and confidence, and quilting your projects with ease. You'll learn: Why it's important to start doodling (page 19) How to prevent drag or resistance when quilting a big quilt (page 44) When to mark, and ways to avoid marking pitfalls (page 72) How to create focal points and contrast with your quilting (page 116)

Appliqué Masterpiece Series

Appliqué Masterpiece Series
Author: Margaret Docherty
Publisher: Applique Masterpiece
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-02
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781574329742

The exquisite applique mastery of Margaret Docherty returns in this bold, colorful collection of folk art style birds and tulips. Thirty-five different designs can be used for any type or size hand- or machine-applique project as well as the featured quilt, giving Hearts and Tulips tremendous versatility and utility. By-the-book quilters and those who prefer to branch out and design their own work will use Hearts and Tulips as both pattern and inspiration. Margaret's original art fits 7' to 8' blocks. All of her designs may be enlarged to fit up to 12' blocks, making the book very versatile. Paying homage in part to Pennsylvania Dutch design, the book will serve as a pattern resource for years to come for appliquers of all skill levels. As always, Margaret's instructions are clear and concise, allowing quilters of any experience to achieve stunning results. Award-winning quilter and author of two books in the Applique Masterpiece series, the famously popular Little Brown Bird and Birds-N-Roses, Dr. Margaret Docherty spends her non-quilting time as a pediatrician in Durham, England, with a husband trained to cook while she quilts.

Creative Thread Sketching

Creative Thread Sketching
Author: Deborah Wirsu
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-03-21
Genre:
ISBN: 9780645449495

Begin an exhilarating journey into the world of drawing and painting with thread and your sewing machine. Thread sketching is a fascinating craft - but where do you begin? This fully revised and illustrated Second Edition of 'Creative Thread Sketching' guides you through everything you need to know. From equipment and tools, fabric selection and setting up your sewing machine, to free motion stitching techniques and problem-solving, this friendly guide shows you how to put all the pieces together. Learn how to create a wide variety of stunning stitched textile art for your home or friends. Popular textile artist, author and blogger Deborah Wirsu includes six free, illustrated projects to help get you started with this comprehensive introduction to creating stunning textile art using fabric, thread, and a domestic sewing machine.

365 Free Motion Quilting Designs

365 Free Motion Quilting Designs
Author: Leah Day
Publisher:
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2014-01-01
Genre: Machine quilting
ISBN: 9780982993057

In 2009, Leah Day started a new blog, the Free Motion Quilting Project, and set out to create 365 new free motion quilting designs. Each design was published online with photos and a video tutorial for free for everyone in the world to enjoy. This book is a compilation of those 365 designs, and within it you will find a treasury of ideas and inspiration you'll return to again and again. - Find hundreds of filler designs to work in all the different areas of your quilts. From the blocks, to the sashing, and into the borders, you're sure to find the perfect designs to fit your quilt. - Feeling confused with free motion quilting? Get back on track with Leah's quick tips on everything from machine settings to how to prepare your quilt top and backing before quilting. - Build your repertoire of continuous line quilting designs by stitching a different design every day. This book will definitely help you break out of the Stippling rut! Inside you'll find a high quality photo of each meticulously stitched design. For practice, trace the design, or visit www.LeahDay.com/365 to find video tutorials for every single design in this book. While this is not a primer on free motion quilting basics, this book is a helpful companion and the largest collection of free motion quilting designs ever published! This second edition offers a spiral binding to help the book lay flat near your sewing machine. Challenge yourself to memorize - not mark - a new design every day for a year. Stitch the designs exactly as shown or play with creating your own variations. The possibilities are endless! See why quilters like you have called this book "an amazing resource," "just what I needed" and "the best quilting book ever!"

Seeing with New Eyes

Seeing with New Eyes
Author: Rebecca Stone-Miller
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2002
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Presents almost 600 works of art from Mesoamerica southward, with emphasis on the lesser-known area of ancient Costa Rica.