The Best of Quilting Arts: Your Ultimate Resource for Art Quilt Techniques and Inspiration

The Best of Quilting Arts: Your Ultimate Resource for Art Quilt Techniques and Inspiration

by Patricia Bolton
The Best of Quilting Arts: Your Ultimate Resource for Art Quilt Techniques and Inspiration

The Best of Quilting Arts: Your Ultimate Resource for Art Quilt Techniques and Inspiration

by Patricia Bolton

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Overview

Celebrate the first 10 years of the groundbreaking Quilting Arts magazine with The Best of Quilting Arts, a collection of the best articles, projects, and techniques.Pokey Bolton, founder of Quilting Arts magazine, has compiled the most popular articles that have inspired quilters and artists alike to move beyond the basics of art quilting and re-explore machine and hand stitching, fabric embellishment, surface design, and more. Inside you’ll find:• Quilt art techniques from fabric collage and appliqué to resist dyeing, stamping, and foiling.• Machine-stitching and thread-painting tips and tutorials from award-winning art quilters.• Ideas and advice for the professional quilt artist.• An array of binding and stitching techniques to make your art quilt stand out.• Methods for making realistic representational art quilts, including portraits of pets and people.Whether you're making your first art quilt or are a seasoned quilt artist eager to enhance your designs, you’ll find endless instruction and inspiration in The Best of Quilting Arts.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781596689718
Publisher: Interweave Press
Publication date: 12/13/2011
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 160
File size: 38 MB
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About the Author

Pokey Bolton founded Quilting Arts magazine and Cloth Paper Scissors magazine and is former editorial director of Interweave's Quilt and Paper Division. She is now Chief Creative Officer for Quilts Inc. Pokey is also the author of The Quilting Arts Book: Techniques and Inspiration for Creating One-of-a-Kind Quilts and 1,000 Artist Trading Cards: Innovative and Inspired Mixed Media ATCs. Pokey is also the host of Quilting Arts TV.

Table of Contents

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1.Starting and Finishing: Articles on Art Quilt BasicsReleasing Creative Blocks, Melody JohnsonAll the Right Moves: Successful Free-Motion Quilting, Frieda AndersonOn the Edge: Beautiful Binding Methods, Sarah Ann SmithA Big Finish for Small Quilts, Terry GrantColor Play, Anne LullieProfessional Advice: Art Resolutions and Setting Goals, Jane Davila2.Trends in Surface Design: Articles on Stamping, Dyeing, Printing and MoreCollographs: Monoprinting with Texture Plates, Heidi Miracle-McMahillFlight of Fantasy: A Gelatin Monoprint Process, Frances Holliday AlfordExtreme Shibori, Sue CavanaughCarvum Stampum: Marks of Distinction, Laura WasilowskiCreating with Discharge Paste, Ana BuzzalinoAbstract Digital Imagery, Connie RoseExperiments in Thermofax Printing, Lynn KrawczykProfessional Advice: The Effective Artist Statement, Jane Davila3.Represent! Articles on People, Pets, and Text in Art QuiltingMaking Faces, Bonnie McCafferyCreating Figures in Fabric, Leni Levenson WienerPetty Journal Portraits, Pokey BoltonText Messaging, Enid GjeltenWeichselbaumThread Painting: From Photo to Stitched Art, Carol WatkinsThread Sketching on Stabilizer, Karen FrickeProfessional Advice: Mounting a Group Exhibition, Jane Davila4. Make It Green: Articles on Recycled and Natural MaterialsGoing Green! Recycled Wall Hangings, Belinda SpiwakBatik with Soy Wax, Melanie TestaGoing Green to Dye Blue, Daren Pitts RedmanIt's Irresistible! Flour Paste Resist, Jane DunnewoldProfessional Advice: Time Management for Artists, Jane Davila5.Too Much is Never Enough: Articles on Embellishment and Mixed Medi"utrageous Embellishment, Frances Holliday AlfordFoiling Around, Jane DunnewoldCollaged Fabric Panels, Mary HettmanspergerFlorAbundance: Embellished Patchwork Paper Collage, Jill A. KennedyTea + Entymology, Judy Coates PerezProfessional Advice: Branding for Artists, Jane DavilaContributorsResourcesIndex

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