Art Quilt Collage: A Creative Journey in Fabric, Paint & StitchMake treasured art quilts from bits of cloth, stitched motifs, and painted details with renowned art quilter Deborah Boschert as your teacher. This visual, step-by-step guide will help you 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. Unlock your own artistic vision as you quilt in a series, finish small art pieces, and incorporate meaningful symbols into your work. |
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Contents
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inspiration and fabric selection | 14 |
design and composition | 21 |
construction | 36 |
personal symbols | 41 |
surface design | 50 |
stitching | 61 |
finishing | 74 |
Gallery of student art quilt collages | 83 |
about the author | 95 |
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Back Cover | 99 |
Common terms and phrases
тт adding art quilt artists background batting beautiful begin binding blue build canvas Choose circles clean cloth color complement completely composition consider contrast create creative Design Checklist edges Eight Design Guides elements embroidery examples explore fabric feel felt finishing foam focus frame free-motion fused fusible Gather give green grid hand Happens ideas inspiration interesting iron It’s layer light look machine mark meaning measuring motifs needle options original outline paint pattern personal symbols piece possibilities potential Practice Exercise refer repeated rest Roll shapes side simple sketches small art quilt Sometimes specific square stamp stash stencil stitching strip suggest supplies sure surface design techniques Teflon texture theme things Think thread tiny tree unexpected variety visually wall wrap
Bibliographic information
| Title | Art Quilt Collage: A Creative Journey in Fabric, Paint & Stitch |
| Author | Deborah Boschert |
| Publisher | C&T Publishing Inc, 2016 |
| ISBN | 1617452858, 9781617452857 |
| Length | 100 pages |
| Subjects | › Crafts & Hobbies / Mixed Media |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |