Stitching to Dye in Quilt Art Colour, Texture and Distortion
Stitching to Dye in Quilt Art Colour, Texture and Distortion
- ISBN 13:
9780713490701
- ISBN 10:
0713490705
- Format: Hardcover
- Copyright: 02/03/2009
- Publisher: Batsford
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Summary
One of today's most innovative quilt artists reveals her trademark techniques in published form for the first timecomplete with step-by-step exercises. C. June Barnes's unique method of creating quilts in neutral fabric andthendyeing them has revolutionized quilt art. Similarly, her work on texture and particularly distortion (through shrinkage) of the surface has taken quilt design to a new level. She discusses it all here, from coloring to embellishing, plus fun projects. Fantastically illustrated with photos of the finished pieces, as well as drawings and illustrations of the methods, this is a book no quilter should be without! - Written by a leading and much admired quilt artist - The most innovative quilt-dyeing and textural distortion techniques in the field - Step-by-step instructions plus a range of exercises - Basic projects, including a quilted book cover and a clutch purse