Free Expression: The Art and Confession of a Contemporary Quilter: The Art and Confessions of a Contemporary Quilter - Brossura

Eklow, Robbi Joy

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0976692805 ISBN 13: 9780976692805

Casa editrice: Interweave Pr, 2005

Riassunto

In her first book the irrepressible Robbi, known for her award-winning art quilts and her side-splitting first-person columns in Quilting Arts Magazine, shares her techniques for designing, fusing, and finishing quilts so you, too, can create fiber masterpieces- without an art degree or even knowing how to draw. Her techniques fly in the face of many of the steps of traditional quilt making. The techniques and designs she has chosen are the ones she loves to do and she invites readers to try them, though it may feel like cheating because they are so easy to follow.

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L'autore

Robbi Joy Eklow has been sewing, beading, and playing with fiber since she was a kindergartner getting up early to watch moon launches. For awhile her love of science and math overcame her love of textiles while she earned a degree in engineering from Purdue University. She dyes all of her own fabric for her quilts. Robbi started her first quilt in 1976, during the Great Quilt Revival.

Robbi has written a first-person humor column on her adventures in quilting, Goddess of the Last Minute, for Quilting Arts Magazine since Summer 2002. She teaches internationally and her work has been exhibited in major shows where she occasionally wins ribbons.

She lives in Chicago, IL

Contenuti

Dedication Acknowledgements Chapter 1- Overview of: Colors and Fabrics Fused Applique Free-motion Quilting Finishing Techniques Chapter 2- Let's Get Started Photographing a Subject Turning the Image Fusing Chapter 3- Design Your Own Quilt Designing a Puzzle Quilt Designing a Still-Life Quilt Designing a Quilt from Free-motion Motifs Designing a Gear and Flower Quilt on the Computer Chapter 4- Free-motion Quitling Setting up Your Machine and Test Stitching Free-motion Quilting Motifs Free-motion Quilting with Variegated Threads, programmed Stitching, and twin needles Quilting the "Real" Quilt Basing and Fusing Chapter 5- I Finished it My Way Squating off the Quilt Making a Fused Binding Making a Hanging Sleeve Creating a Label Appendix A- Quilt Patterns Appendix B- Dyeing to Get Started Appendix C- Recommended Reading Index Simple Guitar Pattern About the Author

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Interweave Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0976692805
• ISBN 13: 9780976692805
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 116