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A really good book full of information and inspiration for designing and
making pictorial art quilts.
I use this one frequently to check on techniques and to stir my imagination.
83 Art Quilts from Quilt San Diego's second annual juried Quilt Exhibition.
A really good book.
Each chapter is a workshop in a different technique.
Try fabric collage or an irregular shaped quilt.
The workshops on crazy patchwork and on applique are really inspiring- so
many ideas on new ways to use these old techniques.
Transparent overlay and texture are explored. Learn ways to master the
Mariner Star pattern, Drunkard's Path and a Crazy Pieced Cube.
The quilts shown are beautiful.
The 76 winners from the Dairy Barn International quilt competition are
featured.
A wide variety of wonderful Art Quilts.
The 84 winners from the Dairy Barn International Quilt Competition are
featured.
The Quilt National Competition started in 1979.
Nice clear illustrations with all the traditional names.
A great book for design ideas.
Designs, patterns and directions for over 30 small quilts to celebrate
just about every Holiday you could want.
Many of these ideas could be used in designs for full size quilts.
Full patterns and directions for a lovely applique quilt designed for
Brides Magazine in 1983.
Also The Country Basket Quilt and The Country Tulip Path Quilt.
A gallery of 32 story quilts with design information and techniques given by each artist.
Lots of techniques and inspiration for making pictorial quilts.
Most of the quilts shown have an underwater theme.
Thirty Seven different Cat templates and craft projects to use them on.
The line drawings for the cats are a little rough but useable.
A really good basic book on quilting. It has many of the tradional pieced
blocks as well as comprehensive applique details.
Directions for making 10 different quilts as well as patterns for quilted
clothing and household items are given.
Michael James is well known for his innovative quilts and for teaching.
This is one of his early books on quilt design and construction. A really
good book that covers a lot of topics and techniques.
I go back to this one often. It has many very modern designs as well as
traditional patterns. Instructions are clear enough for beginners but
interesting enough for advanced quilters.
I especially liked the chapter on working with curved pieces and using
tessellations in designs.
Lots of fun ideas for using quilting in dolls, hangings, clothing, and
quilts.
I liked the technique of dyeing and printing custom fabric or even painting
pictorial scenes to quilt.
Shows good techniques with really fun designs.
Mostly wall hangings and smaller projects. She draws on solid fabric
with quilting stitches very effectively.
I'd like to use some of her sheep designs for the Fiber Guild.
The 96 color plates and 59 black and white illustrations show the
exceptional graphic merit of quilts.
A feast for the eyes along with interesting history of American quilts and
their makers.
I won't go into the discussion of craft vs Art but to me these are true
works of Art.
A good book with templates, design and techniques for piecing with triangles.
I ordered this one sight unseen and find it rather simplistic and of
doubtful design quality.
I did enjoy the Applique Gallery in the back showing some very nice designs
by various Fiber Artist.
Features Scrap Quilts with great photos, patterns, templates and
directions.
This series of books features quilts with a common theme every year.
They also have a section on quilts using traditional patterns and another
called Quilts Across America showing various quilts with information on
the artist.
Several quilts made by Guilds are shown and finally a Designer Gallery
where more modern cutting edge quilts are displayed.
This one features Sampler Quilts. I made "Hidden Sampler" designed by Susan Stein and shown on page 14.
This year has lovely Quilts with Star patterns.
Quilts with flower motifs are featured.
Basket designs are spotlighted in this issue.
Fans and more Fans are shown.
This is the last one in the series that I have and it features Applique
Quilts.
I find the instructions in this series excellent and I also find lots of
inspiration for original quilts by looking through them.
Nice instructions for making 17 small quilts that would work well as wall hangings or as doll quilts. They might also adapt well to use on clothing.
A fun book to read and it has great photos and instructions.
This is another of my favorite books. I frequently checked it out of the
library untill I found a copy at a used book store.
An intersting book that uses various projects to help get you thinking
about doing your own original designs.
It covers composition, color, styles, fabric choice, and quilting.
There are 5 chapters at the end with projects you can do for practice.
Gives instructions on making 30 traditional pattern quilts.
During the Centennial Celebration for the Statue of Liberty a featured
event was the Great American Quilt Festival.
Groups and individuals in every State were asked to design and make a 3 foot
square quilt that they felt represented their State.
These were then assembled into a 1000 foot long banner. This book has
photos of those quilts and tells the story of how and why they were designed and made.
