Thread stories: a visual guide to creating stunning stitched portrait quilts
Tell captivating stories in fabric and thread! Acclaimed quilting artist Jennifer Day invites you to create realistic portrait quilts. Turn your photos of people and animals into one-of-a-kind story quilts as you learn to stitch the details with thread painting. This step-by-step visual guide takes you from photo selection to editing, printing on fabric, thread painting, and free-motion quilting. Quilters of all levels can capture and quilt life's precious memories with a home sewing machine.
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- Full title :Thread stories : a visual guide to creating stunning stitched portrait quilts / Jennifer Day.
Summary
Tell captivating stories in fabric and thread! Acclaimed quilting artist Jennifer Day invites you to create realistic portrait quilts. Turn your photos of people and animals into one-of-a-kind story quilts as you learn to stitch the details with thread painting. This step-by-step visual guide takes you from photo selection to editing, printing on fabric, thread painting, and free-motion quilting. Quilters of all levels can capture and quilt life's precious memories with a home sewing machine.
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- Publication Date:©2015
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):C & T Publishing
- Place of Publication:Lafayette, CA
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2015
The Physical Object
- Description:111 pages : : color illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1617450537, 9781617450532
- oclc:on1037031828
- LC Classification:TT835
- Dewey Decimal:746.46 DAY
Table of Contents
Introduction: quilts are stories -- Photographs that tell a story -- Tools and supplies -- Threads -- Photographs and cameras -- Using photo-editing software -- Printing on fabric -- Getting started -- The eyes have it -- Blending skin tones -- Hair -- Hands -- Clothing -- Pet portraits -- Free-motion quilting -- Correcting mistakes -- On the flip side -- Guest fiber artists -- Student work -- Jennifer Day portrait quilts.
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