Art Quilt Workbook: Exercises and Techniques to Ignite Your Creativity

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 96 pages
• Published by: C&T Publishing June 12, 2007
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 157120377X
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1571203779
• Book Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.2 inches
• Weighs: 13.6 ounces

Product Description
Part quiltmaking workbook, part business guide, Art Quilt Workbook shows how to take quilting in a creative new direction through art--then sell the quilts at craft fairs and other venues. Lessons and homework teach the basics of good design with simple step-by-step exercises, then encourage the reader to add personal touches with fabric collage, thread painting, innovative piecing, and photo imagery. A bonus guide to exhibiting and selling quilts reveals how to join arts and crafts exhibits and how to market handmade quilts. Develop the inner artist (and the inner business tycoon) with Art Quilt Workbook!

About The Author
Jane Davila, an artist and printmaker, teaches art quilting. She lives in Ridgefield, Connecticut.

Elin Waterston’s quilts have been exhibited in many galleries and museums. An art quilting teacher, she lives in South Salem, New York.

Reader Reviews
This book is the text of a ten week course the authors teach on art quilts. After an initial look at the various components of design, the course builds up through design elements, construction techniques and embellishments. It is simply superb. Each chapter has plenty of examples, plus three exercises on the technique discussed. In addition there are links to quilt artists of that genre and names of painters to study for design as well. It leads the reader to think, question and play, while working on a series of journal size quilts. If you follow the entire course you will have about ten page-size quilts at the end. You could dip and dive through the book, but it is designed to be worked through from the beginning. I am so inspired by this book that I am working through it with a couple of quilt buddies. The appeal for me is gaining confidence, developing my own style, and making small projects that don't have to be perfect to have achieved their aim.