Download or read book Photo Fabric Play written by Krista Camacho Halligan and published by C&T Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2010-11-05 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create Personalized Mementos for Your Favorite People. Turn favorite pictures and objects into one-of-a-kind gifts to treasure. 13 fun projects easy enough to complete in a day or a weekend. Personalize your projects the easy way with your digital camera, scanner, printer, or all-in-one. Give someone you love the best gift of all-good memories. These 13 easy projects include a scrapbook quilt with photos of favorite people, a wallhanging that displays a child's artwork, a word-and-picture quilt for beginning readers, a growth chart, scrapbook pages, a scrapbook clock, and other clever ways to display photos and treasured objects through printing on fabric.

Download or read book Fabric Photo Play written by Julia C. Wood and published by American Quilter's Society. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here's a great way to create applique patterns from photos. It's like transforming your sewing room into a darkroom. You won't believe how realistic-looking this technique will make your fabric images. Even quilters with no art training can expect to have success, and the photos of student quilts prove that everybody can. Learn what to look for in a photo and how to get a good photograph to use for a fabric portrait. Detailed instructions tell how to make a pattern from a photograph. There's even a section on using photo editing software to create a pattern. These fun portrait wallhangings and projects make beautiful artwork for the home and delightful gifts for friends and family.

Download or read book Playful Fabric Printing written by Carol Soderlund and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Printing your own fabric opens up an entire new world of design, especially for quilters, sewists, and other textile artists. Until now, the process of printing with dyes could seem difficult to learn and even harder to implement. But Carol Soderlund and Melanie Testa have taken all the stumbling blocks out of the way of would-be fabric dyers and printers. With step by step advice, instruction, and photographs, this book is a master class in using dyes and low-tech equipment to print your own fabric, and it begins at the beginning. If you've never handled dyes before, never designed your own print motifs, aren't even sure what supplies or space you might need, everything you want to know is here. More advanced students will value the in-depth presentation of techniques, tools, and insights into approaching fabric printing as an art and taking your work to the next level. The opportunities for fun creative expression and producing your most original and exciting fabric work ever are unlimited with Carol and Melanie's friendly help. It's time to try playful fabric printing!" -- Provided by publisher

Download or read book Point Click Quilt written by Susan Brubaker Knapp and published by C&T Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A] gem . . . [Susan] provides a wealth of tips and examples for composing great photographs that have potential to make for lovely quilts.” —Piece, Love & Happiness! Fiber artist and designer Susan Brubaker Knapp teaches quilters how to compose and shoot dynamic digital photos from a quilter’s perspective. With fun, creative workshop-like exercises in art quilting, you’ll learn how to turn those photos into small art quilts, both realistic and abstract, combining traditional fabrics with innovative materials. Every quilter can succeed with Susan’s achievable designs and accessible techniques. 16 artful appliqué projects inspired by digital photographs Learn how to shoot better photos and turn them into art quilt designs Boost your creativity with new tools and techniques Use unique materials to achieve your vision, including Tyvek, foils, paints, and more “Shows how a photo can be a starting point for something truly artful . . . The focus is on creating good design, not on simply recreating a scene . . . anyone who ever made a piece inspired by a favorite photo can learn something from this beautiful book.” —And Sew It Goes . . . “I sat down and went through each page and gobbled it right up . . . Susan shares how to take great photos for translation into an art quilt.” —IHAN (I Have a Notion)

Download or read book Creative Thread Sketching written by Deborah Wirsu and published by . This book was released on 2023-04-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Begin an exhilarating journey into the world of drawing and painting with thread and your sewing machine. Thread sketching is a fascinating craft - but where do you begin? This fully revised and illustrated Second Edition of Creative Thread Sketching guides you through everything you need to know. From equipment and tools, fabric selection and setting up your sewing machine, to free motion stitching techniques, and problem-solving, this friendly guide shows you how to put all the pieces together. Learn how to create a wide variety of stunning stitched textile art for your home or friends. Popular textile artist, author and blogger Deborah Wirsu includes six free, illustrated projects to help get you started in this comprehensive introduction to creating stunning textile art using fabric, thread, and a domestic sewing machine.

Download or read book More Photo Fun written by Cyndy Lyle Rymer and published by C&T Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2010-11-05 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create Extraordinary Images on Fabric from Your Computer Printer. Use easy-to-learn photo effects to jazz up your quilts and crafts. Step-by-step recipes for creating interesting effects to print on fabric using your digital camera, scanner, printer, and/or computer. Make the most of your photos. Resize, repeat, or reflect. Add, remove, or change colors. Make kaleidoscopes, tiled images, and mosaics. Add texture and stitching. Make unique fabric with painterly effects by using 3-D objects. Use with any brand of inkjet printer or scanner.

Download or read book How to SEW ART written by Tammie Bowser and published by Art Quilt Books. This book was released on 2014-12-24 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's Easy To Sew Art When You Know The Simple Secrets! In this book you will find the inspiring story of how I became an artist and I'll teach you the easy way to become an artist too. I will teach you my award winning Contoured Pixel Technique. You will master the Core Concepts that make sewing art easy. Follow me and you'll be making fine art with a sewing machine and ordinary fabrics (easily found at any fabric store) very quickly. The diagrams and instructions make this modern quilting process so easy to understand that even a beginner can do it! Each book comes with a free online video course to guide you. The Techniques Are Easy! Read This Book And Learn: How to choose the perfect image! How to make your fabric look like paint! How to use thread like it's a paint brush!

Download or read book Ricky Tims Kool Kaleidoscope Quilts written by Ricky Tims and published by C&T Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn Tims’ innovative techniques step-by-step to create a stunning kaleidoscope quilt of your own. • An inspirational gallery of 26 student quilts • Like snowflakes, each quilt you make with this technique will be unique • Includes easy steps to enlarge or reduce the size of your quilt Create a spectacular kaleidoscope quilt with Ricky's unique strip-piecing method for making a multi-faceted pattern. You'll see impressive and intricate results from simple sets of strips; it’s foolproof with little need for pre-planning. The beauty lies in the unpredictability of how the fabric unfolds—just like a real kaleidoscope!

Download or read book Fabric Memory Books written by Lesley Riley and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2008-08 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combine your love of crafting, fabric, and reading to create unique volumes for preserving your memories. The 24 projects feature a variety of binding methods as well as inventive techniques like transferring photos onto textiles.

Download or read book Young House Love written by Sherry Petersik and published by Artisan. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that readers will return to again and again for the creative projects and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the Petersiks are known for. Learn to trick out a thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.

Download or read book Modern Quilts written by Modern Quilt Guild and published by C&T Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexander, Paige Allocca, Cinzia Anderson, Kari L. Aschehoug, Daisy P. Asinari, Neva Ault, Jill Averinos, Melissa Barbagallo, Teresa Barbin, Linda Barsness, Rachel Bearden, Nathalie Beebe, Mickey Bencsko, Michelle Engel Bermingham, Wendy Berrill, Hayley Berryhill, Andrea Bird, Bev Black, Heather Blakesley, Katie Boenish, Anna Bond, Sarah Borger, Susan Boudreaux, Mathew Bowman, Angela Box-McCoy, Kristyn Brand, Jenna Brickey, Cheryl Brown, Jessica Bryan, Rebecca Burnett, Rebecca Butler, Amy Caggiano, Arianna Callahan, Megan Camalick, Chelsea Chahley, Leanne Christ, Joan Cier, Emily Cifaldi-Morrill, Sheri Coffey, Emily Coffey, Miriam Cohen, Leanne Cole, Pamela J. Converse, Carson Corcoran, Amber Corry, Melissa Costa, Ruth Craft, Violet Crow, Nancy Dackson, Elizabeth Daksiewicz, Nicole Dandekar, Shruti Daniels, Rosalind Darby, Ben Daum, Kristy Davis, Michelle Day, Leah Deise, Alexis Deister, Anne Dithmer, Katherine Doane, Emily Doering, Shawna Dorr, Rachael Duling, Karen Dunn, Charlayne Eichler-Messmer, Kim Elliott, Libs Elliott, Heidi Evans, Season Faughnan, Tara Ferguson, Heather Ferrill James, Donna Findlay Wolfe, Victoria Fleckenstein, Krista Flower, Lysa Frieden, Wendy Friedlander, Carolyn Friend, Amy Fuchs, Yvonne Gee's Bend Gering, Jacquie Gold, Penny Gold, Lesley Goodwin, Hillary Gregory, Mary Greuter, Yara Griffin, Scott D. Grotrian, Carole Anne Haight Carlton, Alissa Hannon, Shelly Harp, Charlene Harrell, Phoebe Hartman, Elizabeth Hartrich, Laura Harvatine, Liz Harvey Lee, Karen Haynes, Luke Heinrich, Lee Heisler, Carol Heitland, Brigitte Henderson, Shea Henderson, Angie Hennebury, Krista Hertzer, Katrina Hohnstreiter, Amanda Hone Murdock, Kamie Hubbard, Solidia Hungerford, Linda Hutchinson, Rossie Ireland Beaver, Cassandra Jalbert, Debra L. Jenkins, Jeannie Jenkins, Lee Johnston, Jennifer Jones, Faith Jones, Kat Jones Rossotti, Jennifer Jubie, Becca June, Agatha Keahey, Carla Kehnle, Nydia Kerr, Bill Kerr, Mary Khaja, Samarra Kight, Kim Kimber, Chawne Kloke, Jennifer Knauer, Thomas Kyle, Susan Lang, Lauren Larson, Katie Leray, Melissa Levin, Tami Lichner, Alyssa Loewenberg, Marsha Lyon, Jenny MacDonald, Susan Maple, Karen Maroon, Nikki Marston, Gwen McDowell Hopper, Laura Mehling, Dena Menardi, Riane Menzer, Mary Miller Curley, Melissa Molen, Colleen Myer, Darby Neblett, Nicole Neill, Lindsey Nichols, Sheri O'Malley, Stacey Lee Olszewski, Bernie Orth, Lou Page, Shannon Pagliai, Shelly Paquette, Suzanne Parkes, Heidi Parson, Emily Patel, Krishma Pedersen, Katie Perrigo, Christine Perrino, Barbara Pettway, Mary Ann Pina, Gina Poplin, Elaine Wick Porcella, Yvonne Pukstas, Laura Purvis, Nancy Quilts, Quantum Ramsey Keasler, Mary Rapp, Katie Reeves, Olan Reiter, Michelle Ricks, Christine Ringle, Weeks Roach, Rebecca Rocco, Pam Roth, Wendy Rouse, Daniel Ruyle, Stephanie Ryan, Kristi Saafir, Latifah Samborski, Annette Sanclaria, Judy Santistevan, Susan Schmidt, Denyse Schraw, Sarah Schroeder, Kristi Schwarz, Dorie Seitz, Sarah Sessions, Emily Sharman, Stacey Sheridan, Caro Shibley, Beth Shields, Kristin Sipes, Lisa Skardal, Steph Skumanich, Shelby Slusser Clay, Susan Smith, Juli Irene Soper, Kim Sorenson, Jen Soto, Maritza Sovey, Corinne Sparkles, Molli Spiridon, Linda Stead, Lindsay Strong, Susan Struckmeyer, Amy Sullivan, Anne Sutters, Silvia Toye, Jessica Tuazon, Melanie Upitis, Kathryn Vandeyar, Diana Varner, Marla Vinegrad, Betsy Vojtechovsky, Kari Volckening, Bill Wade, Amy Walker, Lucinda Walters, Angela Watson, Christa Wayne, Dena Wells, Jean Whittington, Nancy Wikander, Carrie Wilkie, Michelle Williams, Suzy Williams, Julia Wilson, Sarah Withers, Krista Wood, Kelly Wood, Sherri Lynn Workman, Mary York, Kathy Young, Jaime

Download or read book Fabric Surface Design written by Cheryl Rezendes and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents step-by-step instructions for creating surface designs on fabric using textile paints and printing ink, and includes tips on such techniques as stamping, silkscreen, image transfer, marbling, and Japanese shibori.

Download or read book 100 No Sew Fabric Crafts For Kids written by Mary Link and published by C&T Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2010-11-05 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 100+ fun, no-sew toys, games, and other small treasures. Have fun creating them with children and for children. Includes dozens of projects with coordinating patterns, plus photo gallery with lots more ideas. Use your favorite novelty fabrics. Need a quick party favor? A rainy-day game? A gift for a baby or child? You'll find all those and much more in this charming book of no-sew children's projects - bookmarks, coasters, mobiles, games and toys, party goods, room décor, and holiday goodies.

Download or read book Accidental Landscapes written by Karen Eckmeier and published by . This book was released on 2008-02 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Blending Photos with Fabric 2 written by Mary Ellen Kranz and published by . This book was released on 2008-09-22 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn tricks for photo quilts! No prior knowledge needed! All you need is a camera and printer. Mary Ellen shows you the photography and printing tricks she teaches in her popular workshops.Take photos from computer to fabric:- Choose the best digital camera and printer for your needs- Take better pictures- Make do-it-yourself fabric sheets- Edit photos in 10 easy stepsLearn from Mary Ellen's design ideas how to:- Avoid the "bulletin board" effect when combining family photos- Incorporate poetry into your quilt- Extend quilting from the photo into fabric- Create a "window pane" effect with a photoLearn to use Paint Shop Pro Photo to:- Turn any photo into a kaleidoscope design- Create unlimited color variations of a photo- Print long strips of text for borders- Turn one photo into a long photo strip- Enlarge a small photo to quilt size- Create large text images to fuzeBONUS! Download the EQ6 project files for select quilts from the web.

Download or read book Patchwork USA written by Heidi Staples and published by Lucky Spool. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Planning a sewing getaway? Heidi Staples of sewing blog Fabric Mutt presents everything needed to have a successful trip, including helpful packing and organizing tips. Each section of this fun, colorful book is organized with travel in mind, offering small, medium, and large projects to be achieved while on the perfect sewing retreat: --Daytrips: Small projects include a Bookmobile Sleeve, Road Trip Pillow, Snapshot Needlebook, Sewing Bee Pincushion, and Coffee Shop Coasters --Weekend Retreats: Bigger projects include a Patio Pillow, Beachcomber Pouch, Kitchenette Set, Scout's Honor Pouch, and a Color Book --Summer Vacations: Extended projects include a Big Bear Cabin Quilt and Palm Springs Bag Get ready to have a fabulous sewing retreat!

Download or read book The Complete Photo Guide to Art Quilting written by Susan Stein and published by Creative Publishing International. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive how-to book explores all the concepts and techniques involved in creating art quilts, including composition and design; making whole-cloth, pieced, and appliquéd art quilts; fabric manipulation and surface design; quilting/stitching; embellishing; and working in a series. Readers will find easy access to information with step-by-step directions and hundreds of full-color photos for clear understanding. Easy projects provide opportunities for the reader to try the techniques, and galleries of art quilts by various fabric artists offer beautiful examples and enticing inspiration.