Quilt Art Chinese Style

Author: Shuang Qiao
Publisher: Shanghai Press
ISBN: 1938368703
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 317

Book Description
With its combination of modern techniques and traditional patterns, Quilt Art Chinese Style will be an exciting new challenge for any crafter!This book highlights the popular craft of quilt art, which includes both trendy and timeless quilting techniques to create art objects with a special Asian flair for your home.This book includes:•Basic patchwork techniques for beginners—a popular technique that can be traced all the way back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907)•Step-by-step instructions for small projects, including appliques, clothing accessories and handbags•Larger projects to decorate your home, including tapestries and wall hangings, rugs, table runners and quilts.The beautiful projects highlighted in this book have a uniquely Chinese twist—they are full of culturally-significant symbols as well as elements of Chinese gardening and painting. Each piece is meant to act as a canvas, where crafters can show off their individual creativity.

Paint with Needle and Thread

Author: Shuang Qiao
Publisher: Shanghai Press
ISBN: 1632880016
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 448

Book Description
Embroidery is one of the most typical traditional crafts in China, and has been practiced for two to three thousand years— an art form that has survived through time. This book combines the most classic techniques of Chinese embroidery with modern aesthetics to offer a new creative experience.A comprehensive guide to embroidery, the book is illustrated with detailed text, close-up photographs and computer graphics, and step-by-step explanations of the process of embroidery. This book will help you to:• Understand the unique aesthetic designs and color schemes that have emerged from traditional Chinese embroidery;• Fully master the tools, materials, and basic techniques used in embroidery;• Learn nearly 20 classic Chinese embroidery techniques, and use each one to embroider a beautiful small-sized piece or pattern;• Produce around 10 pieces, including butterflies, flowers, and kingfishers, integrating a variety of techniques;• Gain new inspiration and stimulate your imagination and creativity for new projects.• Find transfer patterns for each piece in the appendix for you to print out and use.Containing all the knowledge beginners need to take up the craft, the book also allows experienced embroiderers to explore their potential. These beautiful patterns can be used in every aspect of your life. Treat the fabric as a canvas and the needle as the brush to bring your ideal world to life with embroidery!

Patchwork Folk Art

Author: Janet Bolton
Publisher: Spruce
ISBN: 9781846013225
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Using colorful fabric scraps as your canvas, and paints, needles and threads for brushes, author-artist Janet Bolton shows you how to compose beautiful works of patchwork fold art. Every fascinating step of picture making is covered, with plenty of watercolor illustrations and eye-catching examples of Janet's extraordinary work to inspire you. Readers can put their new skills to practice with a workshop at the end of each chapter. From fabric selection and composition, to exciting techniques for free-hand cutting and stitching, to choosing the perfect finishing touches and frame, she makes the entire process seem easy. Full-size templates are provided allowing the reader to reproduce the wonderfully charming floral still life and farmyard schemes. Those who prefer to use their imagination to create completely original pictures will find all the guidance, inspiration and helpful hints they need.

Let's Quilt China!

Author:
Publisher: Carole Marsh Books
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 56

Book Description

Asian Elegance

Author: Kitty Pippen
Publisher: Martingale
ISBN: 9781564774835
Category : Appliqué
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Got a passion for exotic fabrics? Feature the fabrics of Japan and Polynesia in your next quilt! This talented mother-daughter team shares their love of unusual fabrics in one-of-a-kind designs. Book jacket.

Quilt Artistry

Author: Yoshiko Jinzenji
Publisher: Kodansha Amer Incorporated
ISBN: 9784770030993
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 127

Book Description
Written by the author who began quilting after she came upon quilts made by Canadian Mennonites and was deeply moved by their resonant, sacred quality, this book presents her quilt creations in 100 colour photos, and 300 black-and-white photos and diagrams. It also contains a total of 90 projects for those from beginners to the advanced quilters. Yoshiko Jinzenji began quilting after she came upon quilts made by Canadian Mennonites and was deeply moved by their resonant, sacred quality. The richly minimalist quilts she makes today are as powerful as those that originally

中国西南拼布

Author: Marsha MacDowell
Publisher: Michigan State University Museum
ISBN: 9787219098301
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 150

Book Description
For over 3,000 years in Southwest China, traditional bed coverings and other household items have been expertly fashioned, like American quilts, from small pieces of fabric patched and appliquéd together to form artistic yet functional textiles. Accompanying a groundbreaking exhibition of the same name, Quilts of Southwest China sheds light on this important cultural heritage tradition through the research of a binational consortium of American and Chinese museums, led by the Michigan State University Museum and the Yunnan Nationalities Museum (Kunming). Beautiful color illustrations and side-by-side English and Chinese text will help readers uncover regional and cultural variations in these quilts of Southwest China, connections between the form and other Chinese textile traditions, and profiles of textile artists. This project is a result of the United States-China Intangible Cultural Heritage Initiative of the American Folklore Society and the Chinese Folklore Society.

A Bountiful Life

Author: Karen Mowery
Publisher: C&t Publishing / Kansas City Star Quilts
ISBN: 9781611690361
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Karen Mowery presents her version of the infa mous Bird of Paradise quilt top. Karen's version has been beautifully constructed to replicate the original quilt. The personal story of the original quilter remains a mystery, which Karen has attempted to unravel.

Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 276

Book Description

Bead Embroidery Chinese Style

Author: Yu Han
Publisher: Shanghai Press
ISBN: 1938368681
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 445

Book Description
A delicate craft that has been handed down for thousands of years, bead embroidery was popular among the aristocrats in China's imperial courts and is an important part of modern haute couture, wedding dresses, and other accessories.A step-by-step guide to 25 unique embroidery designs, Bead Embroidery Chinese Style incorporates traditional Chinese design elements, including landscape paintings, bird and flower motifs, and famous poems. Projects are both beautiful and useful, and are simple enough for embroidery beginners.Readers will learn about:•The different bead embroidery tools, techniques, and materials•Over a dozen embroidery stitches for single-bead, multi-bead, free stitches, layered stitches, and more•Small-scale embroidery projects, including jewelry, coasters, pouches, and silk scarves•More advanced projects, including makeup bags, lamp covers, and wall art.Author Han Yu is one of the world's leading experts on bead embroidery. She studied at the prestigious Ecole Lesage, part of Chanel's Metiers d'art, in Paris, and regularly produces pieces for Shanghai and Paris Fashion Weeks, state dignitaries, and celebrities.