Visual Texture on Fabric

Author: Lisa Kerpoe
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1607054485
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
Design one-of-a-kind art cloth for your favorite quilting, sewing, home décor, and garment projects! This comprehensive guide to water-based resist dyeing techniques makes the process easy to learn (and even more fun to play with) using textile artist Lisa Kerpoe’s test-driven instructions for creating depth on a flat surface. Create dimensional effects with ingredients like oatmeal, sugar, and soy wax—mix and match 8 resists with 7 application techniques for endless possibilities. Paint, stamp, stencil, splatter, layer…and come away with soft, touchable fabric. Materials for non-toxic resists are easy to find, starting with your kitchen cupboards!

Color Magic for Quilters

Author: Ann Seely
Publisher: Rodale
ISBN: 9780875969855
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description
Helps quilters to choose colors that work well together.

Mystical Stitches

Author: Christi Johnson
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1635863341
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 209

Book Description
Explore personal transformation through the stitching of dreams and intentions. Anything but ordinary, Mystical Stitches combines the beloved and accessible craft of embroidery with a spiritual element, introducing a rich treasury of 200 magical symbols you can use to set an intention and create personal icons to wear or embellish items in the home. Christi Johnson offers unique patterns inspired by botanicals, animals, numbers, the cosmos, earth elements, zodiac signs, and mythical beasts, for novice or well-practiced crafters to combine into talismans with personal meaning. Johnson’s folk art style is vibrant and unintimidating and provides a framework for bringing spiritual elements into physical form.

Advances in Affective and Pleasurable Design

Author: Yong Gu Ji
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1439871183
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 792

Book Description
This volume discusses pleasurable design — a part of the traditional usability design and evaluation methodologies. The book emphasizes the importance of designing products and services to maximize user satisfaction. By combining this with traditional usability methods it increases the appeal of products and use of services.

The Quilter's Practical Guide to Color

Author: Becky Goldsmith
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1607058650
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 116

Book Description
Did you know that the biggest struggle for quilters of all types is color selection? Unlock the secrets to winning color combinations from best-selling author Becky Goldsmith of Piece O’ Cake Designs. Learn how every quilt has a foreground and a background, how to use clear versus gray colors—plus other essentials that will shake up your design process. Quilters of all skill levels will appreciate Becky’s practical, easy-to-understand advice. Put your newfound knowledge to the test with 10 pieced and appliquéd projects designed to focus on specific aspects of color. Includes visual examples to explain all color topics.

Serendipity Quilts

Author: Susan E. Carlson
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1571208305
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
'Serendipity Quilts' features four beautiful, colour-rich projects that go from beginner to advanced, giving quilters everywhere the confidence to let their imaginations run wild & create the quilts they've always dreamed of.

Art Of Machine Piecing

Author: Sally Collins
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1571208755
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
Here are easy-to-learn precision piecing methods that will help you attain quality workmanship and extraordinary quilts. Sally shows how to enjoy the journey from design idea to quilted reality! Patterns for 49 traditional-style blocks in 3”, 4”, and 6” sizes. Instructions for making a knock-your-socks-off sampler quilt that uses all 49 blocks. The ultimate how-to guide for precision machine piecing, offering detailed information on choosing appropriate fabrics and drafting patterns. Inspiration and ideas from a gallery of beautiful small quilts and gifts. Lessons on how to critique your own work and correct problems

Mastering Precision Piecing

Author: Sally Collins
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1607053926
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 133

Book Description
Learn Precision Piecing from an Award-Winning Expert • The must-have book to take your quilting to the expert level • 7 new projects • Tips to improve your skills at every step of the quilting process • Learn to create the perfect 1/4" seam, sew straight, and chain piece for efficiency • Hundreds of illustrations and photos for clear direction • Use color like Sally for exquisite results Sally shows you how to bring accuracy to every step: pinning, cutting, sewing, and pressing. Seven pieced projects range from a miniature quilt to a large wallhanging. The projects use intermediate to advanced skills; two include appliqué.

Vestments for All Seasons

Author: Barbara Dee Bennett Baumgarten
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 9780819218667
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 156

Book Description
A book that explores the history of church vestments plus directions for making them.

Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics 2012- 14 Volume Set

Author: Gavriel Salvendy
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0429621019
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 8773

Book Description
With contributions from an international group of authors with diverse backgrounds, this set comprises all fourteen volumes of the proceedings of the 4th AHFE Conference 21-25 July 2012. The set presents the latest research on current issues in Human Factors and Ergonomics. It draws from an international panel that examines cross-cultural differences, design issues, usability, road and rail transportation, aviation, modeling and simulation, and healthcare.