The Textile Artist: Applique Art

Author: Abigail Mill
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1844488683
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This much anticipated guide to the work of textile artist Abigail Mill features five beautiful step-by-step projects as well as themed galleries of her contemporary, ethereal artworks. The book touches on Abigails inspirations and influences and looks in detail at the elements that bring her work to life: colour, texture, pattern and free machine embroidery techniques. From fraying and layering to free machine embroidery and embellishment, this gorgeous book teaches the reader how to recreate Abigails unique, contemporary style, and will inspire them to create wonderful pieces of their own.

Textile Artist: Applique Art

Author: Mill
Publisher: Search Press Limited
ISBN: 1781263078
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages :

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Contemporary Appliqué

Author: Julia Triston
Publisher: Batsford Books
ISBN: 1849943052
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 471

Book Description
Appliqué is a classic embroidery technique that has recently been experiencing a revival. Appearing in the most cutting-edge contemporary textile work, it can be interpreted in many different ways – layering, patching, applying, overlaying – and offers endless creative possibilities. Each technical variation of appliqué has traditionally had its own set boundaries, but nowadays all the rules are being broken and the technique has become relevant, up-to-date and suitable for all varieties of textile art. This impressive book takes a fresh look at the world of appliqué and surface embellishment, showing you how to develop distinctive and individual designs, create exciting compositions and use unusual combinations of materials. It covers the traditional variations, including bonded appliqué, broderie perse, cut-away appliqué and Mola work, and explains how the standard techniques can be developed to give exciting results in your own textile work, in both hand and machine embroidery. Accompanying the techniques is a wealth of examples of contemporary appliqué to inspire you. The authors are renowned for their thoughtful, creative but practical approach to teaching textiles, making this book suitable for beginners and established textile artists alike.

Applique Art: FreeHand Machine-Embroidered Pictures

Author: Abigail Mill
Publisher: Search Press
ISBN: 9781800922525
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Step into the studio with award winning textile artist Abigail Mill. This gorgeous book guides you step by step through inspiring projects that reflect her ethereal style. Try freehand machine embroidery and create beautiful artworks! Ethereal, unique, contemporary. This is the work of much-loved textile artist and author, Abigail Mill. This essential guide features five beautiful step-by-step projects as well as galleries of Abigail's extraordinary artworks, featuring themes such as teatime treats, animals and the seaside. The book touches on Abigail's inspirations and influences and looks in detail at the elements that bring her work to life: colour, texture, pattern and free-machine embroidery techniques. From fraying and layering to free machine embroidery and embellishment, this gorgeous book teaches you how to recreate Abigail's whimsical style, and will inspire you to create wonderful pieces of your own. This is a paperback edition of the best-selling original.

Creative Thread Sketching

Author: Deborah Wirsu
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780645449495
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
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 with this comprehensive introduction to creating stunning textile art using fabric, thread, and a domestic sewing machine.

Textile Artist: Small Art Quilts

Author: Deborah O'Hare
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 178221450X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
An inspiring look into the world of creative textile-making, illustrated with beautiful textile pieces. This inspiring book guides the reader through Deborah's creative and inventive textile work: from painting fabrics and building textures to embellishing with hand and machine stitching. This book contains a wealth of inspiration for any textile artist, showing them how to create gorgeous, textured pieces of art.

The Textile Artist: Layered Cloth

Author: Ann Small
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1782213341
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Ann Smalls imaginative use of cutting and manipulating techniques, and her layering and colouring tricks, makes this your go-to guide for bringing form and texture to your fabric artwork. This book is a rich resource and reference for textile artists seeking new ideas and who want to experiment with reverse appliqué and related techniques such as layering, trapunto, stacks, puffs and fabric manipulation. • Packed with techniques suitable for quilting and other textile art • Three wearable step-by-step projects • Clear, close-up images make layering enjoyable and accessible.

Ayako Miyawaki, the Art of Japanese Applique

Author: Ayako Miyawaki
Publisher: National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution
ISBN:
Category : Appliqué
Languages : en
Pages : 138

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Textile Artist: Expressive Stitches

Author: Jan Dowson
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1782217509
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Transform your ideas on creative fabric embellishment for textile art that's full meaning and astounding texture, in this inspiring book by award-winning textile art tutor and artist Jan Dowson. Whether it's a landscape, a garden, an animal or a powerful memory of a place or object, Jan shows you how she develops them all into beautifully stitched representations that exude awe-inspiring detail, colour and expression. Discover Jan's unique sketchbook process, where she stores and collects natural items, and explores different patterns, textures, media and markings to cultivate her final design. See her simple yet effective methods for transforming her fabric for stitching, including dyeing, embellishing and stamping. Then, watch her transform an unassuming square of fabric into a contemporary piece of art brimming with colour, texture and extraordinary stitched markings - all made through the combination of traditional sewing techniques and other media. Following a fascinating, illustrated step-by step chapter on Jan's key techniques, join her as she takes you through the stages of three types of work for which she is most renowned - the stitched landscape, the memory cloth and the bird sculpture. Each project also includes a break down of the materials, tools and techniques used, so that can understand as well as see the development of her astounding, mixed-media creations. Throughout the book, a gallery of Jan's work complements her techniques and projects, showing how to truly push the limits on your stitcheries. These are stunning pieces that will open your eyes and turn your own creative concepts into original, personal work.

Fabric Pictures

Author: Janet Bolton
Publisher: Jacqui Small
ISBN: 9781909342965
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
To call what Janet Bolton makes with fabric ‘patchwork’ doesn’t do justice to her creations – hers are images, pictures that capture fragments of an imagination that can strike anywhere, at any time. In this stunning and original book, Janet shows you how to create beautiful pictures on fabric. Taking you through her personal method, she will guide you to find the inspiration around you and teach you how to turn your creativity into a textile project and develop your personal ‘voice’. With friendly, reassuring and inspiring guidance, Janet shows you first how to find inspiration and then how to put your ideas into practice, complete with a step by step example that will show you every stage of construction from beginning to end. Once you finish your first project you won’t be able to wait to start the next!