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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
    • Your Way, My Way, Whatever Works
    • Expressing Yourself
    • That's Why I chose Fabric
    • A Word on Style
  • CHAPTER 2: RECOGNIZABLE STYLE
    • What Is a Recognizable Style?
    • Are You Ready to Develop a Style of Your Own?
    • What Do You Like Doing Best with Fabric?
  • CHAPTER 3: LET'S TALK ABOUT CHOICES THAT DETERMINE STYLE
    • Viewer's Impression
    • Lines, Spaces, and ow They Join...
    • The Next Step: Fitting This All Together...
    • A Style of Your Own
  • CHAPTER 4: WATCHING SOMEONE ELSE MAKE SELECTIONS
    • "In and Out" Process
    • Choosing a Familiar Subject to Begin
  • CHAPTER 5: BEING WITH TREES
    • What Do You Want to Say About Your Tree?
    • Woodskin Series: A Quick Look at Treemaking...
    • Madrona: Vision of a Favorite Tree(A Fuller Look at Process)
    • From Vision to Cutting Table...
  • CHAPTER 6: ADD BIRDS TO THE TREES
    • I'm Not a Real Birder
    • Feathers and Nests(texture)
    • Bird Studies...
  • CHAPTER 7: BODIES IN FABRIC AS SUBJECT MATTER
    • Backstage...
    • Variation...
  • CHAPTER 8: SOME LAST MINUTE DETAILS
    • Embellishment
    • Framing: What You Do With the Outer Edges
  • CHAPTER 9:
    • Making the process Fit Your Needs
    • Here's My Procedure...
  • CHAPTER 10: SUMMARY
    • Finding Your Truth
    • Knowing the Material You Choose to Use for Art
    • Control, Balance, and Focus
    • Uncertainties
    • In Summing It Up, Dear Friends
  • INDEX
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Title: Nature's Studio: A Quilter's Guide to Playing with Fabrics
Author/Designer: Joan Colvin
Format/Publication Date: TPB:2005
Publisher: C&T Publishing, Lafayette, CA
Language: English
Page Count: 80
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 11" x 8 1/2"
ISBN: 1571202927

SUMMARY- This book takes you through her personal process, and of course there's plenty of eye candy to see along the way. Anywhere in the Table of Contents you see "..." there was more detail given in outline form that I didn't feel like typing in.

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