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Hardcover edition scanned from the Dianna May Martin personal library collection
This image was scanned from the Dianna May Martin personal library collection
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Introduction- The History of Pictorial Quilts
- CHAPTER ONE: Designing Pictorial Quilts
- Source Material
- Adapting Source Material
- Composition
- Using Perspective
- Choosing Colors
- Choosing Fabrics
- Creating Texture with Quilting
- Embellishments
- CHAPTER TWO: Techniques for Pictorial Quilts
- Materials and Equipment
- Preparation
- Piecing
- Hand Applique
- Machine Applique
- Decorative Stitches and Embellishments
- CHAPTER THREE: Pictorial Themes
- Section One: Land and Sea
- Section Two: Flowers and Foliage
- Section Three: Animals
- Section Four: Figures
- Section Five: Places
- INDEX
- Acknowledgments and Sources
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Title: The Quilter's Guide to Pictorial Quilts
Author/Designer: Maggi McCormick Gordon
Format/Publication Date: HC:2000; TPB:2000;
Publisher: HC: Collins & Brown, Ltd., London, UK
TPB: Watson-Guptill Publications, NY, USA(titled: Pictorial Quilting)
Language: English
Page Count: 128
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 11 3/4" x 8 1/4"
ISBN: 1855857693
SUMMARY- As I was reading and turning pages, I came to one particular quilt that made me burst into tears. I had no idea I missed the Rocky Mountains so much. Art is supposed to provoke an emotional response, right? Well this one sure did. It was "Mount Shuksan-Shalom" by Karen Schoepflin Hagen in the Land and Sea section. There's a ton of eye candy in this book, and lots of interesting commentary. I liked her section on the different ways to applique, and her pictorial tutorials - I think they would be useful. Overall, I'd grab a copy of this more for the eye candy than the tutorials. That alone was well worth the price of admission. You get exposure to a lot of different artists with an explanation of their methods for getting certain effects.
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