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Have you ever wanted to create a quilt from a favorite photograph but didn't know how to begin? Capturing realistic details in fabric seems an elusive art, but Charlotte shows how to portray images in quilts using a layering technique that is easy to understand and easy to use. Now you can create images in fabric through the appliqué techniques and exercises discussed in this exciting new book. A photo sequence for each project guides the quilter through the process. The projects include landscapes and portraits, with step-by-step techniques to capture realistic detail.
Charlotte does it again! Her latest collection of unique quilting designs can be achieved with any sewing machine. These geometric patterns require no marking and can be adapted to fit any size quilt or block. Just stitch your patterns row by row, one line at a time, and you will love the result.
Create Beautiful Machine Quilting with Almost No Marking. Sew these 24 graceful machine-quilting designs with ease on your home sewing machine, with almost no marking! An elegant alternative to stippling or meandering for all-over quilting, or give your quilt the look of Sashiko without the slow hand sewing. Many designs can build into more intricate patterns by simply adding more lines. Scalable patterns are easy to enlarge or reduce to fit even odd-shaped spaces. Every design includes easy-to-follow instructions and stitched sample; some include full-page pattern. Whether you want to quilt a simple overall pattern or a show-stopping design for a competition, you'll love the elegance of these continuous-line designs. Stitching them is so easy: just sew one line of stitching at a time. Stitch some designs with feed dogs up, others with them down. Designs include cross-hatching, triangles, stars, clamshells, jigsaw puzzles, and many more.
Want inspiration for your straight-line quilting? Now you have the perfect tool! This spiral-bound book is full of designs—JUST designs—and will lie flat on your work surface or your quilt to keep your hands on the quilt and that needle moving! The fourth in our Quilting Inspiration series, this visual guide is filled with more than seventy-five distinctive straight-line designs from your favorite designers to get you stitching. Perfect for domestic and longarm machines Full-page spreads with easy-to-follow straight-line designs Lies flat for easy reference while quilting
Important Note about PRINT ON DEMAND Editions: You are purchasing a print on demand edition of this book. This book is printed individually on uncoated (non-glossy) paper with the best quality printers available. The printing quality of this copy will vary from the original offset printing edition and may look more saturated. The information presented in this version is the same as the latest edition. Any pattern pullouts have been separated and presented as single pages. If the pullout patterns are missing, please contact C&T Publishing. Susan Carlson's incredible quilts of underwater landscapes, floral designs, fish, and portraits come to life as she shares her easy, "no rules" fabric coll...
Get two designs from each pattern! One fused pattern produces two blocks in this positive/negative machine appliqué method. It's simple, economical, fun, fast, and stunning! A single project yields a double return. Trace the design, cut out from fused fabric, and you'll get both your original design and the reverse of it in the background. Fuse both to other fabrics and there you have it-two quilts for the work of one. Machine appliqué and quilt the designs at the same time. There are mini-projects to practice with and 10 complete projects with patterns and step-by-step instructions. Projects suitable for all skill levels range from home dec and accessory items such as a tote, pillow, bell pull, wallhanging, and table runner to full-size quilts. Each project introduces new skills or techniques. An extensive gallery demonstrates just how versatile reverse appliqué can be. The variations in color, technique, and style of the quilts will inspire your own creativity.
Discover how to machine quilt using straight lines with one of 48 quilting ideas and 13 variations, from the author of Modern One-Block Quilts. Are feathers and swirls your fallback? Learn how satisfying it is to quilt with only straight lines! Quilting expert Natalia Bonner shares sixty new straight-line motifs to fill in triangles, square blocks, and borders, plus allover designs. Teach your walking foot some new tricks or practice controlled free-motion quilting with rulers. Domestic or longarm machine . . . the choice is yours! Each pattern comes with step-by-step photos, so quilters of all levels can conquer their fears of straight-line quilting, and learn to rock it! • Natalia Bonner fans, unite! Learn forty-eight straight-line quilting ideas and thirteen fun variations • Find freedom in the constraints of straight-line quilting and shine a spotlight on every intriguing angle • Use a longarm or home sewing machine to create geometric perfection, step-by-step
Learn appliqué techniques to create a face and add it to any textile craft project. Discover how to create freeform, raw-edge appliqué faces using Melissa Averinos’s fun, creative process. Melissa walks you through the process step by step, from a comprehensive lesson on drawing the face, to translating your sketch into fabric, to stabilizing the piece with stitching, to incorporating your stylized face into a finished project, whether it’s a pillow, tote, shirt, or stretched canvas! Learn how to make a variety of eyes, noses, lips, hair, and face shapes, as well as how to create facial features in just the right proportions. You’ll be amazed by how good the final portrait looks! • Personalize your fabric collage! Learn several different ways of creating facial features • Comprehensive lessons on fabric choices, color, and shading • Includes inspirational galleries of work from Melissa and her students
Students are often afraid of trying faces, they worry it won't look like the person they are trying to represent. So, I developed the Introduction to Portraits class. This book brings that course to you. It is designed to help you get over the fear of starting a portrait in fabric. You will be provided with a pattern to follow and a step by step process for creating a likeness of the painting, The Girl with the Pearl Earring. Working through this book will help you to develop your confidence and build the skills needed to take the next step, which is creating your own personalized portrait.