Author: Victoria Findlay Wolfe
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1617458295
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
Revisit thirty-five years of Victoria Findlay Wolfe’s career with photos of over 130 quilts and compelling essays detailing her creative journey. Take a deep look inside the evolution of one of today’s most important modern quilt artists. Always fascinated by color, pattern, and design, Victoria Findlay Wolfe found her life’s true joy in quiltmaking. From a young age, a wandering spirit compelled her to become “an artist.” Today, her diverse and exciting body of work stirs quilters worldwide to dig deeper, take risks, and experiment with fabric. This beautifully photographed retrospective contains photos of more than one hundred of Wolfe’s inspiring quilts, as well as the stories behind them.
Victoria Findlay Wolfe's Playing with Purpose
Author: Victoria Findlay Wolfe
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1617458295
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
Revisit thirty-five years of Victoria Findlay Wolfe’s career with photos of over 130 quilts and compelling essays detailing her creative journey. Take a deep look inside the evolution of one of today’s most important modern quilt artists. Always fascinated by color, pattern, and design, Victoria Findlay Wolfe found her life’s true joy in quiltmaking. From a young age, a wandering spirit compelled her to become “an artist.” Today, her diverse and exciting body of work stirs quilters worldwide to dig deeper, take risks, and experiment with fabric. This beautifully photographed retrospective contains photos of more than one hundred of Wolfe’s inspiring quilts, as well as the stories behind them.
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1617458295
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
Revisit thirty-five years of Victoria Findlay Wolfe’s career with photos of over 130 quilts and compelling essays detailing her creative journey. Take a deep look inside the evolution of one of today’s most important modern quilt artists. Always fascinated by color, pattern, and design, Victoria Findlay Wolfe found her life’s true joy in quiltmaking. From a young age, a wandering spirit compelled her to become “an artist.” Today, her diverse and exciting body of work stirs quilters worldwide to dig deeper, take risks, and experiment with fabric. This beautifully photographed retrospective contains photos of more than one hundred of Wolfe’s inspiring quilts, as well as the stories behind them.
Modern Quilt Magic
Author: Victoria Findlay Wolfe
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1617455091
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Grow your cache of quilter's tricks with 5 awe-inspiring patchwork techniques that are easier than they appear. Learn a new piecing trick in just 15 minutes or less, and watch your skills soar to a whole new level. Say "presto!" with partial seams for both quilts and blocks, Y-seams, mini improv piecing, and free-form curves. Victoria Findlay Wolfe shares 17 projects, including the eye-fooling Herringbone and LeMoyne Star quilt patterns, plus full-size templates and 6 quilt coloring pages to help you work your own quilt magic.
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1617455091
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Grow your cache of quilter's tricks with 5 awe-inspiring patchwork techniques that are easier than they appear. Learn a new piecing trick in just 15 minutes or less, and watch your skills soar to a whole new level. Say "presto!" with partial seams for both quilts and blocks, Y-seams, mini improv piecing, and free-form curves. Victoria Findlay Wolfe shares 17 projects, including the eye-fooling Herringbone and LeMoyne Star quilt patterns, plus full-size templates and 6 quilt coloring pages to help you work your own quilt magic.
15 minutes of Play -- Improvisational Quilts
Author: Victoria Findlay Wolfe
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1607055872
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Scraps never looked so good! This is improvisational piecing reinvented—learn how to create a unique piece of “made-fabric” in just 15 minutes with Victoria Findlay Wolfe’s improvisational scrap-piecing methods, then incorporate your made-fabric into traditional quilt blocks. As you play, you’ll sharpen your design skills and learn about combining colors and prints in new ways…then watch your quilt design emerge. Discover just how distinctive classic blocks like Sawtooth Star or Flying Geese can be, when they’re constructed with more spunk and spontaneity! Includes 11 challenge exercises to strengthen your creative muscles, plus an inspirational quilt gallery.
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1607055872
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Scraps never looked so good! This is improvisational piecing reinvented—learn how to create a unique piece of “made-fabric” in just 15 minutes with Victoria Findlay Wolfe’s improvisational scrap-piecing methods, then incorporate your made-fabric into traditional quilt blocks. As you play, you’ll sharpen your design skills and learn about combining colors and prints in new ways…then watch your quilt design emerge. Discover just how distinctive classic blocks like Sawtooth Star or Flying Geese can be, when they’re constructed with more spunk and spontaneity! Includes 11 challenge exercises to strengthen your creative muscles, plus an inspirational quilt gallery.
Modern Triangle Quilts
Author: Rebecca Bryan
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1617453145
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
Ready to take the triangle challenge? Choose from 70 pieced modern triangle blocks and 11 exquisite quilts that wow! Fourth-generation quilter Rebecca Bryan is back—this time with beautiful 3-sided blocks sewn from pieced stripes, chevrons, curves, and more. A dedicated graphic design chapter will help you choose a winning color palette, play up unexpected elements, and achieve balance and symmetry. Grab your favorite ruler and the full-size block templates to create equilateral, isosceles, and right triangles with ease. With no tricky seams, these sampler blocks are perfect to mix and match.
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1617453145
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
Ready to take the triangle challenge? Choose from 70 pieced modern triangle blocks and 11 exquisite quilts that wow! Fourth-generation quilter Rebecca Bryan is back—this time with beautiful 3-sided blocks sewn from pieced stripes, chevrons, curves, and more. A dedicated graphic design chapter will help you choose a winning color palette, play up unexpected elements, and achieve balance and symmetry. Grab your favorite ruler and the full-size block templates to create equilateral, isosceles, and right triangles with ease. With no tricky seams, these sampler blocks are perfect to mix and match.
Double Wedding Ring Quilts - Traditions Made Modern
Author: Victoria Findlay Wolfe
Publisher: Stash Books
ISBN: 9781617450266
Category : Double wedding ring quilts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Get ready for new adventures in conventional piecing with celebrated quilter Victoria Findlay Wolfe. Create stunning Double Wedding Ring quilts with breathtaking innovations on the classic pattern. With full-size patterns for 10 quilts, the book will teach you the Double Wedding Ring basics. After you've mastered curved foundation piecing, try your hand at Victoria's unique fabric slashing and "Made-Fabric" methods--it's easier than you think! You'll feel liberated as you improvise on her designs, with full instruction for some quilts and others that invite your creative discovery. Read the stories that inspired each of Victoria's designs, and then take inspiration from the artist at work in her studio, with photography of her creative process and 3 bonus quilts to jump start your own art.
Publisher: Stash Books
ISBN: 9781617450266
Category : Double wedding ring quilts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Get ready for new adventures in conventional piecing with celebrated quilter Victoria Findlay Wolfe. Create stunning Double Wedding Ring quilts with breathtaking innovations on the classic pattern. With full-size patterns for 10 quilts, the book will teach you the Double Wedding Ring basics. After you've mastered curved foundation piecing, try your hand at Victoria's unique fabric slashing and "Made-Fabric" methods--it's easier than you think! You'll feel liberated as you improvise on her designs, with full instruction for some quilts and others that invite your creative discovery. Read the stories that inspired each of Victoria's designs, and then take inspiration from the artist at work in her studio, with photography of her creative process and 3 bonus quilts to jump start your own art.
Quilting with a Modern Slant
Author: Rachel May
Publisher: Storey Publishing
ISBN: 1612120636
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Profiles more than seventy modern quilters, offering step-by-step instructions on their techniques and quilting projects.
Publisher: Storey Publishing
ISBN: 1612120636
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Profiles more than seventy modern quilters, offering step-by-step instructions on their techniques and quilting projects.
Artful Improv
Author: Cindy Grisdela
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1617452629
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 99
Book Description
“Do away with patterns and embrace your creative spirit with this vibrant and fun book.” —Quilting Arts With simple design principles, you can create unique improvisational quilts. Without using patterns, learn five easy piecing techniques for your improvisational toolbox (including circles, blocks, and strips), and watch the art unfold before your eyes. Focus on color combos and negative space to discover your personal style—and then add dazzling texture with free-motion quilting. Also included is information on hanging finished art quilts without a sleeve, plus tried and true improv tips to encourage creative play.
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1617452629
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 99
Book Description
“Do away with patterns and embrace your creative spirit with this vibrant and fun book.” —Quilting Arts With simple design principles, you can create unique improvisational quilts. Without using patterns, learn five easy piecing techniques for your improvisational toolbox (including circles, blocks, and strips), and watch the art unfold before your eyes. Focus on color combos and negative space to discover your personal style—and then add dazzling texture with free-motion quilting. Also included is information on hanging finished art quilts without a sleeve, plus tried and true improv tips to encourage creative play.
The Creativity Project
Author: Colby Sharp
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316507784
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Book advocate Colby Sharp presents more than forty beloved, award-winning, diverse and bestselling authors and illustrators in a creative challenge! Colby Sharp invited more than forty authors and illustrators to provide story starters for each other; photos, drawings, poems, prose, or anything they could dream up. When they received their prompts, they responded by transforming these seeds into any form of creative work they wanted to share. The result is a stunning collection of words, art, poetry, and stories by some of our most celebrated children book creators. A section of extra story starters by every contributor provides fresh inspiration for readers to create works of their own. Here is an innovative book that offers something for every kind of reader and creator!
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316507784
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Book advocate Colby Sharp presents more than forty beloved, award-winning, diverse and bestselling authors and illustrators in a creative challenge! Colby Sharp invited more than forty authors and illustrators to provide story starters for each other; photos, drawings, poems, prose, or anything they could dream up. When they received their prompts, they responded by transforming these seeds into any form of creative work they wanted to share. The result is a stunning collection of words, art, poetry, and stories by some of our most celebrated children book creators. A section of extra story starters by every contributor provides fresh inspiration for readers to create works of their own. Here is an innovative book that offers something for every kind of reader and creator!
Quilt Stories
Author: Cecilia Macheski
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 9780813108216
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Stories, poems, and plays explore quilts as expressions of memory, meaning, community, courtship, change, mystery, murder, age, and wisdom
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 9780813108216
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Stories, poems, and plays explore quilts as expressions of memory, meaning, community, courtship, change, mystery, murder, age, and wisdom
Liar's Poker
Author: Michael Lewis
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 039333869X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
The author recounts his experiences on the lucrative Wall Street bond market of the 1980s, where young traders made millions in a very short time, in a humorous account of greed and epic folly.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 039333869X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
The author recounts his experiences on the lucrative Wall Street bond market of the 1980s, where young traders made millions in a very short time, in a humorous account of greed and epic folly.