Author: Meg Cox
Publisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 9780761138815
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
The Bee-all and End-all: The complete quilter's companion and essential resource, jam-packed with information, supplies, expert interviews, techniques, community, and inspiration. All the tools of the trade: rotary cutters, sewing machines, longarms, anddesign software; fabulous fabrics and where to find them; and if you're just starting out, everything that belongs in a quilting basket. The online world made manageable with a guide to the most useful blogs, websites, e-mail lists, free patterns, and podcasts. National and regional shows, guilds, and the best retreats and quilt museums. Batting parties, tutorials on fabric dying, and a breezy history of the quilt boom. Profiles of twenty top teachers-including television's Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson, Esterita Austin and her award-winning landscape quilts, and Ruth B. McDowell, known for her bravura technique. This is a book to help every quilter deepen and grow-keep it as close by as your stash of fat quarters -Cover.
Quilted Planet
Author: Celia Eddy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781845330095
Category : Appliqué
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
A visually exciting sourcebook illustrating the immense diversity and richness of the world's quilting traditions and techniques, providing inspiration to contemporary quiltmakers.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781845330095
Category : Appliqué
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
A visually exciting sourcebook illustrating the immense diversity and richness of the world's quilting traditions and techniques, providing inspiration to contemporary quiltmakers.
A Patchwork Planet
Author: Anne Tyler
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307569918
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The beloved Pulitzer Prize–winning author tells the story of a lovable loser who's trying to get his life in order. Barnaby Gaitlin has been in trouble ever since adolescence. He had this habit of breaking into other people's houses. It wasn't the big loot he was after, like his teenage cohorts. It was just that he liked to read other people's mail, pore over their family photo albums, and appropriate a few of their precious mementos. But for eleven years now, he's been working steadily for Rent-a-Back, renting his back to old folks and shut-ins who can't move their own porch furniture or bring the Christmas tree down from the attic. At last, his life seems to be on an even keel. Still, the Gaitlins (of "old" Baltimore) cannot forget the price they paid for buying off Barnaby's former victims. And his ex-wife would just as soon he didn't show up ever to visit their little girl, Opal. Even the nice, steady woman (his guardian angel?) who seems to have designs on him doesn't fully trust him, it develops, when the chips are down, and it looks as though his world may fall apart again. There is no one like Anne Tyler, with her sharp, funny, tender perceptions about how human beings navigate on a puzzling planet, and she keeps us enthralled from start to finish in this delicious new novel.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307569918
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The beloved Pulitzer Prize–winning author tells the story of a lovable loser who's trying to get his life in order. Barnaby Gaitlin has been in trouble ever since adolescence. He had this habit of breaking into other people's houses. It wasn't the big loot he was after, like his teenage cohorts. It was just that he liked to read other people's mail, pore over their family photo albums, and appropriate a few of their precious mementos. But for eleven years now, he's been working steadily for Rent-a-Back, renting his back to old folks and shut-ins who can't move their own porch furniture or bring the Christmas tree down from the attic. At last, his life seems to be on an even keel. Still, the Gaitlins (of "old" Baltimore) cannot forget the price they paid for buying off Barnaby's former victims. And his ex-wife would just as soon he didn't show up ever to visit their little girl, Opal. Even the nice, steady woman (his guardian angel?) who seems to have designs on him doesn't fully trust him, it develops, when the chips are down, and it looks as though his world may fall apart again. There is no one like Anne Tyler, with her sharp, funny, tender perceptions about how human beings navigate on a puzzling planet, and she keeps us enthralled from start to finish in this delicious new novel.
The Quilter's Catalog
Author: Meg Cox
Publisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 9780761138815
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
The Bee-all and End-all: The complete quilter's companion and essential resource, jam-packed with information, supplies, expert interviews, techniques, community, and inspiration. All the tools of the trade: rotary cutters, sewing machines, longarms, anddesign software; fabulous fabrics and where to find them; and if you're just starting out, everything that belongs in a quilting basket. The online world made manageable with a guide to the most useful blogs, websites, e-mail lists, free patterns, and podcasts. National and regional shows, guilds, and the best retreats and quilt museums. Batting parties, tutorials on fabric dying, and a breezy history of the quilt boom. Profiles of twenty top teachers-including television's Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson, Esterita Austin and her award-winning landscape quilts, and Ruth B. McDowell, known for her bravura technique. This is a book to help every quilter deepen and grow-keep it as close by as your stash of fat quarters -Cover.
Publisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 9780761138815
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
The Bee-all and End-all: The complete quilter's companion and essential resource, jam-packed with information, supplies, expert interviews, techniques, community, and inspiration. All the tools of the trade: rotary cutters, sewing machines, longarms, anddesign software; fabulous fabrics and where to find them; and if you're just starting out, everything that belongs in a quilting basket. The online world made manageable with a guide to the most useful blogs, websites, e-mail lists, free patterns, and podcasts. National and regional shows, guilds, and the best retreats and quilt museums. Batting parties, tutorials on fabric dying, and a breezy history of the quilt boom. Profiles of twenty top teachers-including television's Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson, Esterita Austin and her award-winning landscape quilts, and Ruth B. McDowell, known for her bravura technique. This is a book to help every quilter deepen and grow-keep it as close by as your stash of fat quarters -Cover.
Laurel Burch Legends
Author: Laurel Burch
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1607053802
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
Laurel Burch Brings You Creatures of the Earth, Sea & Sky. World-renowned artist and fabric designer Laurel Burch brings you fabulous new quilt designs in her signature style. Whimsical projects range from wallhangings to table runners, with ideas for adapting designs for pillows and other home décor accents. Simple fusible appliqué and embellishment techniques yield stunning results. Laurel Burch’s fanciful designs are loved for their lush imagery and vibrant palette of color, and this new collection of exotic birds, fish, jungle creatures, and mythical women is especially entrancing! Step-bystep instructions and terrific embellishment techniques make these quilts surprisingly fast to finish.
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1607053802
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
Laurel Burch Brings You Creatures of the Earth, Sea & Sky. World-renowned artist and fabric designer Laurel Burch brings you fabulous new quilt designs in her signature style. Whimsical projects range from wallhangings to table runners, with ideas for adapting designs for pillows and other home décor accents. Simple fusible appliqué and embellishment techniques yield stunning results. Laurel Burch’s fanciful designs are loved for their lush imagery and vibrant palette of color, and this new collection of exotic birds, fish, jungle creatures, and mythical women is especially entrancing! Step-bystep instructions and terrific embellishment techniques make these quilts surprisingly fast to finish.
Make Believe
Author: Linda Lum DeBono
Publisher: Leisure Arts
ISBN: 1601405200
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 59
Book Description
A collection of applique designs, in children's favorite themes, used as quilt and pillow sets.
Publisher: Leisure Arts
ISBN: 1601405200
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 59
Book Description
A collection of applique designs, in children's favorite themes, used as quilt and pillow sets.
The Quilt
Author: Elise Schebler Roberts, Helen Kelley, Sandra Dallas, Jennifer Chiaverini, Jean Ray Laury
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781610605366
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781610605366
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Quilted for Christmas
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781564770547
Category : Afghans (Coverlets)
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781564770547
Category : Afghans (Coverlets)
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Texts and Textiles
Author: Diana Mary Eva Thomas
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443879428
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
This study shows how fiction that makes use of textiles as an essential element utilizes synaesthetic writing and synaesthetic metaphor to create an affective link to, and response in, the reader. These links and responses are examined using affect theory from Silvan Tomkins and Brian Massumi and work on synaesthesia by Richard Cytowic, Lawrence Marks, and V.S. Ramachandran, among others. Synaesthetic writing, including synaesthetic metaphors, has been explored in poetry since the 1920s and, more recently, in fiction, but these studies have been general in nature. By narrowing the field of investigation to those novels that specifically employ three types of hand-crafted textiles (quilt-making, knitting and embroidery), the book isolates how these textiles are used in fiction. The combination of synaesthesia, memory, metaphor and, particularly, synaesthetic metaphor in fiction with textiles in the text of the case studies selected, shows how these are used to create affect in readers, enhancing their engagement in the story. The work is framed within the context of the history of textile production and the use of textiles in fiction internationally, but concentrates on Australian authors who have used textiles in their writing. The decision to focus on Australian authors was taken in light of the quality and depth of the writing of textile fiction produced in Australia between 1980 and 2005 in the three categories of hand-crafted textiles – quilt-making, knitting and embroidery. The texts chosen for intensive study are: Kate Grenville’s The Idea of Perfection (1999, quilting); Marele Day’s Lambs of God (1997, knitting) and Anne Bartlett’s Knitting (2005, knitting); Jessica Anderson’s Tirra Lirra by the River (1978, embroidery) and Marion Halligan’s Spider Cup (1990, embroidery).
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443879428
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
This study shows how fiction that makes use of textiles as an essential element utilizes synaesthetic writing and synaesthetic metaphor to create an affective link to, and response in, the reader. These links and responses are examined using affect theory from Silvan Tomkins and Brian Massumi and work on synaesthesia by Richard Cytowic, Lawrence Marks, and V.S. Ramachandran, among others. Synaesthetic writing, including synaesthetic metaphors, has been explored in poetry since the 1920s and, more recently, in fiction, but these studies have been general in nature. By narrowing the field of investigation to those novels that specifically employ three types of hand-crafted textiles (quilt-making, knitting and embroidery), the book isolates how these textiles are used in fiction. The combination of synaesthesia, memory, metaphor and, particularly, synaesthetic metaphor in fiction with textiles in the text of the case studies selected, shows how these are used to create affect in readers, enhancing their engagement in the story. The work is framed within the context of the history of textile production and the use of textiles in fiction internationally, but concentrates on Australian authors who have used textiles in their writing. The decision to focus on Australian authors was taken in light of the quality and depth of the writing of textile fiction produced in Australia between 1980 and 2005 in the three categories of hand-crafted textiles – quilt-making, knitting and embroidery. The texts chosen for intensive study are: Kate Grenville’s The Idea of Perfection (1999, quilting); Marele Day’s Lambs of God (1997, knitting) and Anne Bartlett’s Knitting (2005, knitting); Jessica Anderson’s Tirra Lirra by the River (1978, embroidery) and Marion Halligan’s Spider Cup (1990, embroidery).
Nature's Patchwork Quilt
Author: Mary Miché
Publisher: Dawn Publications (CA)
ISBN: 9781584691693
Category : Habitat (Ecology)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Like a quilt, each habitat in nature is composed of many interdependent pieces that form grand patterns and webs. The text introduces numerous key concepts in natural science, and the back material offers activities and ideas for teaching"--Provided by the publisher.
Publisher: Dawn Publications (CA)
ISBN: 9781584691693
Category : Habitat (Ecology)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Like a quilt, each habitat in nature is composed of many interdependent pieces that form grand patterns and webs. The text introduces numerous key concepts in natural science, and the back material offers activities and ideas for teaching"--Provided by the publisher.
The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts
Author: Gordon Campbell
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195189485
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 1277
Book Description
The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts covers thousands of years of decorative arts production throughout western and non-western culture. With over 1,000 entries, as well as hundreds drawn from the 34-volume Dictionary of Art, this topical collection is a valuable resource for those interested in the history, practice, and mechanics of the decorative arts. Accompanied by almost 100 color and more than 500 black and white illustrations, the 1,290 pages of this title include hundreds of entries on artists and craftsmen, the qualities and historic uses of materials, as well as concise definitions on art forms and style. Explore the works of Alvar Aalto, Charles and Ray Eames, and the Wiener Wekstatte, or delve into the history of Navajo blankets and wing chairs in thousands of entries on artists, craftsmen, designers, workshops, and decorative art forms.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195189485
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 1277
Book Description
The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts covers thousands of years of decorative arts production throughout western and non-western culture. With over 1,000 entries, as well as hundreds drawn from the 34-volume Dictionary of Art, this topical collection is a valuable resource for those interested in the history, practice, and mechanics of the decorative arts. Accompanied by almost 100 color and more than 500 black and white illustrations, the 1,290 pages of this title include hundreds of entries on artists and craftsmen, the qualities and historic uses of materials, as well as concise definitions on art forms and style. Explore the works of Alvar Aalto, Charles and Ray Eames, and the Wiener Wekstatte, or delve into the history of Navajo blankets and wing chairs in thousands of entries on artists, craftsmen, designers, workshops, and decorative art forms.