Description
Following on from her bestselling first book 'Contemporary Quilts', award-winning contemporary quilt artist Sandra Meech explains how to harness your own creativity to add innovation and depth to your quilt and embroidery work. In 'Creative Quilts', she shows you how to take inspiration from a wealth of sources, including art, textiles and architecture, and gives special emphasis to journals and sketchbooks. The book contains full instructions for a range of exciting techniques, including surface embellishment, mixed-media techniques, and taking quilt work into three dimensions, plus practical advice on exhibiting work. Special 'Creativity Plus' and 'Design Workshop' exercises help you to develop confidence in your own creativity.
Illustrated with work from the world's leading quilt and textile artists, this book is both a practical workbook and a precious source of inspiration.
About the Author
Award-winning quilt artist Sandra Meech is a teacher and lecturer who works with textile groups in the UK and abroad. She is a member of Quilt Art and exhibits widely around the world. She is the author of Creative Quilts, Connecting Design to Stitch, Connecting Art to Stitch and Contemporary Quilts.
Book Information
ISBN 9781849941112
Author Sandra Meech
Format Paperback
Page Count 128
Imprint Batsford Ltd
Publisher Batsford Ltd
Details
Subtitle: |
Design techniques for textile artists |
Imprint: |
Batsford Ltd |
