Picture This!: Capture the Essence of a Photograph in Your Pictorial Quilt

by Marcia Stein

Overview

What photo ops do you want to commemorate in fabric? Your vacation, your family, the natural beauty around you? Learn inspirational techniques for composing a great shot, creating a master pattern from your photo, selecting the right fabrics, and designing a quilt that keeps your memory alive.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781607051558
Publisher:	C & T Publishing
Publication date:	09/01/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	96
File size:	14 MB
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About the Author

Marcia Stein is an award-winning textile artist who has been teaching since 2004. Her quilts have been featured in public and private collections throughout the country. She resides in San Francisco, California.

Editorial Reviews

What photo memories do you want to commemorate in fabric? Are they pictures of your vacation, your family,or the natural beauty around you? Learn inspirational techniques for composing a great shot, creating a master pattern from your photo, selecting the right fabrics, making changes along the way, and designing a quilt that keeps your memory alive. Use your own artistic vision to turn a snapshot into a quilted wall hanging-no drawing skills required! —Quilters Newsletter

From the Publisher

I have been a fan of Marcia Stein's quilts for a long time. We even put one of her quilts on the cover of Issue 100 of The Professional Quilter. It's the same quilt that graces the cover of her first book. Subtitled Applique Pictorial Quilts - From Photo to Fabric, this book starts with how to take better photos, how to choose the right photo for a quilt and then how to use your computer to look at the photos to determine value among other things. From here you'll learn how to transfer your photo to a master drawing that you'll use to select your fabric and create your quilt. Marcia covers three different methods of applique: turn-under, fused or raw-edge. In addition to a gallery of photos, you'll find three projects with detailed instructions to develop and build your skills. If you are looking to learn the technique behind creating realistic pictorial applique quilts, this is an excellent resource.

The Professional Quilter