Picture Your World in Applique: Creating Unique Images in Fabric - Softcover

Cusak, Margaret

 
9780823016419: Picture Your World in Applique: Creating Unique Images in Fabric
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0823016412 ISBN 13: 9780823016419
Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications Inc.,U.S., 2005

Synopsis

PICTURE YOUR WORLD IN APPLIQUE shows crafters how to take the memories and images they want to preserve and turn them into beautiful appliqued pictures that will last a lifetime - and beyond. Author Margaret Cusack is renowned for her powerful, colourful portraits and illustrations, all created with machine-stitched applique. For the first time, she shares her techniques for creating realistic, often nostalgic pictures that capture a moment in time, a magnificent landscape, or a beloved face. From gathering tools and supplies, to choosing, cutting, and assembling fabrics in a composition, to adding finishing touches such as stitching or quilting, PICTURE YOUR WORLD IN APPLIQUE shows exactly how to create richly evocative works of art that will be cherished for generations.

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About the Author

Margaret Cusack has created applique illustrations for many clients, including American Express, Time, AT&T, Avon, Seagram's, and Texaco. In 2001, she designed a stamp for the United States Postal Service. She has won many awards for her work, including an Emmy, and exhibited in numerous museums, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the American Craft Museum.

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Publisher
Watson-Guptill Publications Inc.,U.S.
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0823016412
ISBN 13 
9780823016419
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
128