Thread Stories: A Visual Guide to Creating Stunning Stitched Portrait Quilts - Softcover

Day, Jennifer

 
9781617450532: Thread Stories: A Visual Guide to Creating Stunning Stitched Portrait Quilts

Synopsis

Tell captivating stories in fabric and thread! Acclaimed quilting artist Jennifer Day invites you to create realistic portrait quilts with thread painting. Turn your own photos of people and animals into one-of-a-kind story quilts, as you learn to masterfully stitch in the details. This step-by-step visual guide takes you from photo selection to editing, printing on fabric, thread painting, and free-motion quilting. With just a home sewing machine, quilters of all experience levels can capture and quilt life’s precious memories.

Step-by-step visual guide to realistic portrait quilts, using your home sewing machine
Print your own photos on fabric and tell one-of-a-kind thread stories
Thread painting techniques anyone can apply to get that WOW! factor
From award-winning quilter, artist, and teacher Jennifer Day

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About the Author

Jennifer Day is an ASID interior designer, goldsmith, photographer, and art quilter. Using up to 300 different colors of thread in a single quilt, her technique has attracted interest from international galleries, museums, and publications. She lives in New Mexico. jdaydesign.com

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Step-by-step visual guide to realistic portrait quilts, using your home sewing machine
Print your own photos on fabric and tell one-of-a-kind thread stories
Thread painting techniques anyone can apply to get that WOW! factor
From award-winning quilter, artist, and teacher Jennifer Day

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