About this item
Accessible, beautiful, and lavishly illustrated, this ultimate guide goes step-by-step through every creative option needed to create an art quilt. From the essentials, like enlarging and transferring patterns, to surface design techniques that add texture and color, to piecing, machine stitching, appliqu, finishing, and embellishing, this has it all. Galleries of stunning art quilts from around the world provide extra inspiration.More than 1,000 illustrations!,
About the Author
Linda Seward is an experienced quilter, writer and quilt judge. She has developed her knowledge of quilting through editing dozens of books on both sides of the Atlantic and by making her own quilts. She has written ten quilting books, including The Complete Book of Patchwork, Quilting and Appliqué which has sold over a quarter of a million copies in several languages and has been in print for 27 years. Linda has appeared on television and radio shows, and has judged numerous quilt shows around the world. She has had a regular column in The Quilter magazine for over 12 years, and also writes for other magazines. Linda's latest book, entitled The Ultimate Guide to Art Quilting, is published by Sixth&Spring, New York. Linda lives in London and Oxfordshire with her husband and three children. Visit Linda's website: http://www.lindaseward.com/
