Fall 2008 Books Preview

KNITTING

Boutique Knits: 20+ Must Have Accessories
by Laura Irwin (October 2008, $21.95, Paperbound, 8½ x 9, 136 pages, ISBN 978-1-59668-073-9). Make knockout, trendsetting accessories that stand out from the crowd: the “it” handbag, the incredible scarf, the hat that makes heads turn. This collection of modern, stylish patterns combines knitting and non-knitting techniques to transform craft into couture—buckles and bolts borrowed from leatherwork close an intricately cabled belt, a chunky chain handle finishes a felted bag, leather lacing and grommets finish up a knitted bag. Vintage lace, beads, ribbon, and fabric-covered buttons also appear, plus felting and sewing techniques to create effects like ruffles, shibori-style pleats, and clever shaping.

Laura Irwin designs for fashion shop Seaplane and has had a ready-to-wear line since 2005. Her projects have been seen in Knitscene and Interweave Knits magazines, on Knitting Daily TV and HGTV’s That’s Clever. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

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Color Style: Innovative to Traditional, 17 Inspired Designs to Knit
by Pam Allen and Ann Budd (October 2008, $24.95, Paperbound, 8½ x 9, 144 pages, ISBN 978-1-59668-062-3). From simple repeating stripes to intricate Fair Isle patterns, two or more colors can add life and dimension to garments and accessories. Color Style, following in the footsteps of Bag Style, Folk Style, and Wrap Style—with gorgeous patterns, luscious lifestyle photographs, and step-by-step instructions—features classic and innovative use of traditional color techniques by top knitwear designers. In addition to 17 inventive patterns, the Design Notebook chapter details the fundamental ways to incorporate color into knitting.

Pam Allen, former editor in chief of Interweave Knits, is currently creative director for Classic Elite Yarns. She authored the very successful book Knitting for Dummies and Scarf Style. Pam lives in Portland, Maine.

Ann Budd is a book editor and the former senior editor of Interweave Knits. She is the author of The Knitter’s Handy Book of Patterns series and Getting Started Knitting Socks. She lives in Boulder, Colorado.

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French Girl Knits: Innovative Techniques, Romantic Details, and Feminine Designs by Kristeen Griffin-Grimes (January 2009, $24.95, Paperbound, 9 x 9, 160 pages, ISBN 978-1-59668-069-2). This inspiring book of romantic knitted garments is influenced by classic fairy tales and French vintage fashion. Seattle designer Kristeen Griffin-Grimes presents ethereal garments that flatter the feminine form, all accomplished with seamless patterns and custom fit. French Girl Knits will appeal to intermediate knitters looking for a book that teaches interesting techniques in an accessible way—with an emphasis on shaping techniques, seamless designs, and unique detailing.

Kristeen Griffin-Grimes launched her French Girl pattern line in 2005. Her patterns are currently carried in 125 yarn stores worldwide. The inspiration for the French Girl label comes from her jazz singer French Creole mother, her New Orleans childhood, and her ten-year love affair with France. Follow her adventures at frenchgirlknits.com.

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Harmony Guide: 101 Stitches to Knit Card Deck by Erika Knight (October 2008, $19.95, Paperbound, 5¼ x 6½, 101 cards with 8-page booklet, ISBN 978-1-59668-100-2). One of the greatest challenges a knitter can face is finding the perfect stitch pattern for a project. The 101 Stitches to Knit Card Deck is the perfect portable one-stop source for stitch inspiration. Each card features a stitch design on the front side and concise easy-to-follow instructions on the back. A color-coded system that divides the cards into themes—Knit & Purl, Lace & Eyelets, and Cables & Arans—makes organization a breeze. Forget about carrying a hefty book or crinkled photocopy of a stitch pattern! These sturdy cards can be slipped into a handbag or wallet as a quick reference, making knitting during a commute or lunch break easy as pie!

Erika Knight is a design consultant, with a special interest in knitwear, who brings her considerable expertise of the market to inform the choice of projects, fabrics, and textures in The Harmony Guides (Interweave). She is the author of Simple Knits for Easy Living, Simple Knits for Cherished Babies, and Simple Knits for Little Cherubs. She lives in England.

It Itches: A Stash of Knitting Cartoons by Franklin Habit (October 2008, $12.95, Hardbound, 6 x 6, 112 pages, ISBN 978-1-59668-093-7). It Itches is an affectionate, humorous celebration of the knitting craft from buying (and hiding) massive quantities of yarn to wrestling with projects that go seriously awry to prescriptions for alleviating the stress brought on by the holidays. It Itches is the first of its kind to mix cartoon humor with short essays on knitting. Franklin Habit is known for his witty writing and his New Yorker-style cartoons about knitting and life. His cartoons address the (mostly) friendly rivalry between knitters and the expression of love through yarn and needles. Every knitter will find himself or herself in this collection.

Writer, illustrator, and photographer Franklin Habit is the proprietor of the popular knitting blog The Panopticon (the-panopticon.blogspot.com), which features a mix of essays, cartoons, and the continuing adventures of Dolores the sheep. Franklin knits and spins in Chicago, sharing a small apartment with an Ashford spinning wheel and colony of sock yarn that multiplies alarmingly whenever his back is turned.

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Knit to Be Square: Domino Designs to Knit and Felt by Vivian Høxbro (September 2008, $24.95, Paperbound, 8½ x 9, 144 pages, ISBN 978-1-59668-089-0). Vivian Høxbro introduces another form of addictive knitting with Knit to Be Square, which combines modular squares into blocks of varying sizes that become the base for a variety of eye-catching two- and three-dimensional projects. These joined squares create geometric openwork patterns and when felted, you get gorgeous projects. Fans of small-project knitting will love the hats, bags, scarves, pillows, slippers, capelets, and more that can be completed in a relatively short time because they are all composed of small squares involving relatively few stitches and easy knitting before the unique shapes take hold.

Vivian Høxbro is a professional knitwear designer and author of Domino Knitting and Shadow Knitting (both from Interweave). She designs for various Scandinavian yarn companies and magazines and spends her days giving workshops on knitting techniques. She lives in Stubbekobing, Denmark. To learn more about Vivian's designs, visit her website at www.viv.dk.

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Knitted Jackets: 20 Designs from Classic to Contemporary by Cheryl Oberle (September 2008, $22.95, Paperbound, 8½ x 9, 144 pages, ISBN 978-1-59668-026-5). This folk-inspired collection of fun-to-knit and easily wearable designs make folk traditions modern and features patterns from extremely simple to moderately involved. A variety of techniques and clearly written instructions gives knitters an opportunity to showcase and expand their skills. Each section focuses on a particular knitting technique, and each garment is accompanied by a beautiful photo and the history or folklore that illuminates the culture of origin. Projects include easy step-by-step instructions and color technique illustrations.

Cheryl Oberle is a knitwear designer that teaches nationally. She has written for Interweave Knits and Knitters’ magazines and is the author of Folk Vests and Folk Shawls (Interweave). She lives in Denver, Colorado.

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Knitted Lace of Estonia: Techniques, Patterns, and Traditions by Nancy Bush. (November 2008, $24.95, Paperbound, 8½ x 9, 160 pages, ISBN 978-1-59668-053-1). From Estonian knitting authority Nancy Bush comes a new classic, Knitted Lace of Estonia. Learn about traditional lace-knitting techniques, including the traditional starburst, twig, peacock, and lily of the valley patterns and their variations, plus different ways to make the distinctive nupp, or subdued bobble. Included are instructions for 14 heirloom-quality projects to knit: scarves and shawls in square, rectangular, and triangular shapes; some with added edgings, some without. Technique chapters include information about traditional Estonian lace knitting as well as modern adaptations of the classic ways of constructing shawls and scarves and adding lace edges.

Nancy Bush teaches workshops for guilds, shops, and at conferences throughout the United States, Canada, Finland, and Estonia. She owns The Wooly West, a mail-order and online yarn business in Salt Lake City, Utah. She is the author of Folk Socks, Folk Knitting in Estonia, Knitting on the Road, and Knitting Vintage Socks (all from Interweave). She lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Knitting Socks with Handpainted Yarn by Carol Sulcoski (January 2009, $19.95, Paperbound, 8½ x 9, 128 pages, ISBN 978-1-59668-098-2). Handpainted sock yarns have captured the hearts of countless knitters. Carol Sulcoski explains how to make the best of these much-loved yarns with 20 new patterns designed with just handpainted sock yarns in mind. Get technical guidance so these yarns can be used to their best advantage and learn the differences between various kinds of handpainted yarn and how to avoid undesirable effects. Combining her handdyeing and knitwear designing knowledge, Carol shares techniques and tips to help every sock knitter turn out fabulous footwear. Fun, original sock patterns from a variety of contributors illustrate these techniques.

Carol Sulcoski is the owner of Black Bunny Fibers, an independent company creating hand-dyed yarns and spinning fiber. Her designs have been published by Knitty.com, KnitNet.com, MenKnit.com, MagKnits.com, and in Big Girl Knits, and she is the coauthor of Knit So Fine (Interweave, 2008). She lives in Villanova, Pennsylvania.

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CROCHET

Blueprint Crochet: Modern Designs for the Visual Crocheter by Robyn Chachula (September 2008, $22.95, Paperbound, 8½ x 9, 152 pages, ISBN 978-1-59668-072-2). Crack the crochet code with this graphical interpretation of contemporary designs made just for the visual crafter. This treatment teaches the crafter workbook-style to rely less on written directions and more on recognizing patterns through symbols. Crocheters can choose from effortless motif patterns for purses, earrings, necklaces, and earrings; quick-stitch patterns that are perfect for tunics, wraps, belts or scarves; vogue granny squares that translate wonderfully into sweater coats, comfy tops, shawls, or boleros; and stitch-repeat patterns for jackets, dresses, vests, and tops.

Robyn Chachula is an engineer-turned-crocheter who now designs for yarn companies, books, and magazines. She has appeared on Knit and Crochet Today on PBS and Knitting Daily TV, and her designs have been published in Interweave Crochet and Crochet Me (Interweave), plus many more. See more at crochetbyfaye.com.

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Harmony Guide: 101 Stitches to Crochet Card Deck by Erika Knight (October 2008, $19.95, Paperbound, 5¼ x 6½, 101 cards with 8-page booklet, ISBN 978-1-59668-101-9). The 101 Stitches to Crochet Card Deck is the perfect portable one-stop source for stitch inspiration. Each card features a stitch design on the front side and concise easy-to-follow instructions on the back. A color-coded system that divides the cards into themes—Basic Crochet and Crochet Motifs—makes organization a breeze.

Erika Knight is a design consultant, with a special interest in knitwear, who brings her considerable expertise of the market to inform the choice of projects, fabrics, and textures in The Harmony Guides (Interweave). She is the author of Simple Knits for Easy Living, Simple Knits for Cherished Babies, and Simple Knits for Little Cherubs. She lives in England.

Wrapped in Crochet: Scarves, Wraps & Shawls by Kristin Omdahl (October 2008, $22.95, Paperbound, 8½ x 10¼, 120 pages, ISBN 978-1-59668-076-0). This fresh approach to technique and construction offers 18 unique patterns for beginning to intermediate crocheters. There are techniques for every skill level and projects to fit every budget and time commitment. Charts are included for every stitch pattern and every motif, and each pattern includes diagrams for all constructions. Project details include unusual edgings and motifs, colorwork, crocheting with beads, lace, ruffles, tiers, and more.

Kristin Omdahl designs and distributes her own line of patterns and kits from her website, www.styledbykristin.com. Her designs have been featured in numerous books and magazines, including Interweave Crochet and Crochet Me (Interweave).

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SPINNING & WEAVING

The Intentional Spinner: A Holistic Approach to Making Yarn by Judith MacKenzie McCuin (November 2008, $26.95, Paperbound, 8½ x 9, 160 pages, ISBN 978-1-59668-080-7). For spinners who have begun to explore the infinite possibilities of making their own yarn, veteran spinner and teacher Judith McKenzie McCuin offers insight, understanding, and information about this appealing craft in The Intentional Spinner. Judith’s educated, gently opinionated, and fun-to-read blend of technical knowledge, history, tips, and narrative takes the form of a compendium of spinning wisdom. Yarn making is approached in three fundamental areas: understanding fibers, managing yarn structure, and making yarns that precisely meet the spinner’s needs.

Judith MacKenzie McCuin has been a textile artist for more than twenty years. She has taught throughout the United States and Canada, and her work appears in both public and private collections. She has been a contributor to Spin-Off, Interweave Knits, PieceWork, and Handwoven magazines, and she has led textile tours to Turkey and Spain. She lives in Augusta, Montana, with her husband, Nick, where they run a small yarn and dye company and raise bison.

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Weaving Made Easy: 17 Projects Using a Simple Loom by Liz Gipson (November 2008, $24.95, Paperbound, 8½ x 9, 128 pages, ISBN 978-1-59668-075-3). Weaving Made Easy features seventeen simple projects made on a simple rigid heddle loom. A perfect blend of fun and functionality, the rigid heddle is small, portable, and affordable. Weaving Made Easy shows how to make sinuous, drapey fabrics; sturdy, practical fabrics; fun, funky fabrics. Projects range from scarves and tops to bags and belts, from pillows and placemats to rugs and blankets. Seventeen projects are included with complete instructions, clear step-by-step photographs, and abundant tips and techniques for color, design, construction, and embellishment. This is the ultimate idea book for the beginning weaver.

Liz Gipson, former managing editor of Spin-Off magazine and the current managing editor of Handwoven magazine, learned to weave at age five. Liz is the co-host of public television’s Knitting Daily TV and has made appearances on the DIY and HGTV programs Knitty Gritty and Uncommon Threads. She is the president of the Spinning and Weaving Association and lives in Loveland, Colorado.

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BEADING AND JEWELRY MAKING

Create Jewelry Stones: Stunning Designs to Make and Wear by Marlene Blessing and Jamie Hogsett (September 2008, $22.95, Paperbound, 8½ x 10¼, 120 pages, ISBN 978-1-59668-068-5). From sassy, elegant, dressy, or flirty, Create Jewelry: Stones presents 23 projects ranging in difficulty from easy stringing pieces to seed bead weaving designs. All projects are glamorous and timeless and represent unique ways to use stones in jewelry designs for necklaces, bracelets, and earrings. The authors combine innovative designs with intriguing anecdotes, history, and tips about these multifaceted beads.

About the authors: Marlene Blessing is the editorial director for Beadwork, Stringing, Step by Step Beads, and Step by Step Wire Jewelry magazines. She lives in Longmont, Colorado.

Jamie Hogsett is the former editor of Stringing magazine, special projects editor of Beadwork magazine, and the author of Stringing Style. She lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.
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Custom Cool Jewelry: Create 200+ Personalized Pendants, Charms, and Clasps by Melinda Barta (August 2008, $22.95, Paperbound, 8½ x 10¼, 144 pages, ISBN 978-1-59668-074-6). Add a personal, handcrafted touch to jewelry every time. Melinda uses common crafting supplies in uncommon ways, including embossing powder, collage papers, wire, fibers, glass-etching cream, patinas, found objects, fabric, memorabilia, and more. Learn to bake bead collages with resin in the oven, emboss antique playing cards, roll up some polymer clay, stamp and stitch fabric focal pieces, and wire-wrap to your heart’s content. From flirty and romantic wireworked dangles to simple and understated polymer clay beads, you’ll wear your jewelry with pride—be ready for the compliments!

Melinda Barta is managing editor of Beadwork magazine and the former projects editor of PieceWork magazine. She has a BFA degree in fiber arts and a minor in apparel design from Colorado State University and is the author of Hip to Stitch (Interweave). She lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.

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Elements of Style: Creating Jewelry with Wire, Fiber, Felt, and Beads by Rosemary Hill (August 2008, $22.95, Paperbound, 8½ x 10¼, 128 pages, ISBN 978-1-59668-079-1). Make 25 wearable pieces of art with the clever techniques and unique designs ideas in Elements of Style. It’s all about the mix in this creative approach to combining wire, bead, and fiber jewelry designs using knit, crochet, and felting techniques. Crochet or knit silver or copper wire and mix it with contrasting beads and metal findings. Knit or crochet thin textured yarns, such as linen, hemp, or unique fiber blends to create wire-framed beads, fiber hoop earrings, or an elegant scarf necklace.

Rosemary Hill learned crochet and embroidery at age six, beading at seven, and knitting at nine. She is currently a graphic designer and illustrator living in California’s wine country. After knitting several lace shawls that always fell off her shoulders, she started designing and selling shawl pins—and Designs by Romi was born! In 2006, she began writing patterns for knitted wire and beads, two of which have been published in Knitty.com. She lives in Geyserville, California.

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Fabulous Fabric Beads: Create Custom Beads and Art Jewelry by Kristal Wick (October 2008, $22.95, Paperbound, 8½ x 10¼, 112 pages, ISBN 978-1-59668-077-7). Fabulous Fabric Beads combines beading, scrapbooking, quilting, fiber arts, and mixed-media techniques to create lightweight beads made from rolled tubes of silk fabric and painted or embellished with stamps and other materials. Author Kristal Wick shares her simple and highly sought-after techniques for creating basic fabric beads, plus ideas for embellishing to achieve unique effects with surface designs on fabric, including painting, dyeing, stamping, stenciling, computer printing, and foiling. Wick explains how to create basic fabric beads in detail, from cutting, rolling, dipping, and drying to how to create collage beads, plus 10 great stringing projects.

Kristal Wick is the creator of Sassy Silkies beads. She teaches and designs for Swarovski, and her art-jewelry pieces sell in galleries around the world. Kristal has been featured on HGTV and PBS and in numerous beading and craft publications, including Stringing, Beadwork, and Jewelry Artist magazines. She lives in Arvada, Colorado.

Wire Style: 50 Unique Jewelry Designs by Denise Peck (September 2008, $19.95, Paperbound, 8½ x 10¼, 120 pages, ISBN 978-1-59668-070-8). Wire jewelry is one of the hottest trends in jewelry making. Wire Style, from the editor of Step by Step Wire Jewelry magazine, is a collection of 50 contemporary, stylish, and absolutely wearable designs from top designers in the field. Begin with a primer on basic tools and techniques for getting started, then launch right into chic, beautiful designs for bracelets, necklaces, earrings, and pendants from a collection of top jewelry designers. Fundamental wireworking techniques are explained in detail, including wire wrapping, weaving, coiling, chain making, hammering, texturing, and oxidizing. Readers will also learn how to wire-wrap found objects, make chain mail, create spirals, straighten wire properly, pierce, cut, make jump rings, make ear wires, and create clasps.

Denise Peck is a wire/metal jewelry artist, the editor in chief of Step by Step Wire Jewelry, senior editor of Jewelry Artist, and projects editor of Step by Step Beads. She is a metalsmith with a bench jeweler’s certificate and makes and sells her own jewelry.

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FIBER ARTS, MIXED MEDIA, AND QUILTING

Cloth Dolls for Textile Artists by Ray Slater (August 2008, $28.95, Hardbound, 8-1/2 x 10-7/8, 128 pages, ISBN 978-1-59668-087-6). This book provides textile artists with the perfect medium for exploring stitch and textile techniques. In Cloth Dolls for Textile Artists, artist and teacher Ray Slater presents the basic principles and techniques of doll making so readers can transfer their work into a three-dimensional format. The author provides patterns for different shapes of dolls, from the simplest stump doll to the more complicated jointed doll. Practical instruction on needle-sculpting expressive faces using needle and thread embroidery is described, as well as details on how to use the patterns to make the basic cloth doll. Artists can then really start to express themselves by using a range of textile techniques on the doll, whether applied directly on to the body or on the clothes worn—from beading, hand embroidering, machine embroidering, stamping, dyeing, felting (ideal for hair!), and even quilting.

Ray Slater trained as a textile artist at Goldsmiths, University of London. She also trained as a costume maker for theater and television. She curated an exhibition of cloth dolls from the United States, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in 2003 and is now one of the leading teachers on the subject in the United Kingdom where she is based. She is also embarking on a teaching tour in the United States. Ray lives in London.

Mixed Mania: Recipes for Delicious Mixed Media Creations by Debbi Crane and Cheryl Prater (November 2008, $22.95, Paperbound, 8½ x 10¼, 128 pages, ISBN 978-1-59668-084-5). Mixed-media artists Debbi Crane and Cheryl Prater share their enthusiasm, humor, materials, techniques, and projects to make mixed-media art accessible and appealing to the masses. Featuring tips and tricks that seasoned makers will find innovative but those new to artsy-crafting will find attainable, Mixed Mania shares all the ingredients readers need to know to get their creative juices flowing. This unstuffy approach to crafing includes techniques from art quilts, painting, collage, bookbinding, assemblage, drawing, image transfers, sewing, doll making, scrapbooking, keepsake art, and decoupage. The book is divided into “artistic appetizers,” “creating main courses,” and “sweet treats and special occasions” and projects are laid out like recipes complete with ingredients (materials), instructions (what to mix, add), and tips (how it should look, taste, feel, etc.) Each artist contributes projects, tips, and ideas in their own distinctive voice, and the overall narrative captures the playful and spirited tone of a conversation between two opinionated friends.

About the authors: Debbi Crane has been an avid book artist for many years and has studied book arts at Penland and Arrowmont. Since 1998, she has been teaching art workshops for adults in various fabric arts, including the International Quilt Festival at Make-It-U, sponsored by Quilting Arts Magazine. She lives in Bedford, Indiana.

Cheryl Prater is a scrapbooker who began experimenting with collage and altered books in 2005 after discovering Cloth Paper Scissors magazine. She creates, blogs, teaches workshops, and takes on other artful endeavors in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Mixed-Media Self-Portraits: Inspiration and Techniques by Cate Coulacos Prato (October 2008, $22.95, Paperbound, 8½ x 10¼, 128 pages, ISBN 978-159668-082-1). The first mixed-media book to focus on this hot trend, Mixed-Media Self-Portraits features a range of artists who explore creative self-portraits through exercises, essays, and gallery art. Readers will find mixed-media, collage and fiber-arts techniques plus introspective essays, enjoyable exercises, and a variety of artist’s perspectives and artwork representing different styles. Filled to the brim with a wealth of inspiration, creative prompts, techniques, and compelling artwork, this book is an artistic guide to representing the self in mixed-media work. Makers of all skill levels and mediums—collage, mixed media, art quilt, paper craft—will enjoy the focus on this very popular art form.

Cate Coulacos Prato is the features editor of Quilting Arts Magazine and Cloth Paper Scissors. She lives in West Boylston, Massachusetts.

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The Quilting Arts Book: Techniques & Inspiration for Creating One-of-a-Kind Quilts by Patricia Bolton (November 2008, $24.95, Paperbound, 8½ x 10¼, 144 pages, ISBN 978-1-59668-099-9). This is Art Quilting 101 in a book! Patricia Bolton has assembled some of the most popular topics, articles, and artists from past issues of Quilting Arts Magazine—plus innovative new techniques offered by today's most respected contemporary quilt artists—in this definitive art-quilting techniques and inspirations book. Readers will find everything art-quilt related inside from creating abstract, pictorial, and landscape quilts to in-depth techniques on surface design and stitching applications. Each chapter showcases various art quilting concepts and ends with quick creative exercises and tips guaranteed to get you creating with cloth right away. Also included is a stunning and comprehensive gallery of art quilts by the world's leading quilt artists.

Patricia Bolton is the editor in chief of Quilting Arts Magazine and Cloth Paper Scissors and the creator of the highly successful Make-It-U workshops at the International Quilt Market. Patricia is the host of public television’s Quilting Arts TV.

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