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Pictorial Quilting

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This book is a fascinating read and offers practical advice, (especially for the novice quilter like myself). Being a new person to the world of quilting, I was looking for something that was slightly different. This book offers that and more. Pictorial Quilting differs from the traditional modes of quilting, offering a new and innovative way for an individuals to transform ideas into a final pictorial quilt. Along the way readers will be able to pick up practical advice for combining colours, fabric types and how to change a picture or idea into a quilt. In addtion to the practical information, there a number of completed quilts that will inspire all levels of quilters to larger and greater heights.

This book covers basic techniques and tools for making pictorial quilts. Great photos show different applique and quilting techniques, with lots of close-ups that give you a nice feel for the types of fabrics, stitching and embellishments used to create various effects. These are particulary helpful. But its biggest contribution is its ability to inspire by example. A wide range of pictorial quilting styles is shown, offering many ideas for how to represent flowers, leaves, water, sky, and more. I also like the quotes from various quiltmakers that provide background information on their inspiration and techniques. A must-have for any quilter who enjoys looking at or aspires to create pictorial quilts!

The best part of this book is the illustrations of the pictorial quilts. Each illustration has a description of the technique used, with arrows pointing to specifc areas being discussed. I don't think a beginner level quilter would be able to read this book and then go out and make a pictorial quilt, but it does provide a lot of great tips and techniques for a quilter with some experience. The book briefly covers many topics. For example, there are 2 pages on choosing colors for pictorial quilts, when there are entire books devoted to choosing colors. So each topic ends up being broadly defined, but clear examples (and pictures!) are given. Overall I enjoyed the book and am looking forward to making my first pictorial quilt!

This book was pretty good. But I liked Free-Style Quilts by Susan E. Carlson better. I didn't think that this book went into enough details on "how to's". Although it has some nice information on things like prespective.

I am SOOOOOOOOO excited to get started on quilting my pictures. My first picture is going to go to the church (if it's as good as I see it in my mind!) This book had some great tips.

Has some great ideas for a unique type of quilting. Raylene Wolff