Quilts with a View: A Fabric Adventure [Paperback]

Faye Labanaris (Author), Barbara Smith (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1998

From the author of Blossoms by the Sea comes a wholecloth technique for creating fabulous quilts with a view. The method is so simple that beginners or advanced quilters can spend their lives (and fabric stashes) exploring the unlimited design possibilities of combining applique, embellishments, and quilting to best enhance the fabric. AUTHORBIO: A professional quilt teacher since 1990, Faye has taught at major quilt conferences. Her specialities are Baltimore album applique, Hawaiian quilting, and dimensional French ribbon flowers. After being introduced to French ribbon work in Elly Sienkiewicz's "Dimensional Applique", Faye began intensely working with this new material. "I enjoy the freedom of creativity and spontaneity that the French ribbon flower technique provides," Faye says. REVIEW: Over forty beautiful album block designs showcase floral fabric backgrounds embellished with three-dimensional flowers and buds in a garden applique guide which will appeal to all levels, but especially those with some quilting experience. Full-page applique patterns blend with color photos of finished quilts in this basic guide.

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About the Author

A professional quilt teacher since 1990, Faye has taught at major quilt conferences. Her specialities are Baltimore album applique, Hawaiian quilting, and dimensional French ribbon flowers. Her quilt A Tribute To Celia Thaxter won first place in the category Reflective of a Particular Life and Time in C&T's Baltimore Album Revival Contest in 1994. Faye was also voted National Honored Teacher of Baltimore Album Applique by her students in that same contest. After being introduced to French ribbon work in Elly Sienkiewicz's "Dimensional Applique," Faye began intensely working with this new material. She lavishly incorporated wire-edged ribbon flowers into her Celia Thaxter quilt for a realistic and unique appearance. Her first book, Blossoms by the Sea , tells the story of Celia Thaxter's life, garden, the quilt, and making the flowers from the quilt

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: American Quilter's Society (August 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1574327135
• ISBN-13: 978-1574327137
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #919,897 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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38 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A quick and easy way to showcase art fabric., July 4, 1999

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J. D. Crayne (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Quilts with a View: A Fabric Adventure (Paperback)

Do you have a piece of fabric that's too great to cut, and just sits on your shelf? Cut a fabric frame for it -- oval, heart shaped, free-form -- and showcase it as a wall hanging or full-sized quilt. No patterns needed; just a sharp pair of scissors and simple quilting and applique skills. Author Labanaris shows you how to do it, and presents a gallery of view quilts for inspiration. These make great fast-and-easy projects!

27 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Book With a New Twist in Quilting, December 21, 2000

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Tonya Caudle - See all my reviews

This review is from: Quilts with a View: A Fabric Adventure (Paperback)

I love traditional quilting but, for me, I needed more. This book released all my wild ideas and I felt free to be more expressive with my quilting!

I also love collecting unusual fabrics but hated to cut them into traditional pieces for traditional quilts. After buying this book and making the projects, I now have room to buy more fabric. This book has many different techniques and with the detailed instructions all projects turn out fantastic. The author included a gallery at the back of the book that is filled with inspiring "windows".

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful fabric: I bought it, I love it but I just can't cut it!, February 5, 2009

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Quilter Sammy "Sammy G" (Texas, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Quilts with a View: A Fabric Adventure (Paperback)

I just finished my 15th "Quilt with a View". There are endless ways to frame a gorgeous piece of focus fabric. This way, of doing what is mainly reverse applique, will produce enchanting picture quilts. It can be done by machine or by hand and embellished or not, but it is a simple concept that makes beautiful artistic wall hangings. The instructions are clearly stated, there are plenty of gorgeous examples in the book and.... they take small amounts of fabric.