A guide to creating wholecloth quilts as well as an examination of the art of quilting, this work provides an in-depth analysis of more than 50 quilts and the technique and inspiration behind their composition.
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"Award-winning quilter McTavish has a passion for wholecloth quilts . . . This beautiful coffee-table book is highly recommended for large public libraries." -- Library Journal
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Karen McTavish is an award-winning professional longarm quilter and teacher. Her work has been featured on the PBS show Quilt Central. She lives in Duluth, Minnesota.
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Karen McTavish has been quilting on a longarm since 1997 fulfilling her two passions: Heirloom Trapunto quilting and Wholecloth. Karen specializes in crafting award-winning quilts using techniques which allow machine quilters to replicate traditional 'hand-quilted' effects. She has been featured on Simply Quilts, and writes articles for national quilting magazines and journals. Karen's is the author of 5 books, Quilting for Show 1 & 2, Whitework Quilting, Mastering the Art of McTavishing and Secrets of Elemental Quilting. She has been a full-time professional longarm quilter since 1997 - supporting her family through her craft. Karen lives on Lake Superior's North Shore, quilting and teaching throughout the country and privately in her storefront 'McTavish Quilting Studio'. She has two children, Ally and Storm. Her website, gallery, and storefront is at ww.designerquilts.com
Karen also is the vocalist for her band called "Grounds for Dismissal" in Duluth Minnesota -
to check out her band go to www.myspace.com/grounds4dismissal
Karen also is the vocalist for her band called "Grounds for Dismissal" in Duluth Minnesota -
to check out her band go to www.myspace.com/grounds4dismissal
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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
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HAND QUILTERS, TOO, WILL VALUE THIS BOOK!,
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This review is from: Whitework Quilting: Creative Techniques for Designing Wholecloth and Adding Trapunto to Your Quilts (Hardcover)
For years I have been hand quilting and last year designed and quilted my first wholecloth quilt. Since I had no previous intruction, it is fair to say that had I had Karen's book, life with my wholecloth venture would have been a lot easier. This book is in the top 3 in my library. It is not only beautifully bound and comes with an attached satin ribbon for page marking, but the information is invaluable and the pictures are remarkably gorgeous! (Perhaps because the quilts are the same.....gorgeous!) Packed with ideas, this book contains explicit directions for choosing fabric, stencils, designing, marking, shadow trapunto, and more. Particularly special is the fact that Karen not only instructs and displays her own quilts, but she spotlights the quilts of other quilters and allows them to give narration on the drawbacks and the values of different techniques and products, mistakes and victories! If one cannot be inspired by the beauty and simplicity of directions in this book, that person is not cut out to be a quilter! Although written with instructions for machine quilting, this book is invaluable for hand quilters, as well.
23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome, awesome book!,
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This review is from: Whitework Quilting: Creative Techniques for Designing Wholecloth and Adding Trapunto to Your Quilts (Hardcover)
Karen McTavish is a brilliant quilter, and in this book she has assembled some of the most beautiful quilts you will ever see, some she has done and others by other talented quilters. She also has given instruction on how these magnificent works were created and how you can do them yourself. If you have any interest in trapunto (or even if you don't!), this book will convince you to try it yourself! The photography is wonderful; the commentary on each quilt is very informative. Karen's instruction is great. With these quilts, you can certainly see how the quilting can make a quilt sing! Each page is a whole new experience; you'll want to savor each quilt!
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
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Whitework Quilting,
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This review is from: Whitework Quilting: Creative Techniques for Designing Wholecloth and Adding Trapunto to Your Quilts (Hardcover)
Karen is one of the best machine quilting teachers out there, and this book shows you why. Her directions are clear and concise, the photographs are stunning, and her comments are accurate as well as funny. Karen makes you feel like you, too, can do this! This is a beautiful coffee table book, and will be an asset to any quilter or non-quilter's library.
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