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At the weekend I spent some time browsing through back copies of Quilting Arts magazine and various other quilting books for inspiration as to how to quilt my latest WIP. In the end the real inspiration for the design came from this book: I first learnt about this book in a QU class (Quilting Designs by Susan [...] I was signed up for a second shibori class at QU, which was scheduled to start this coming weekend. Unfortunately it got cancelled. So I treated myself to a book on the subject instead. It arrived on Monday. I was only able to really start looking at it in any detail last night, as up to now [...] While we were back in the UK I found this book whilst browsing in Waterstones in Truro, Cornwall. I had looked at it a number of times on Amazon, but couldn’t make up my mind whether I would find it useful or not. Being able to flip through it was enough to convince me that it [...] About 2 weeks I took delivery of three books by Ann Johnston, two about dyeing and one about quilt design. I have already browsed extensively through the two dyeing books and am sure that I shall have lots of fun trying out the things suggested in them. I like the fact that the books are spirally [...] Where do people get their inspiration and ideas from? Although I enjoy looking at the art quilts and other textile work that people are making and showing us on their blogs and webpages, it’s not where I get my ideas from. One of my favourite ways of finding new ideas for quilts is to use the vaste [...] I’ve not been doing any sewing since I finished the cushion cover. Instead I’ve been reading up on the theory of design. My first introduction to it was on Jim Shaw’s website. He has an online series of lessons on 2D design, which are well worth reading. My latest acquisition on the design front is a book [...] I’ve not been doing any quilting or dyeing this weekend. I did cut down an old pillow to make a new inside for my Ulu Fruit cushion but that’s all the creative stuff I’ve been up to. Instead I’ve been doing an exercise from the book “The Visual Dance” by Joen Wolfrom. I discovered the book in the [...] I’ve not been doing much of that this weekend, because I managed to cut a slice into the little finger of my left hand with the rotary cutter on Saturday night, but I have been reading about it in a new book that arrived on Friday. It’s called “Transforming Fabric” by Carolyn Dahl and explains 30 [...] |
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