Pet Portrait Art Quilts [First Edition]

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[First edition no longer available for purchase]

Capture the personality of your pets by transforming your photos into creative fabric collage art quilts.

Fully illustrated, Pet Portrait Art Quilts shows you how to create unique art quilt portraits using fused appliqué and free-motion stitch.

These fabric collage portraits are easy to make, regardless of experience in art quilting, appliqué, free-motion stitching, or photography.

In Pet Portrait Art Quilts, you’ll discover:

• Chapter 1: Discover your style. Learn how to unlock your personal style.
• Chapter 2: The key to great fabric collage portraits. Discover how to understand light, shadow, and value. Also, find out what goes into creating a good composition.
• Chapter 3: Color. Learn all about color, color schemes, and how to select fabric for your collage.
• Chapter 4: Equipment and Supplies. Most of the things you need are probably already right there in your sewing room!
• Chapter 5: Choosing a photo. Discover what is important, and what is not, in photo selection.
• Chapter 6: Prepare your photo: Simple editing. Learn how to quickly edit images, without the need for complicated computer programs.
• Chapter 7: Picture to Pattern. A step-by-step guide to easy pattern creation that you can do at home.
• Chapter 8: Collage construction. A simple technique for assembling your portrait collage.
• Chapter 9: Creating a background. How to create a complementary background for your portrait.
• Chapter 10: Stitching techniques. Discover the different options you have for stitching your design.
• Chapter 11: Binding and finishing. Traditional and contemporary methods for binding and displaying art quilts.
• Appendix A: Fused appliqué fundamentals. A quick guide to the fused appliqué technique (and how to do it).
• Appendix B: Guide to stitching options. A handy reference guide to stitching.
• Appendix C: The Value Scale. Contains a copy of the Value Scale to photocopy, or how to make your own with paper, a ruler, and a pencil.

If you want a simple, versatile technique to create unique fabric collage pet portraits, you’ll love this fully illustrated book!

Learn all the necessary skills to make pet portrait art quilts in any style you choose. Once you know the fundamentals, this fabric collage method can be applied to any portrait style, including ‘people’ portraits, as well as landscapes, floral designs, or abstracts.

Perfect for beginners or those with some experience in art quilting.

There are no prerequisites for getting started!

Available formats

• Full-colour Amazon eBook or Paperback [see sidebar for more links]

For those who love ebooks, this book is fully formatted for ebooks, so you won’t miss a thing or have to cope with tiny fonts!

Also available in the ever-popular paperback format — an exciting addition to your textile art bookshelf!About the Author 

Australian textile artist, author, teacher, and musician, Deborah Wirsu, shares how to make creative art using fabric and thread. She offers inspiration, ideas, easy-to-follow advice, and informative tips, tutorials, and online classes.

Early forays into sewing, textile arts and crafts led to a fascination with creating visually appealing artworks using surprisingly easy-to-master techniques. Deborah’s work has been exhibited and sold worldwide, with her art encompassing a range of techniques, including thread sketching and thread painting, creative appliqué, collage and fabric painting.

As a successful author, and with over 17 online classes, Deborah’s passion for writing and teaching online has allowed her to reach out to thousands of readers and students worldwide through her books and online academy. Deborah’s other pursuits involve coaching in authorship and online business strategies, lifestyle and personal development, and classical music. Oh, and she loves to travel, too!

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