Picture Your World in Applique: Creating Unique Images with Fabric

by Margaret Cusack

Book Overview

Picture Your World in Appliqu? shows crafters how to take the memories and images they want to preserve and turn them into beautiful appliqu?d pictures that will last a lifetime--and beyond. Author... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823016412
• ISBN13: 9780823016419
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 10.6"

Customer Reviews

Picture Your World in Applique: Creating Unique Images with Fabric

I have admired the work of Margaret Cusack for years. This book shows you how she makes such great fabric pictures. It has inspired me to try making some art of my own! [..]

I loved this book

This book was very helpful to me when creating my own large scale designs; her ideas on how to bring depth and perspective to a larger scene is fantastic. Especially interesting for me was the land and city-scapes. Some of the other styles were less appealing but the approach steps still added value.

A guide to creating machine-stitched applique from realistic scenes

Creating still lifes in quilts is becoming more recognized as a fine quilt art and Margaret Cusack's Picture Your World In Applique: Creating Unique Images With Fabric is the place to turn to for instruction. Use memories and pictures from life and transform them into lovely appliqued pictures with a guide to creating machine-stitched applique from realistic scenes. From selecting pictures to cutting and stitching fabrics, Picture Your World In Applique covers all the moves.

Warm and wonderful---I love it.

This book will give you important information on work safety, image and color selection, and stitching techniques. It also tells the story of a successful artist and how she works. The book has colorful examples of her commissioned work and how she brought them to be. Margaret Cusack's images speak of the loving and supportive family that is literally part of her fiber---and artistic inspiration. I bought three copies and will probably get a few more to give as additional gifts.

Fantastic book - great projects that look terrific!

I love this book. If you're interested in this kind of art, this book will appeal to amateurs, professionals, or just folks who appreciate art in general.