Book by Joanne Sharpe - Creative stitch techniques and inspiring projects.
Paint, stitch, play!
In The Art of Whimsical Stitching, best-selling author and teacher Joanne Sharpe shares her favorite, go-to methods for creating exuberant stitch art. If you're a sewer or quilter, you'll take your stitching in a new direction with paints, markers, and dyes. If you're a mixed-media artist, you'll learn to embellish your work with stitching.
Follow step-by-step instructions and photos demonstrating a dozen inspiring techniques, including collage, stenciling, free-motion stitching, fused applique lettering, needlefelting, doodle machine and hand embroidery, and more! Then, transform your custom fabric into playful pillows and bags, art quilts, journals, and other fun and funk-tional projects. Joanne's whimsical artwork and a "sketchbook" of designs you can adapt for your own work round out this colorful, inspirational guide.
Majestic quilts, some of them inspired by ancient masterpieces, photographed inside an imposing castle. This is an exceptional book that stays perfectly accessible, no matter ones quilting technique level!
A trip to France and the visit in the Palace of Versailles, especially the gardens, inspired our two authors for this book made with four hands which charmingly revisits Folk Art inspired textile heritage.