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| Art Quilt Workbook: Exercises & Techniques to Ignite Your Creativity | 
 enlarge | Authors: Jane Davila, Elin Waterston
Publisher: C&T Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $27.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 20166
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 96
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.2
ISBN: 157120377X
Dewey Decimal Number: 746.46041
EAN: 9781571203779
ASIN: 157120377X
Publication Date: June 12, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 inspiring pictures March 14, 2008
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
I bought this book on the strength of other reviews and I was a bit disappointed. If you are an artist, formally trained or self-taught, most of the concepts will be familiar to you: ideas like negative space, the use of color, and perspective are not really useful to most people who have been doing art for a while. I tried to go through the exercises that were suggested and quickly got bored and skipped ahead to see what I could use. What I did really like were the pictures of the artists' work. Just seeing what other people have done was inspiring to me. But you don't need to buy a book to have access to pictures of artists' works. All you need to do is a search on flickr to find pictures of inspiring art. I would give this book two and a half stars. It's not useless but I don't think I would have bought it if I had perused it in a bookstore.
 Art Quilt Workbook: Exercises & Techniques to Ignite Your Creativity February 8, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book is well titled. Jane & Elin encourage and support the quilter to experiment and create in new ways. Their detailed instructions are well illustrated and easy to follow and give something for everyone as there are landscapes, seascapes and garden scenes all available and easily accessible.
 Small Book, Deep Well January 9, 2008
22 out of 22 found this review helpful
I have been an art quilter for almost 10 years. I've done large ones, complicated ones, teeny ones, played with thread, beads, fusibles. I still have plenty to learn.
This book has plenty of ideas, yet is not overwhelming in the least. The majority of examples and the exercises are 9 x 12", a manageable size for anyone. The book opens with a brief description of design principles. Yes, I know, entire books have been written on this subject. Yet, for this book, it is enough. You are encouraged to have fun and play. The authors are like friends who are with you when you are quilting.
Each chapter has references at the end, consisting of collage and fiber artists who employ the techniques mentioned, books to read, famous artists to study and inspirational exercises. I feel the authors did not write this book to show how talented they are or how superior they are. They want to share the fun of art quilting.
Some quilting books I read intimidate me. This book does not. It inspires me to be creative. If I take a five-minute break in my studio, I find myself looking at this book almost every time.
Lighting the Creativity Fire January 4, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I was given this book for Christmas. I have been a quilter for over a decade making both bed quilts and art quilts and sometimes feel like I have hit the creativity wall. This book is sure to give me a jump start when I am feeling stalled or just help expand my horizons. I have read through the exercises and believe that the ideas and the challenges are well thought out to make us think outside of the lines.
impressed December 18, 2007
2 out of 10 found this review helpful
We were impressed with the speed of our order and the wonderful condition of the product received.
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