Picture Your World in Applique: Creating Unique Images in Fabric

Picture Your World in Applique: Creating Unique Images in Fabric

by Margaret Cusak (Author)

Synopsis

PICTURE YOUR WORLD IN APPLIQUE shows crafters how to take the memories and images they want to preserve and turn them into beautiful appliqued pictures that will last a lifetime - and beyond. Author Margaret Cusack is renowned for her powerful, colourful portraits and illustrations, all created with machine-stitched applique. For the first time, she shares her techniques for creating realistic, often nostalgic pictures that capture a moment in time, a magnificent landscape, or a beloved face. From gathering tools and supplies, to choosing, cutting, and assembling fabrics in a composition, to adding finishing touches such as stitching or quilting, PICTURE YOUR WORLD IN APPLIQUE shows exactly how to create richly evocative works of art that will be cherished for generations.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 128
Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications Inc.,U.S.
Published: 28 Oct 2002

ISBN 10: 0823016412
ISBN 13: 9780823016419

Author Bio
Margaret Cusack has created applique illustrations for many clients, including American Express, Time, AT&T, Avon, Seagram's, and Texaco. In 2001, she designed a stamp for the United States Postal Service. She has won many awards for her work, including an Emmy, and exhibited in numerous museums, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the American Craft Museum.