| Embellished Mini-Quilts: Creative Little Works of Art | 
enlarge | Author: Jamie Fingal Publisher: Lark Books Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (4 reviews) Sales Rank: 334191
Media: Hardcover Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 128 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6 Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 8.6 x 0.8
ISBN: 1600591043 Dewey Decimal Number: 746.46041 EAN: 9781600591044 ASIN: 1600591043
Publication Date: October 1, 2007 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
The quilts may be small, but the design innovations are BIG! Each one of these mini-quilts measures less than 36" long by 36" wide, and features the most creative, detailed, and beautiful embellishments you’ve ever seen. Created by top-name quilters, and with spectacular images by an acclaimed quilt photographer, they showcase both traditional and contemporary techniques for personalizing your work: the quilts are adorned with beads and buttons, sequins and jewels, metallic cording, foil stamping, wire, photo transfers, fabric painting, seashells, and Cracker Jack prizes, as well as lovely ribbons, lace, and embroidery. Many of the projects have appeared in gallery collections, and the designers provide detailed instructions and materials lists so quilters can easily replicate the embellishments on their own pieces of art.
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  Wonderful Work June 17, 2008 5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is a beautiful array of artistic small quilts. Jamie Fingal did an exceptional job of bringing together some very accomplished art quilters. While this type of quilting may not be for everyone, it is what is going to keep us growing and expressing ourselves through this age-old craft. Beautifully photographed!
  Disappointing May 16, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This may be the wrong word but to me it seemed very avant-garde. The colors were neither appealing nor inspiring. I returned it as not being useful in my extensive library of needlework/textile references.
By the way, however, Amazon's return policy and procedure are both terrific!
  Perused but not yet Used February 12, 2008 9 out of 15 found this review helpful
This is a well thought-out book with many interesting photographs of projects. It is a stimulus to the imagination- and it has both materials lists and instructional data. However, I think that it is more useful to the somewhat accomplished than to the beginner. Despite the information as to the various types of embellishments, both traditional and unusual, it might be a bit intimidating to someone interested in constructing a first-time wall-art hanging...which is what the "mini quilt" referred to, really is.
  Great book on embellishing quilted art November 10, 2007 35 out of 35 found this review helpful
A wonderful book on embellishing quilted art with plenty of examples of various styles of quilts by well-known artists. Excellent detail as well as overall photos and easy-to-follow instructions. Small projects are easy to finish in a relatively short time. I recommend this book for the serious embellisher as well as the beginning fiberartist.
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