Waking up appliqued quilts
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Contrasting colors in quilts can make the quilt composition more attractive. Prints can also create dramatic effects, especially two-color and tone-on-tone prints. When subtle hand-dyed and hand-painted fabrics are mixed in quilts, the result is an illusion of texture and movement.
Publication Name: Threads
Subject: Fashion and beauty
ISSN: 0882-7370
Year: 1995
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Quilts with something to say
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Quilts can be designed using letters to impart a message or merely for design purposes. The complexity of the letter or shape, the use of the final piece and the effect wanted will determine the technique to be used with a given piece.
Publication Name: Threads
Subject: Fashion and beauty
ISSN: 0882-7370
Year: 1996
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Updating photo-to-fabric memory quilts
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A technique for transferring photographs onto fabric in a memory quilt is presented. This technique does not involve a computer, although they can be used.
Publication Name: Threads
Subject: Fashion and beauty
ISSN: 0882-7370
Year: 2001
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