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Nature's Studio reveals Joan Colvin's techniques like her easy soft and hard-edge methods and color blending with fabric. Take an image and translate it into a quilt that is uniquely yours.

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Add to Wish List Nature's Studio A Quilter's Guide to Playing With Fabrics and Techniques Author: Joan Colvin Pages: 80 Page size: 8 1/2" x 11" Publisher: C&T Publishing Cover: Soft Item Code: 4L0655 Weight: 1.6 lbs. 20% off: $19.96 MSRP: $24.95 Add to Wish List

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Learn a variety of possibilities for creating the look you want for Your quilt.

• Enjoy a glimpse into the graceful, elegant world of Joan Colvin
• Explore easy soft and hard-edge techniques and color blending to create new looks for any quilt
• Learn how to start with an image, choose techiques and translate them into a quilt that's uniquely your own
• See how Joan creates the special effects in her quilts
• Inspirational gallery of Joan's own quilts

Table of Contents:

CHAPTER 1:INTRODUCTION Your Way, My Way, Whatever Works Expressing Yourself That's Why I Chose Fabric A Word on Style CHAPTER 2: RECOGNIZABLE STYLE What Is a Recognizable Style? Are You Ready to Develop a Style of Your Own? What Do You Like Doing Best with Fabric?	6     9	CHAPTER 7: BODIES IN FABRIC AS SUBJECT MATTER Backstage Integrating Body Into Background Making Faces Variation Hair Gowns Scenery: Backdrop for Your Figure You Are the Director CHAPTER 8: SOME LAST MINUTE DETAILS Embellishment Framing: What You Do With the Outer Edges	58         69
CHAPTER 3: LET'S TALK ABOUT CHOICES THAT DETERMINE STYLE Viewer's Impression Lines, Spaces, and How They Join Line: Straight or Curved Spaces: Geometric or Organic Joining Lines and Spaces Quality of Lines and Spaces: Hard Edge or Soft Edge Assembling Lines and Spaces: Techniques for Producing Edges The Next Step: Fitting This All Together Subject Matter Design or Composition Depth, Perspective, Light, and Shadow Value Texture Color Mood and Atmosphere Size and Shape of Your Finished Piece A Style of Your Own	10	CHAPTER 9: MY WORKING PROCESS Making the Process Fit Your Needs Here's My Procedure Preliminary Idea or Vision Immerse in the Subject Audition Fabric "Aha!" Response Serious Preliminary Work for Real Assess Prepare for Stitching Stitch Corrections Framing Final Applique Quilting Add Any Fragile Embellishments	72
CHAPTER 4: WATCHING SOMEONE ELSE MAKE SELECTIONS "In and Out" Process Choosing a Familiar Subject to Begin CHAPTER 5: BEING WITH TREES What Do You Want to Say About Your Tree? Woodskin Series: A Quick Look at Treemaking Golden Hardwood Aspen Pine Madrona: Vision of a Favorite Tree (A Fuller Look at Process) From Vision to Cutting Table Making Trunks Making Leaves Planting the Tree Varying Styles	24             25	CHAPTER 10: SUMMARY Finding Your Truth Knowing the Material You Choose to Use for Art Control, Balance, and Focus (Lovely Words) Uncertainties In Summing It All Up, Dear Friends INDEX ABOUT AUTHOR	76   79 80
CHAPTER 6: ADD BIRDS TO THE TREES (ENLARGE YOUR SUBJECT MATTER) I'm Not a Real Birder Feathers and Nests (Texture) Bird Studies Heron Finch Vireo Cedar Waxing Unknown Bird Crow Corn Stalks with Crow Gull Eagle Robin Canyon Wren Variation: A Woven Bird	45

Landscape Quilts: Applique, Pieced & Embellished

Applique Landscape Quilts Also see: Animals Flowers, Fruit & Vegetables Pictorial Quilts & Blocks	Paint by Number 2005 CD Being able to draw is NOT required! Turn any photo or image into a pictorial quilt!	A Bridge to Landscape Quilts by Mary L. Hackett	Free-Style Quilts, A "No Rules" Approach by Susan Carlson	Mosaic Picture Quilts by Pat Durbin
Landscape Quilts by Nancy Zieman & Natalie Sewell	Photo Fabrication by Angela Madden	Picture Your World in Applique by Margaret Cusack	Points of View Landscape Quilts by Valorie Hearder	Raise the Roof Applique House & Building by Tonee White
Landscape Applique & Pieced	EnviroScapes	Pieceful Scenes by Angela Madden		Out of Print Enchanted Views: Quilts Inspired by Wrought-Iron Designs by Dilys A. Fronks

Landscape Pieced

Design Workshop by Ruth B.McDowell

Ghost Layers by Katie Pasquini

Picture Piecing by Cynthia England

Joyce Becker's Landscape Books/DVD »Mixed Media: Tsukineko inks & Fabrico Pens + free-motion machine embroidery

DVD Joyce Becker Teaches you Landscape Quilting

Book Beautifully Embellished Lanscapes by Joyce R. Becker

Book Luscious Landscapes by Joyce R. Becker

More Landscape & Nature Pictorial »Mixed Media (paint, pens, ink) &/OR »Free-Motion Machine Embroidery	Paint by Number 2005 CD Being able to draw is NOT required! Turn any photo or image into a pictorial quilt!	The Art of Landscape Quilting by Nancy Zieman and Natalie Sewell	The Art of Annemieke Mein Wildlife Artist in Textiles by Annemieke Mein	Beginner's Guide to Machine Embroidered Flowers by Alison Holt
Beginner's Guide to Machine Embroidered Landscapes by Alison Holt	Landscape Quilts by Nancy Zieman & Natalie Sewell	Luminous Landscapes by Gloria Loughman	The Magic of Free-Machine Embroidery by Doreen Curran	Nature's Studio by Joan Colvin
Quilt Savvy Simple Thread Painting by Nancy Prince	No Stone Unturned Book 13 by Jan Beaney & Jean Littlejohn	Trees as a Theme Book 7 by Jan Beaney & Jean Littlejohn	Out of Print Ready to Paint Watercolour Landscapes by Terry Harrison	Creative Machine Stitching by Patricia Nelson
OUT OF PRINT Fabric Landscapes by Machine Decorative Stiching Styles for Quilted Scenes by Linda Crone

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