Find step-by-step directions and illustrations with rich color photographs making it easy to learn how to take a picture and create a spectacular quilt using Picture Piecing by Cynthia England.
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Ever visited a pIace or seen a photograph that took your breath away? Became so inspired, that you felt compelled to recreate the vision in fabric. But....where to start?
Let award-winning designer Cynthia England guide you through the process she developed.
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Cynthia shares countless tricks and tips to make the sewing process easy. Cheating is actually encouraged in this technique!
- Step-by-step directions along with illustrations with rich color photographs make it easy to learn how to take a picture and create a spectacular quilt.
- Loaded with ideas on organizing work space, choosing fabrics, and suggestions to simplify drafting for your very own original pictorial quilt!
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“Cynthia England shares her techniques, ideas, and magnificent quilts in this adventure-packed book. Scrumptious quilts, scores of instructional visuals, and wonderful tips fill the pages.” — Joen Woifrorn |
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have always admired Cynthia’s quilts for their artistry and attention to detail.
This book shows the same qualitites. It is full of information and a pure visiual
delight!.” — Libby Lehman 
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Table of Contents:
| Chapter One | • Shading | ||
| Planning | • Adding Conversation Prints | ||
| • Your Working Space | Chapter Six | ||
| • Helpful Tools | Techniques | ||
| Chapter Two | • Altering the Fabric | ||
| Picture Piecing | • Buildings | ||
| • Basic Symbols | • Windows | ||
| Chapter Three | • Trees | ||
| Sewing | • Bushes and Flowers | ||
| • Prep Work | |||
| • Organizing the Pattern Pieces | • Clouds | ||
| • Construction Methods | • Faces | ||
| • Troubleshooting | • Eyes and Embroidered Details | ||
| Chapter Four | • Using Photo Transfers | ||
| Designing | Chapter Seven | ||
| • Choosing Your Subject | Finishing | ||
| • Selecting Fabrics | • Squaring the Quilt | ||
| Chapter Five | • Stabilizing the Edges | ||
| Sectioning | • Border Treatments | ||
| • Making a Line Drawing | • Backing | ||
| • Using a Proportional Scale | • Batting | ||
| • Enlarging the Pattern | • Quilting Decisions | ||
| • Sectioning Straight Lines | • Binding | ||
| • Sectioning Curved Lines | • Blocking | ||
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• Indicating Movement | • Quilt Sleeve | ||
| • Multiple Shapes | • Labeling the Quilt | ||
| • Overlapping Shapes |
