Learn how to work with textured fabrics of all kinds to create wall hangings—while balancing color, size, and value to make your design flow smoothly from light to dark, as in so many of Carol’s award-winning quilts. Fused assembly makes the process fast and easy and gives you hands-on practice at placing your values in the proper order. After a quick introduction, Carol teaches her technique via a small sample “Arc-i-texture” project. Learn the secrets of couching to enhance your piece, and discover how to create Carol’s trademark “perfect” concentric couched circles. Delve even deeper into the design process with a close look at how to incorporate value. And finally, learn Carol’s finishing technique using facings rather than bindings, plus a creative approach to sleeves. Carol’s simple techniques yield striking results.
Materials
- Sewing machine (with couching foot and knee lift if possible)
- Basic sewing supplies, including thread, scissors, 90/14 machine needle, and pins
- Rotary cutter and mat
- Clear acrylic ruler (I use a 6" x 6" square.)
- Iron
- Ironing pad, 16" x16" or larger (to build a 15" x 15" project on)
- Lightweight press cloth
- Muslin (base fabric to fuse onto), 1" larger than finished size
- Batting and backing (spray basted together), 1" larger than finished size
- Small pieces (approximately 9" x 9") of 8–12 different fabrics in each of 4 values: light, medium light, medium dark, and dark. Fabrics should be textured, such as velvet, brocade, lamé, silk, organza, sequined or glitzy remnants, and upholstery fabric, or cotton (batiks work best for cottons). All of these will be fused to make them easy to work with.
- 5–6 yds. of WonderUnder® or Trans-Web™ fusible
- Fray Check™
- 2–8 different yarns for couching background and circles
- Fat drinking straw (to tape onto machine as yarn guide)
Item #: EP1884
Running Time: 60 min
Approximate File Size: 272mb
Estimated Download Times: Dial Up 10 hrs 45 min, Broadband 25 min
Art Quilt Design:Strategies for Success
|
I found this video extremely informative, easy to follow and I was able to create an art quilt on the first try. Author presents herself well and offers tips for design and color application.
I purchased this on Friday (video download, no shipping, instant gratification), watched it yesterday (Saturday) and was beyond satisfied! I paid $8.97 for about one hour of instruction. Carol did a fabulous job of explaining everything about her style of art quilts! I know there are a couple of reviewers that were less than satisfied with this particular class, and I also realize that not everyone is expecting the same outcome. But, for me, what makes a great instructor is someone who can take these beautiful quilts and break down the steps in such a way that makes me believe I can achieve the same results! Carol did a fabulous job of explaining why she chooses the different colors and textures she does...that alone would save me a lot of time trying to decide what would make a good composition. Her techniques were so much easier than I expected! Thank you, Carol! I really enjoyed this workshop and cannot wait to try these techniques myself!
I got this as a download and felt it was worth it. The instructor stays on track with the work and has plenty of samples at the ready. She takes you from start to finish in detail.
Without getting all 'technically art talkish' -- she very simply gives the lesson on what values are and how to make them flow. She demonstrates how to create balance of the values and shows how to get the value distribution to be pleasing to the eye. She is using these principles for one type of project-- but the principles when applied carry to any good composition regardless of media or style. On the surface you learn to make this wall hanging, but in a subliminal way, if you really LOOK at what she's doing-- the lessons that make her style of piece work, are the same lessons that make any good art work captivating. In this video the principles are learned painlessly.
If you have a 40 hr a week job and no time for art school-- If you just want to be able to sit down and make something really pretty that you can be proud of-- If you want to pick and choose a variety of mashy beautiful materials that speak to you-- this is a good place to start.
Art Quilt Design: Strategies for Success
|
I have never, ever given a less than satisfactory review of anything. However unfortunately I agree with the previous reviewer, I had expected more.
If your interested in an introduction to basic elements and principles of design such as varying size, texture, color and values of shapes you may enjoy this video. In addition she cover the couching and finishing techniques.
If you are a fan of Carol Taylor's Arch- series or wish to create similar work you'll probably enjoy this video.
The workshop description suggests that you will get far more than you do in this video. This workshop teaches you how to make one kind of wall hanging only. It doesn't really offer any strategies for design other than than the single one. I think it was a very misleading description of the product.
Art Quilt Design: Strategies for Success (Video Download)
3.83
Carol Taylor teaches you how to work with textured fabrics of all kinds to create wall hangings—while balancing color, size, and value to make your design flow smoothly from light to dark.
Google
|
 |
|
|