Louise Silk

The Quilting Path

A Guide to Spiritual Discover through Fabric, Thread and Kabbalah

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Discover how the process of making a quilt can be used to explore and strengthen your own spirituality. Includes ten engaging projects.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jewish Lights Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 552g
• ISBN-13: 9781683364160
• ISBN-10: 1683364163
• Artikelnr.: 45377566

Autorenporträt

Louise Silk has been quilting professionally for over thirty years. In addition to commissions and exhibitions, she teaches quilting classes and workshops and is an artist member of Studio Art Quilt Associates and a life member of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh. One of her five solo quilt exhibits, called I Was There, Now I Am Here, traveled to four venues around the United States. Her website, www.silkquilt.com, contains a color gallery of this book's projects and many others. Louise Silk is available to speak on the following topics: * The Quilting Path: A Guide to Spiritual Discovery through Fabric, Thread and Kabbalah * Pieces of Memory * Transformation: Reuse of Materials for Meaning and Memory * I Was There: Now I'm Here: Self Discovery through Quilting * The Sound of a Needle: The Quilt Maker's Voice

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: I Was There, Now I Am Here
Introduction: Threading the Basics
1. It Is What It Is: One-Patch Utility Quilt
2. The Contrast of Feminine and Masculine: Log Cabin Quilt
3. Binding Together Skills: String-Pieced Pillows
4. Unconditional Love: Straight Furrows Patchwork Baby Blanket
5. Bearing Our Load: Quilting Carry-all Bag
6. Beholding Beauty: Wearable Quilts
7. A Picture of Place and Time: Appliqué Quilt
8. Fragments of Life: Remembrance Crazy Quilt
9. Collecting Souvenirs: T-shirt Quilt
10. Ties That Bind: Rail Fence Signature Tablecloth
Conclusion: Artful Living Piece by Piece
Suggested Reading
Acknowledgments