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The Art of Landscape Quilting | 
 enlarge | Authors: Nancy Zieman, Natalie Sewell
Publisher: Krause Publications
Category: Book
List Price: $24.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 55788
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 10 x 6.9 x 0.6
ISBN: 0896893146
Dewey Decimal Number: 746.46
EAN: 9780896893146
ASIN: 0896893146
Publication Date: March 23, 2007
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Book Description
*You're in good company - 33 percent of quilters say landscape is their favorite quilt design, according to the latest "Quilting in America" survey The Art of Landscape Quilting covers all aspects of designing and quilting landscape quilts through detailed instructions and concepts you will benefit from, regardless of your skill level. This one-stop resource for landscape quilting features 16 upscale step-by-step projects, and 20 partial projects; plus, tips, tricks and techniques from the authors - including foremost sewing expert Nancy Zieman. With prints and supplies available at chains and independent shops, all you need is this book and your own creative spirit.
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 Excellent tutorial for creating beautiful landscape quilts! July 19, 2008
Reknowned sewing expert, Nancy Zieman, partners with Natalie Sewell to provide a comprehensive workbook of landscape quilting techniques that can be achieved by even the most novice of home sewers. Instructions are clear, concise and motivational.
The methods they share in this book don't require anymore artistic skill than that which lies dormant within each of us. If you like machine sewing and are interested in exploring the world of landscape quilting, then you can do the projects provided in this book.
There's a companion DVD for The Art of Landscape Quilting that enhances your enjoyment of the information presented; but, I wouldn't get the DVD without the book.
My only criticism, which is very minor, is that I wish the book were bigger in size. This would have afforded the opportunity for enlarged details, which most readers appreciate. However, the book is still worth every penny!
A "thinker" book April 28, 2008
I like how the authors explain how to get to the final quilt. Part of what kept me from trying to make my own landscape quilt was wondering where to start and/or where to go from there. It is somehow comforting to know the authors have struggled with these issues too. And then to find out how they resolved those issues is very helpful. I am looking forward to my first simple design and progressing from there.
 The Art of Landscape Quilting September 25, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Nice, inspirational book. Much more informative with the companion TV series or video, which provides much more technical information. However, with some quilting experience, the book is adequate to do some nice landscape quilts.
Good information...but September 15, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
the book assumed some previous landscaping knowledge, which I had none of. Also, it recommends painting and using markers to alter the appearance of your fabrics. I am not artistic and would just end up ruining it. Yes, I will use this book for some good ideas, but I will look for another book meant for absolute beginners like myself.
Trees and more trees August 23, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book is a sideways format book, because the majority of landscape quilts are wider than they are tall. I can see their point, but I found it made the subject covered on any one page rather brief and 'sound-bite'ish. Most of the book uses extensive illustrations of individual quilts made by one or other of both of the authors. About 80% of them are of groups of trees in different seasons, some with water. They show you how they chose their subject, and various stages duing construction. Each has some special little tip to produce an effect, such as using felt tips to change the colour of petals, or make tree trunk markings.
The value of this book comes from the development of each idea. The reader will have to analyse why each project works (or doesn't) and then adapt those ideas to their own landscapes. There is very little about quilting, and no textural embellishments or thread painting. It is definitely a resource book rather than a manual.
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