Ellen Anne Eddy is an internationally known fibre artist whose wall art goes beyond the traditional concept of quilting. Fish, bugs, birds and frogs are found throughout her art, blending her dreams and vision with the natural world. She uses hand-dyed fabrics, lames, machine embroidery, cut-away applique and layered sheers to create the illusion of flames, water and mist in her work. The chapters guide the reader step-by-step with everything from 'Looking at Quilts' to 'Rehabilitating Troubled Quilts'. The gallery of quilts features both full images and detailed shots. The photographs are bright and colourful, and the illustrations clear and helpful. The quilts are divided into several series and themes, with each section offering inspiration for that theme. It is the author's hope that by sharing her journey as an artist she can inspire her readers in their own artistic journey.
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Ellen Anne Eddy has spent most of her life teaching, writing or working with fabric. She grew up in Illinois, USA, and then went to Boston University. She now teaches fibre-art courses covering embroidery techniques for quilters.
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Thread Magic: The Enchanted World of Ellen Anne Eddy
1 May 2000
By Patricia Huckabay
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Best machine embroidery book in the market for making pictorial quilts. It is a beautiful and inspirational book as well a technical. The book discusses the array of emboridery threads, techniques on machine embroidery, covers fabric dyeing with procion dyes, and gives tips on how to minimize the distortions caused by heavy machine quilting.
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This book is sumptuous. The artist's work is so spectacular that it is intimidating. However, she makes clear that she has had her share of false starts, which is comforting. I also appreciated her comments on her art, which turn out to be, in addition, comments on life. This is not a "how-to-do-reproduce-my-quilt" book, but there is a good deal of useful technical information. I have over 130 books on quilting and related topics and I think this is number one on my favorite parade.
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Thread Magic: The Enchanted World of Ellen Anne Eddy
1 May 2000
By Patricia Huckabay
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
Best machine embroidery book in the market for making pictorial quilts. It is a beautiful and inspirational book as well a technical. The book discusses the array of embroidery threads, techniques on machine embroidery, covers fabric dyeing with procion dyes, and gives tips on how to minimize the distortions caused by heavy machine quilting.
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