Thread Painting: Simple Techniques to Add Texture and Dimension

by Leni Levenson Wiener

Thread Painting is a wonderful way to add texture, dimension and interest to any quilt or sewing project. This book shows you how anyone can thread paint using any sewing machine, by using paper stabilizer papers and photo transfer fabric that go through a computer printer. No more tracing, drawing or painting onto fabric first. First you will learn free motion sewing; how to use that to do thread sketches, and then how to translate those skills into thread painting. There are lots of projects with easy to follow instructions with full sized patterns and scannable images. This technique is great for traditional quilts, art quilts, clothing, home dec--a wide variety of uses!

Genres: Quilting, Reference, Sewing

144 pages, Paperback

First published September 26, 2007