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Silk Quilts : From the Silk Road to the Quilter's Studio,Used
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Silk Quilts is the definitive book for quilters and silk lovers on the use of silk in quilts. It explores silk as a fabric, including a wonderful illustrated section on The Silk Road, a series of photographs of the cocoontoyarntofabric process, a series of 16th century copper engravings of the European sericulture process, and a series of colorful woodblock prints depicting silkmaking in early Japan. The book explains to quilters how to work with silk, overcoming the myths that silk is a difficult, expensive fabric. It includes four quickandeasy projects to get readers started on their first silk quilts. There are also eight complete quilt patterns, each with fullsize templates, stepbystep drawings, and comprehensive instructions. The book is lavishly illustrated in fullcolor throughout with rarely seen antique quilts from private collections around the world and with stunning contemporary quilts from leading quilt makers in the United States, Europe, the Far East, the Middle East, and Australia. More than 200 fullcolor photographs of sensational silk quiltsthe most extensive collection ever published Comprehensive guidance on preparing silks for quiltmakingselecting, washing, cutting, and caring for delicate fabrics Eight complete patterns, perfect for making quilts from silks Hanne Vibeke de KoningStapel, an internationally known quilting instructor and collector, is one of Holland's most celebrated quilt artists. Over the last 20 years she has been fascinated by the use of silk as a quilting fabric through the ages and has traveled worldwide to see antique and contemporary silk quilts, many of which are hidden away in private collections. She visits the United States frequently, teaching quilting at conventions and seminars nationwide.
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