Patchwork Folk Art: Using Applique & Quilting Techniques

by Janet Bolton

Book Overview

Using colorful fabric scraps as your canvas, and paints, needles and threads for brushes, author-artist Janet Bolton shows you how to compose beautiful works of patchwork fold art. Every fascinating... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806913207
• ISBN13: 9780806913209
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 10.9" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful folk art

Love this book. Full of beautiful photos and patterns. Style of this folk art is very primitive in nature.

follkart patchwork book

Knowing all along that Janet Bolton is a pro artist at what she does and this book has so much info and about her designs

Vision and Ingenuity

Beautiful images, a strong eye for design, and excellent techniques. This isn't just a "how to" book; this is an art book with instructions.

Folk Art at its Best...

Janet Bolton takes you step-by-step from using a variety of fabrics, to layout and applique, to completing your project! Throughout the book, she gives helpful hints and suggestions. Her unique use of fabric to pictures is absolutely wonderful--done in a true Folk Art look. Personally, I enjoy her creativeness and style--so much that I have a whole collection of her applique books! Enjoy a trip within the mind of a very talented artist!