Quilting in the Limelight The Life, Art & Techniques of an Award-Winning Quilter

by Naylor, Philippa

• ISBN13: 9780981886008
• ISBN10: 0981886000
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-01
• Publisher: Dragon Threads

Summary

Detailing her extraordinary career as a quilt artist and teacher, this memoir of internationally-known, award-winning quilter Philippa Naylor both recounts her development as a quilt artist and serves to further inspire her many fans around the world. Filled with the same meticulous detail as her intricately designed quilts, her story travels from a child in England fascinated with sewing clothes for dolls to the high-pressure world of fashion design to a world-renowned quilter. Along the way she also shares her techniques, secrets, and the most important elements of her quiltsdrama, contrast, movement, balance, depth, and layering.

Author Biography

Philippa Naylor was head designer for a UK lingerie company and has won numerous quilting awards, including the Bernina Machine Workmanship Award and the Pfaff Master Award for Machine Artistry. Her works are in the permanent collection of the National Quilt Museum in Kentucky and have been exhibited at shows around the world.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Intro Beginning Saudi Arabia The journey home House renovation A change of direction Gallery of quilts Workplace Equipment and materials Starting a new quilt The quilt top and precision piecing The quilting and trapunto design Free-motion machine quilting Piping Mitered binding Finishing Conclusion Book list Resources