The Best of Quilting Arts: Your Ultimate Resource for Art Quilt Techniques and Inspiration
by Patricia Bolton
Interweave | December 2011 | ISBN-10: 1596683996 | 160 pages | PDF | 61.8 mb
https://www.amazon.com/Best-Quilting-Arts-Techniques-Inspiration/dp/1596683996

Celebrate the first 10 years of the groundbreaking Quilting Arts magazine with The Best of Quilting Arts, a collection of the best articles, projects, and techniques.
Pokey Bolton, founder of Quilting Arts magazine, has compiled the most popular articles that have inspired quilters and artists alike to move beyond the basics of art quilting and re-explore machine and hand stitching, fabric embellishment, surface design, and more.
Whether you're making your first art quilt or are a seasoned quilt artist eager to enhance your designs, you'll find endless instruction and inspiration in The Best of Quilting Arts.

About the Author
Pokey Bolton founded Quilting Arts Magazine and Cloth Paper Scissors magazine and is former editorial director of Interweave's Quilt and Paper Division. She is now Chief Creative Officer for Quilts Inc. Pokey is also the author of The Quilting Arts Book: Techniques and Inspiration for Creating One-of-a-Kind Quilts and 1,000 Artist Trading Cards: Innovative and Inspired Mixed Media ATCs. Pokey is also the host of Quilting Arts TV.

CONTENTS
Introduction 6
1 starting and finishing: Art Quilt Basics 8
2 Trends in surface design: Stamping, Dyeing, Printing, and More 42
3 People, Pets, and More: Representation in Art Quilting 74
4 Make it green: Recycled and Natural Materials 106
5 embellishment and Mixed Media: Too Much Is Never Enough 126
About the Contributors 154
Resources 158
Index 159