The Painted Quilt

At the moment I am reading "The Painted Quilt" by Linda and Laura Kemshall. I bought this book some time ago so its now time to use it. This is one of the exercises I have  tried  out in my sketch book. Using paper on the right I have tried to create the image on the left. This was good fun and although I did not have a lot of paper to hand I used whatever I could find.
This book covers a lot of different technics that I intend to use on my hand dyed fabrics. I would definitely recommend this book and also visit their web site to see Design Matters TV.

Connecting art to stitch by sandra Meech.

Connecting art to stitch is a wonderful book written to help people who are confident with their stitch techniques but want to learn more about basic art and design skills. The book is easy to follow as each technic is set out with simple exercises. The fifteen "Art Classes" explore topics such as simple sketching, working with acrylics, mixed media approaches including collage, painting on fabric working with disperse dyes, photography and image transfer. Of course this book is no good sitting on a shelf in your work room, so I plan to give each excerise a go. Watch this space.