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Free-motion machine thread painting can make your quilts come alive with exciting texture and color. Thread Painting Made Easy by Terry White starts with the basics with each lesson building upon the ones before, teaching you all about threads, needles, stabilizers and more. Follow her tips and apply the many designs to quilts, wallhangings and home decor items.
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Thread Painting Made EasyAuthor: Terry White |
Back Cover InformationMake your quilts come alive with the exciting texture and color that free-motion machine thread painting can give.
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Table of Contents | |
| Introduction | 6 |
| Section 1: How to Thread Paint | 8 |
| A Good Sewing Machine Is a Joy Forever | 8 |
| Machine Setup for Free-Motion Embroidery | 9 |
| Avoid Tension Headaches and Thread Breaks | 10 |
| Fabrics: Do I Have to Choose Just One? | 12 |
| Finding the Right Stabilizer | 15 |
| Know Your Needles | 17 |
| Threads: Our Seemingly Endless Palette | 18 |
| The Stitches | 24 |
| How to Thread Paint | 32 |
| Your Sewing Personality | 34 |
| Section II: Lessons | 35 |
| Lesson 1: The Pear | 36 |
| Blended Colors: Two Threads at Once | 41 |
| Lesson 2: Sun Spots | 42 |
| Variegated Color Threads Are Wonderful Things | 54 |
| Lesson 3: Fruit Bowl | 55 |
| Experiment with Pattern and Color | 64 |
| Lesson 4: Gourdy the Painted Bird | 65 |
| Fascination with Color | 68 |
| Lesson 5: the Mushroom | 70 |
| Metallic Threads | 74 |
| Lesson 6: Luminous Moth | 76 |
| Lesson 7: Stitched Backgrounds | 83 |
| Lesson 8: All the Stitches | 87 |
| Lesson 9: Animals | 95 |
| Lesson 10: Wearable Art | 100 |
| Section III: Compendium | 104 |
| Troubleshooting | 104 |
| Discovering Your Artist Within | 106 |
| Resources | 110 |
| About Terry White | 111 |
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Gourdy the Painted Bird and Coleus
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1000+ Books &
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Free-hand Techniques
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 All About Machine Arts From Sew News, Creative Machine Embroidery, and C&T |
 Beginner's Guide to Machine Embroidery by Pam Watts |
 The Encyclopedia of Machine Embroidery by Val Holmes |
 Machine Quilting with Decorative Threads By Maurine Noble & Elizabeth Hendricks |
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 Thread Painting by Leni Levenson Wiener |
 Thread Painting Made Easy by Terry White |
 Thread Calligraphy by Nancy Kazlauckas |
Joyce Becker's Landscape Books/DVD
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DVD Joyce Becker Teaches you Landscape Quilting |
Book Beautifully Embellished Lanscapes by Joyce R. Becker |
Book Luscious Landscapes by Joyce R. Becker |
 C-Shell strong, flexible, thin, translucent CD case |
Ready to Paint Series by Search PressNOTE: Use Patterns for fabric painting with Fabric Paint & Mediums, Tsukineko Inks, Color Pencils, Shiva Sticks & Silk Painting |
 Ready to Paint Watercolour Flowers by Wendy Tait |
Ready to Paint Watercolour Landscapes by Terry Harrison |
Gourd Art |
 Gourd Art with Ink Dyes by Maria Dellos |
More Landscape & Nature Pictorial:
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48 Colors Tulle fine netting for art & pictorial quilts, applique overlay, quilting, crafts, & wearables |
  Paint by Number 2005 CD Being able to draw is NOT required! Turn any photo or image into a pictorial quilt! |
 The Art of Landscape Quilting by Nancy Zieman and Natalie Sewell |
 The Art of Annemieke Mein Wildlife Artist in Textiles by Annemieke Mein |
 Landscape in Contemporary Quilts by Ineke Berlyn |
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 Luminous Landscapes by Gloria Loughman |
 Machine Embroidered Woodlands by Alison Holt |
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 The Magic of Free-Machine Embroidery by Doreen Curran |
 Nature's Studio by Joan Colvin |
 No Stone Unturned Book 13 by Jan Beaney & Jean Littlejohn |
 Trees as a Theme Book 7 by Jan Beaney & Jean Littlejohn |
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 Thread Magic by Ellen Anne Eddy |
 Window Gardens in Bloom by Margaret Vant Erve |
Free-Motion EmbroideryFloral |
 Beginner's Guide to Machine Embroidered Flowers by Alison Holt |
Book Coloring with Thread by Ann Fahl |
DVD Coloring with Thread by Ann Fahl |
 Cutting Garden Quilts by Melinda Bula |
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 Gardens and More Book 5 by Jan Beaney & Jean Littlejohn |
 Portraits from Nature by Jean Wells |
Out of Print Everyday Embellishments by M'Liss Rae Hawley |
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DVD
Threads & Inks Together Creating Synergy by Linda M. Visnaw |
Pattern w/ CD Christmas Dream Use Tsukineko Inks & Freehand Embroidery |
Pattern w/ CD Autumn Splendor Use Tsukineko Inks & Freehand Embroidery |
Pattern w/ CD
Daisy Chain Use Tsukineko Inks & Freehand Embroidery |
Pattern w/ CD Hawaiian Surprise Use Tsukineko Inks & Freehand Embroidery |
Free-hand Machine EmbroideryThemed Designs |
The Art of Annemieke Mein Wildlife Artist in Textiles by Annemieke Mein |
 Beginner's Guide to Embroidered Boxes by Janet Edmonds |
 Celtic Inspirations For Machine Embroiderers by Valerie Campbell-Harding & Maggie Grey |
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 Pillows by Christopher Nejman |
 Sculpted Threads by Janet Shipley Hawks |
Thread Calligraphy by Nancy Kazlauckas |
Thread Magic by Ellen Anne Eddy |
Out of Print |
Sulky Book Series & Supplies |
 Dimensional Concepts in Sulky by Sulky of America |
 Elegant Concepts in Sulky by Joyce Drexler & Louise Baird |
 Sulky Secrets to Successful Embroidery by Joyce Drexler |
 Sulky Secrets to Successful Stabilizing by Joyce Drexler |
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