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The journal quilt is like no other art form in contemporary life. Fuse-and-Tell Journal Quilts by Laura Wasilowski presents fusible journal quilts from Laura's own riveting life. You can get started with 6 complete projects, then make your own one-of-a-kind creations putting them together fast with easy fusing techniques. Projects easy enough for kids to make their own.

 

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Fuse-and-Tell Journal Quilts
Create Your Story in Cloth

Author: Laura Wasilowski
Pages: 63
Page size: 8 1/2" x 11"
Publisher: C&T Publishing
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From Journal or Sketchbook to Whimsical Art Quilts

  • Turn your favorite life moments into charming little fused quilts.
  • Get started with 6 complete projects, then make you own one-of-a-kind creations.
  • Put them together fast with easy fusing techniques: no-sew applique, no-baste quilting, even no-sew binding!
  • Easy enough for kids to make on their own.

Author Laura WasilowskiAbout the Author

Laura Wasilowski creates art quilts. She is inspired by stories of family, friends and home. Colorful hand-dyed fabrics and familiar stories combine to make whimsical wall pieces that often chronicle her life.

Laura's artwork is exhibited internationally and displayed in corporate and private collections around the world. She is the owner of the dye shop Artfabrik, and she is a lecturer, a surface designer, a quilt instructor, and the author of Fusing Fun: Fast Fearless Art Quilts.

Laura and husband, Steve, live in Elgin, Illinois and are the proud parents of Gus and Louise.

 

Table of Contents

 
Introduction 4
Fascinating Fusing Facts: Materials and Tools for the Fusible Journal Quilt 6
Projects  
View from Above: The Story of a Very Brave Woman  
A Quick Nine-Patch Quilt 12
Object of My Affection: Too Many Notions  
Building Fused Patterns to Make a Pincushion Quilt 20
Perils of George: A Very Bad Dog  
An Easy Quilt Adapted from a Sketch 28
Fruit Flies: A Story Told Around the Kitchen Table  
Making Unique Surface Textures 34
A Division of Outer Space  
An Abstract Quilt Constructed in Panels 42
Peaceful Landscape: A Deceptively Calm Day  
Improvising with Fused Fabrics 48
Completing the Creation: Finishing Touches for Fused Journal Quilts 54
Patterns 61
About the Author 63
Resources 63

Instruction Page

Instruction Page

Perils of George
Perils of George

Fruit Flies
Fruit Flies

Object of My Affection

Object of My Affection

Princess Louise Poppies Peaceful Landscape
Princess Louise Poppies and Peaceful Landscape

View from Above Perils of George

View from Above and Perils of George



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Cover Fuse-And-Tell Journal Quilts
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Fusing Fun! Fast Fearless Art Quilts
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.5" Lite Steam A Seam 2
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