Ellen Anne Eddy's Thread Magic Studio: Thread Magic Garden

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Sunday, January 8, 2012

Practical Thread Magic: Building Beautiful Color

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Most of the time when we think of mixing colors, we think of two colors becoming one.
Working with thread is so different. The machine work lays one line of thread next to each other. Our eyes mix the colors together, but they stay separate, clean, clear and beautiful.

This tulip has ten colors in it.
Why so many? Because real tulips have multiple streaks of red, orange and yellow. That large range of colors lets me shade from side to side, giving my flower real depth and detail.
Here are some of the process shots.

One layer of zigzag stitching after another builds us to a flower with dimension and full color range.

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Want learn more about building flower colors in thread?

Thread Magic Garden has a whole chapter on color theory for flowers. Why?
Flowers ARE color. It's what it's all about.

Thread Magic Garden is available for sale now on Ellen's web page at www.ellenanneeddy.com

Labels: art quilters, art quilting, C and T Publishing, fiber art, flowers, Thread Magic Garden, zigzag stitch |

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Monday, January 2, 2012

Not Quite Ready for Prime Time Theater

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I was wandering around on the web today and found this great segment that AQS taped for me at the Des Moines Show this Fall.

This is a very nice tutorial for making flowers out of simple shapes. They taped this the last day of the show. I ran in and babbled like a brook.

But I found it and listened to it today. I didn't ummm. And it felt as good to listen to it as to do it.

Build some cool flowers. For heaven's sake leave the patterns out. Build something wild, while you're under the gun. It is, after all, time honored.

Labels: art quilters, art quilting, embroidery, fiber art, free motion, gardening, Thread Magic Garden, youtube |

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Friday, December 30, 2011

Thread Magic Garden Is Ready for Pre-order!

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Thread Magic Garden will be arriving for shipment around January 20th. You can pre-order your copy today!

You never really know what a project will take until you see it done. Perhaps that's good. A good dream well done should take your whole heart's effort and give you your heart back in return.

When I started this book, I had no idea it would take 2 years to finish. Part of that is that I had to learn so much to do this book. Part of that is the meticulous process C&T puts into every book. I got my premier copy a week ago.I'm still scraping myself off the ceiling. It's past my expectations. I'm hoping you'll feel that way too.

When I started this book, I wanted to continue what I'd accomplished with Thread Magic. I wanted to show folk ways of adding wild free motion to quilts that set things hearts and imaginations on fire. I wanted to set up instructions that would take you through your own process with this. You'll have to let me know how I've done when you read the book.

But for those of you who've known me in class or in print, you know I don't give recipes for cakes that don't rise. I tell you everything I know. I also don't do anything really hard. I just do things that are time consuming and compulsive.

So here is what we have.

Fifty eye popping new quilts in the gallery
A patternless approach to design
Intuitive applique that makes creating flowers easy and fun

Tutorials in

Color theory for flowers
Corded buttonhole binding
Angelina Fiber
6 Free motion zigzag stitches
Machine Beading
Globbing
Sandwich stabilizing

I'm hoping I've done a good job of opening doors, traveling a new path, leaving good bread crumbs for anyone who wants to follow, and breaking the best rules I could find to break. See you on the trail.