Light not only catches the eye, it can transform your work into something truly magical.
Join best-selling author Gloria Loughman in celebrating the release of her newest book, Radiant Landscapes.
In this book, Gloria show you how to create your own landscape quilt with her easy-to-master techniques, including fusible tiling, invisible machine applique, free-motion stitching, plus fabric dyeing and painting through the use of her step-by-step visual how-to guides.
With four inspiring projects to get started – you will soon be transforming tiled colors and textures into dramatic quilts!
Gloria also shares important design principles behind perspective, composition, color, and focal points.
If you love batiks and hand-dyed fabric, then this is the book for you! Use them to create a sense of movement and texture using her mosaic tile process for capturing the essence of natural light.
The giveaway – To enter to win a copy of Radiant Landscapes, leave a comment here telling us if you are a doll maker of any kind! Deadline to enter is 02/18/13. The winner will be drawn at random from the comments section and will be notified by email. Our winner’s name will also be listed here as an update to this post. *Note: Only entrants with U.S addresses are eligible to win this book. Winners with addresses outside the U.S. will win the e-book version!
2/22/13 UPDATE: Dorothy Foster is our winner – congratulations!
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I don’t make quilt, but do make stuffed animals for the kids. Love the look of the new book.
I am not a doll maker but I would like this book. The quilts are great.
what a beautiful book with lots of inspiration
No, I am not a doll maker, sorry, I find quilts far more interesting!
No, I’ve never made dolls, but I enjoy making doll clothes. The closest to making dolls would be Memory Bears.
What an extraordinary gifted artist Gloria Loughman is. Her quilts are breath-taking! I would love to have this book for tool to help me learn to make better landscaping quilts.
I have used paper and felt dolls in my mixed media art.
I love sewing many different items, but quilting is my favorite. I have been looking at this book for some time now. If I don’t win it I will have to eventually buy it. Looks like a “must have”!
What a cool book. No I am not a doll maker of any kind.
I make untraditional dolls with stitched sayings, twig arms and legs. Flowing dresses, silly crowns, big fat lips and eyelashes. A bit of primative, a bit of whimsy, a lot of fun!
I have made dolls for years. I also made clothes for my daughters barbies. They ended up being her favorite clothes even though they weren’t the most elegant. Boy I sure would love to win this book!
I have made dolls but right now I am making quilts and jewelry. I would love to win this book!
This looks like a must-have book. Yes, I make dolls, both cloth and clay, along with quilting, embroidery, beadwork, bookbinding, polymer clay . . . er, what was the question again?
I have just been thinking of trying to make som dolls But am a knew at sewing . But have seen some fabulous doll making videos and i think id enjoy it . I did make a zombi doll for my nephew and everyon loved it.
Not a doll maker, but a quiltmaker enthousiast! I would love to win this great book!
I sometimes sew little stuffed dolls and teddy bears for children. I am a better quilter than doll maker.
Unfortunately I do not make dolls but I was fascinated with this new book-radiant Landscapes. I am trying to go out my comfort zone with making quilts and this book certainly looks like an inspiration for my goal!
I enjoy a number of different crafts, but doll making is something that I have not tried yet. The quilts in Gloria’s new book are just amazing..
I have made a couple stuffed animals like Easter bunnies and Snowman, but I am a quilter and I also oil paint. These landscapes are really beautiful and I would love to learn how to make landscapes pictures out of fabric.
Hi, what an exciting new technique and clever designs. I have made dolls, often copied from originals in museums sometimes as props for films.
I make custom teddy bears and reproduction dolls. I would love this book, as we have just had five new wind turbines on our island and I would like to commemorate it.
Yes – I was a dollmaker with the Flying Phoebes in Hayward CA until I moved away. My dollmaking skills helped me become more daring as a quilter because dolls so often end up unique and original, even when you start with a pattern. That’s how I like my quilts to be.
I am not a doll maker, probably because I have a son. I do love fabric and quilting. Thanks for the giveaway. I just won a queen size quilt so hopefully my luck will hold out.
These are gorgeous. The combination of tiled mosaic pattering, creating those squares, and the fluid shapes, such as circles and leaves, is mesmerising…