Quilt out loud : activism, language & the art of quilting

Book 2023

"Explore language through quilting. Craftivism is a rising trend where quilters are using text on quilts to make a statement and take part in social movements. Explore methods of effectively incorporating language and data on quilts, whether profound or playful. Learn how to use applique, quilted text, binary numbers, morse code, and more for self-expression"--Back cover.

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ISBN:

9781644033227
1644033224

Description:

143 pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Activism, language and the art of quilting

Contents:

Foreward
Introduction
Why words?
Letters, numbers, words, and sentences
On generating text
On appliqué
Cooper Black
Acumin Pro Bold
PT Mono Bold
Second degree rape
In defense of handmade
American story #3
Advice from an eigth grade PE teacher
Spotlight: Hillary Goodwin
On reverse appliqué
Secrets
Dreams
Numbers: Parkland
On pieced letters
Zuzana pieced alphabet
Me/you/us
Make me/you/us
Not a product
Spotlight: Chawne Kimber
Text without letters
Smart is beautiful
Binary code
Make smart is beautiful
Morse code
Characters in Morse code
Troth (Pride)
Do wrong to none
Braille
Spotlight: Alexis Diese
Stitching out loud
Tea and Skittles
Now I lay me down to sleep
Your heritage is written in other people's blood
Chronic: I'm tired of being sick
It takes a million stitches to tell you how much I love you
Spotlight: Molli Sparkles
Seeing the data
Covid: 11-17 october 2021
Pie charts
Excess
Spotlight: Heidi Parkes
On more possibilities
Working in series
Funerary quilts
The secret life of quilts
American stories #1, #2, and #3
Afterword

LCCN:

2022032956

Control Number:

3200729

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