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Textile Folk Art By Anne Kelly Win

A practical and inspirational guide to textile photo transfers and applique.
folk art from cultures all around the world, Featuring step-by-step projects as well as work from
accompanied by step-by-step projects. From contemporary artists and makers throughout, this This Book
samplers to quilts in Europe, to tribal and practical and beautiful guide shows how practitioners of
nomadic cloth further afield in Mongolia all kinds can draw from folk art for making and
and China, folk and traditional designs have inspiration.
played a crucial part in the development of
textile art and craft. In this book, Anne Kelly
explores the traditional motifs used in textile
folk art and shows you how contemporary
textile artists use these in their work today.
The beautifully illustrated guide is also packed
with helpful step-by-step projects that
demonstrate how to apply folk motifs to your
own work. Drawing inspiration from the Far
East to Scandinavia, artists and designers have
often used folk art to influence their work.
Beginning with the chapter ‘Samplers in
Stitch’, Anne looks into handmade mementoes
and souvenirs created in the UK and USA.

‘Trees of Life’ looks the motif of the tree in a
variety of cultures. Anne also looks at
traditional techniques from South Asia and
how to create your own ‘Family Tree’ using

By simply purchasing this issue of The Digital
Cloth before November 30th,2019, you have
been entered into the running to win a copy of
Anne Kelly’s book, Textile Folk Art.
We would like to thank Anne for donating her
beautiful book to give away to one of our lucky
readers.

The winner will be notified via email after December 1st, 2019