Art Quilt Maps: Capture a Sense of Place with Fiber Collage-A Visual Guide

Your world, reimagined in visionary quilted maps

Transform the places you love—and places you’ve always imagined or wanted to see—into hypnotic art quilts. Award-winning artist Valerie Goodwin shows you how to make quilted maps with easy fabric collage techniques and innovative designs based on maps of your favorite places. Fully illustrated guide features a large photo gallery of quilt maps by Valerie and her students.

• Find inspiration in real and imaginary sites, in old maps, in poetry, and in memories
• Transform a place’s essential lines and shapes into quilt designs
• Make luminous textures with fabric layering, paints, stamps, stencils, drawing, and appliqué