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

Valerie S. Goodwin received degrees in architecture from Washington University and Yale University. She became very interested in designing and making quilts as an outgrowth of her architectural background, and her award-winning work has been widely published and exhibited. Valerie lives in Tallahassee, Florida. www.quiltsbyvalerie.com.