Shuang Qiao - Quilt Art Chinese Style: Decorate Your Home with Creative Patchwork Designs

Fig. 1 Fabric from Moda Fabrics

I bought this blue and gray fabric years ago, and it reminds me of a typical Chinese watertown surrounded by farmlands, rivers, and lakes and shrouded in mistsan eternal theme in traditional Chinese painting.

Fig. 2Purity (detail)

Height 200 cm Width 200 cm

Artist: Zhou Liangyun

This large chenille project drew much of its inspiration from a modern architectural project. It is the result of four-month experimentation with various methods of stiching and cutting. The sharp contrasts between colors and the combination of geometric shapes give the project a sense of abstraction.

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This book is edited and designed by the Editorial Committee of Cultural China series.

Project Design and Text: Qiao Shuang

Photograph: Zhou Feiyu

Digital Drawing: Hong Jiaxin

Translation: Jiang Yajun

Cover Design: Wang Wei

Interior Design: Li Jing, Hu Bin (Yuan Yinchang Design Studio)

Copy Editor: Susie Gordon

Editorial Assistant: Pei Zhuomin

Editors: Wu Yuezhou, Cao Yue

Editorial Director: Zhang Yicong

Senior Consultants: Sun Yong, Wu Ying, Yang Xinci

Managing Director and Publisher: Wang Youbu

ISBN: 978-1-60220-040-1

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Fig. 3 The Three and All Series (detail)

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Fig. 4 Different fabrics with blue flower patterns.

Fig. 5 Different fabrics cut in blocks.

Fig. 6Dunhuang Caissons (Tablecloth, detail)

Height 300 cm Width 200 cm

Artist: Qiao Shuang

The tablecloth features a caisson from the Dunhuang Grottoes in Chinas northwestern Gansu Provincean architectural feature typically found in the center of a richly decorated ceiling. The project feature flowers and geometric patterns highlighted against a dark blue background. The detail is one of the flower patterns.

Fig. 7 Appliqu Studio

The project features a wall in an appliqu studio, which is covered in samples of various colors, styles, and themes by appliqu lovers.

I t must have been a million-to-one chance that I was introduced to the craft of patchwork and fell in love with it. A year later, as a lecturer at Nanjing University of the Arts, I offered to teach it and work with my students on our own projects. While my experience with the craft over the past ten years is far from enough to make me a seasoned patchwork artist, it has benefited me enormously as a university lecturer, as I teach other courses in the textile design program. I am more than a little proud of the many projects that I and my students have completed.

This book showcases some of these projects. While step-by-step explanations are offered, I also focus on how the ideas were conceived, how the designs were created, and how improvements were made. In addition, as an owner of a patchwork and embroidery studio, I work with crafters from all over the country, some of whom hope to be freelance artists and some of whom simply wish to be more creative. For the past few years, I have helped many of them reach satisfaction with their projects. Some of cases are analyzed in this book, which I believe will be a source of inspiration for readers.

Fig. 8Four Seasons

Height 315 cm Width 165 cm 4 pieces

Artists: Chen Jinmin, Yuan Zhendong, and Gao Manman

This joint project shows what is seen in different seasons through a window in a traditional building in a Suzhou Guarden. The combinations of heavy, stifling colors are impressionistic, while the window edges are abstract and deconstructive, successfully integrating Western artistic features into traditional Chinese art forms.