A Quillwork Companion
Subtitle: An Illustrated Guide to Techniques of Porcupine Quill Decoration
By: by Jean Heinbuch.
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Eagle's View Publishing
Published: August 1, 1990
Place of publication: Liberty, UT
Language: eng
Format: Paperback; Hardcover
Number of pages: 92
ISBN-13: 9780943604251; 9780943604268
Copyright date: 1990 by Jean Heinbuch
Subjects: Embroidery; Indigenous peoples; Pictorial; Crafts / Hobbies; Art; North America; General
First sentence: Each of the techniques illustrated and explained in this book builds on those previously given.
Description: This book starts with the basics of finding and preparing the quills. The author even presents a technique (not recommended) for obtaining quills from live porcupines; she, of course, explores more conventional ways as well. A good explanation of the necessary tools follows with photographs. Her chapter on General Work Instructions and Basic Stitches is designed to help the reader understand the basic steps upon which the more difficult techniques are built. She is liberal with her advice in keeping things simpleand divulges many of the secrets she has discovered over the past eighteen years. With William C. Orchard (Heye Foundation, 1917), as a starting point, she has examined numerous museum pieces in her search for the proper techniques.

The reader is encouraged to master the techniques in the Basic Quilling Techniques Chapter and the book is designed so that each step builds upon the next. Of general interest are the diverse techniques that Native Americans used (use) to create rosettes. The book also includes a fine explanation of the steps used to make brain tanned rawhide and leather, and has a much needed disclosure of how to prepare and use natural dyes on quills. Advanced techniques are explained in text, illustrations and photographs. 

This exciting book of ninety-two pages contains 53 black and white photographs, 4 full pages in four color, 39 figures, 2 tables and 115 illustrations. A text that should be of interest to anyone who enjoys traditional arts and crafts, the culture of the American Indian and the early lifestyle of Native Americans. It may well be the new definitive source of this beautiful art form.
Table of contents: label: Embarkation
title: 5; label: Chapter 1; title: How To Use This Book
pagenum: 7; title: Quill Preparation
pagenum: 7; title: Tools
pagenum: 11; label: Chapter 2; title: General Work Instructions and Basic Stitches
pagenum: 14; label: Chapter 3 (Basic Quilling Techniques); title: Zigzag Technique
pagenum: 22; title: Simple Band Technique
pagenum: 25; title: Single Thread Line Technique
pagenum: 28; title: Quill Wrapping Technique
pagenum: 31; title: Quill Plaiting Technique
pagenum: 34; label: Chapter 4 (Advanced Quilling Techniques); title: Two Quill Zigzag Technique
pagenum: 39; title: Two Quill Triangle Technique
pagenum: 41; title: Two Quill Diamond Technique
pagenum: 44; title: Three Quill Double Diamond Technique
pagenum: 47; title: Multiple Quill Plaiting Technique
pagenum: 49; title: Checker Weave Technique
pagenum: 53; title: Single Thread Sawtooth Technique
pagenum: 57; title: Zigzag Edging Technique
pagenum: 60; title: Wrapped Fill Edging Technique
pagenum: 62; title: Coiled Wrapping Technique
pagenum: 66; title: Rosette Techniques
pagenum: 68; title: Quillwork on Birch Bark
pagenum: 71; title: Loom Quillwork
pagenum: 73; title: Repairing Damaged Quillwork
pagenum: 75; label: Appendix A; title: The Preparation of Rawhide and Brain Tanned Leather
pagenum: 77; label: Appendix B; title: Old Time Dye for Porcupine Quills
pagenum: 86; label: Bibliography
title: 89