The Quilter's Practical Guide to Color

Author: Becky Goldsmith
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1607058650
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 116

Book Description
Did you know that the biggest struggle for quilters of all types is color selection? Unlock the secrets to winning color combinations from best-selling author Becky Goldsmith of Piece O’ Cake Designs. Learn how every quilt has a foreground and a background, how to use clear versus gray colors—plus other essentials that will shake up your design process. Quilters of all skill levels will appreciate Becky’s practical, easy-to-understand advice. Put your newfound knowledge to the test with 10 pieced and appliquéd projects designed to focus on specific aspects of color. Includes visual examples to explain all color topics.

The Quilter's Field Guide to Color

Author: Rachel Hauser
Publisher: Lucky Spool
ISBN: 9781940655369
Category : Color in design
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Forget the dry color theory! This guide is fun, conversational, practical, and beautifully inspiring. The one-of-a-kind resource for modern quilters includes hands-on exercises with a true workbook approach to help evaluate color choices. A 150-color swatch card is included.

Color

Author: Christine Barnes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781564771643
Category : Afghans (Coverlets)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Discusses language of color, color combinations, special effects, fabric, color stories, quilt stories, avoiding the pitfalls, quilters on color, a color gallery, a color workshop, color studies, notes about the author.

Color Magic for Quilters

Author: Ann Seely
Publisher: Rodale
ISBN: 9780875969855
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description
Helps quilters to choose colors that work well together.

Modern Patchwork

Author: Elizabeth Hartman
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 160705549X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 165

Book Description
The quilter, pattern designer, and author of Patchwork City offers 12 exciting new patterns designed to help you take your skills to the next level. Ready to go beyond the basics of creative quilting? In Modern Patchwork, pattern designer Elizabeth Hartman will help you expand your skills with new techniques and twelve new and innovative quilt designs. The projects in Modern Patchwork are bold, bright, graphic, and designed to give modern quilters new challenges. Along with her stunning patterns, Hartman introduces new skills and methods like curved seam piecing, working with hexagons, and machine applique. Plus, each project includes additional colorways so you can have fun with all your favorite fabrics.

The Practical Guide to Patchwork

Author: Elizabeth Hartman
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1607051621
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
Quilting basics with modern flair—with twelve projects for beginners, confident beginners, and intermediates. Winner of the Next Generation Indie Book Award Try a fresh, relaxed approach to making quilts with this new book. The bright aesthetic and clear, simple instructions guide beginners and intermediates alike through the entire process of creating fun and useful quilts that they’ll be proud to call their own. Explore different options for each project in this book—make it with just two colors or scrappy, make it vintage or mod, make it soft or playful. Alternate colorways included with each project show you how swapping out fabrics can change the look of the same block. Learn how to cut, piece, appliqué, machine quilt, bind, and finish. Pick up helpful tips and tricks to stay organized and master the methods.

The Quilter's Color Club

Author: Christine E. Barnes
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1607051664
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
“Gain the color confidence you’ve never experienced before . . . This book is perfect for teachers, bee groups or individuals.” —American Quilter Christine Barnes’s quilter-friendly approach provides new and exciting ways to apply simple color concepts to your work. This book reveals successful color combinations in action with an inspiring gallery of eye-catching quilts. Chock full of hands-on exercises, this book teaches how to use value, temperature, and intensity to make quilts luminous and full of movement. “A practical approach for using color to bring quilts to life . . . Eight projects accompany twelve hands-on exercises in this top pick for quilters at all levels.” —The Needlecraft Shelf

Jinny Beyer's Color Confidence for Quilters

Author: Jinny Beyer
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN: 9780844226392
Category : Color guides
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Introduces the Master Palette system for quilters who want to develop colour confidence quickly and easily - without studying frmal colour theory

Quilting for Show

Author: Karen C. McTavish
Publisher: On-Word Bound Books
ISBN: 9780974470634
Category : Appliqué
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
From selecting various materials to making the final fold, this handy guide explains in-depth the keys that separate award-winning show quilts from the rest. Newcomers to the show world will learn how to improve upon basics such as blocking and adding a sleeve, as well as how to make machine quilting look like hand quilting. A wide range of contributors--including some of the nation’s best quilters, a quilt appraiser, and multiple professional judges--all contribute trade secrets to winning competitions and avoiding common mistakes. With a bonus DVD demonstrating how to perform specific techniques, novices and seasoned show quilters alike will be able to produce top-quality quilts with ease.

Quiltmaker's Colour Workshop

Author: Weeks Ringle
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781845431198
Category : Color in textile crafts
Languages : en
Pages : 159

Book Description
The authors help quilters understand how skilful use of colour can turn an ordinary quilt design into an exquisite one. They explain colour theory, and how it relates to quilts. A collection of 15 quilts by some of America's most respected quiltmakers is included, with the fine qualities of each explored.