Creating Art Quilts with Panels

Author: Joyce Hughes
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 1607656892
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 379

Book Description
Discover how to transform premade fabric panels and thread into one-of-a-kind art quilts! Award-winning quilter and fiber artist Joyce Hughes will show you how to use a variety of decorating and customizing techniques – from thread painting to trapunto – to add dimension and texture. Complete 6 step-by-step projects with full-color photography that feature seasonal panels, beautiful florals, holiday designs, and gorgeous landscapes.

One-Block Wonder Panel Quilts

Author: Maxine Rosenthal
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1617459852
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 83

Book Description
Pick one great fabric to create a stunning block One-Block Wonder expert and best-selling author Maxine Rosenthal, along with fellow quilter Nancy Miller, teach quilters the endless ways to turn preprinted fabric panels into fabulous blocks. Learn how to arrange One-Block Wonder hexagons around a panel, how to blend hexagon colors into the panel, and how to sew it all together. Includes easy-to-follow instructions, no y-seams, and an end result with gorgeous visual effects! Make remarkable kaleidoscope designs by cutting and sewing triangles into hexagons Use fabric panels in a beautiful way—each block is unique to you Simple piecing with NO Y-SEAMS!

Learn to Quilt with Panels

Author: Carolyn Vagts
Publisher: Annie's
ISBN: 1573675814
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 80

Book Description
Explore all the possibilities you have when you work with fabric panels with this guide. Learn to Quilt with Panels takes quilters on a creative journey showing them step by step how to use panels in quilts or as design elements simply by cutting them apart and incorporating them into quilt setting. This book shows options the quilter may not have thought of and also teaches how to start with an idea, then graph and design it, actually do the math, and finally complete it. This book is destined to be a go-to resource.

One Block Wonders

Author: Maxine Rosenthal
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1607050544
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 76

Book Description
1 Great Fabric + 1 Block = 1 Stunning Quilt! • Brand new technique is all about texture, movement, sparkle, and swirl! • Choose hexagons or octagons-you're the designer • Easy random cutting! No planning, no fussy cuts, no mess-ups • Simple piecing with NO Y-SEAMS! Amaze your friends! Maxine shows you exactly how to choose a large-scale print, figure yardage, cut and piece these drop-dead gorgeous quilts. Big pieces and clever short-cut methods make these quilts go together faster than you'd think. Choose one of two projects or use the techniques in any size quilt you can imagine.

Landscape Art Quilts, Step-by-Step

Author: Ann Loveless
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1617453668
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 99

Book Description
The award-winning art quilter shares her free-form technique for capturing the beauty of nature using collage and fusible web in this step-by-step guide. Two-time ArtPrize-winner Ann Loveless is known for creating stunning landscape quilts depicting the beautiful natural landscapes of her Lake Michigan home. In Landscape Art Quilts, Step-by-Step, she reveals the creative and technical processes behind some of her best-known designs. With step-by-step instructions, Ann demonstrates her free-form method of cutting and placing fabrics on fusible web and finishing with free-motion machine quilting. By learning Ann’s original techniques, you will be able to create your own art quilts based on your favorite landscape photographs.

Double Vision Quilts

Author: Louisa L. Smith
Publisher: C&T Publishing
ISBN: 9781617451232
Category : Afghans (Coverlets)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Learn how to turn squares and rectangles into circles and ovals with no curved piecing--it's easy! Take an artistic journey with 11 mind-bending quilts that fool the eye with innovative layering, playful patterns, and delightful color choices. The best-selling author of Strips 'n Curves shares three simple construction methods for endless possibilities. With something for every type of quilter, this opulent collection will inspire you to see your fabrics in a whole new light.

Playful Panel Quilts

Author: Cyndi McChesney
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1644035049
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 68

Book Description
Transform your treasured quilt panels into masterpieces with creative techniques! Explore the possibilities of creating small freeform quilts using a montage technique that will help you unleash your artistic flair. Using coordinating blocks like barns and books, you'll discover how to integrate panels into traditional quilt settings like Log Cabin and Irish Chain quilts and make them shine in row-by-row quilts. With step-by-step instructions and practical exercises, you'll learn the concepts and techniques to bring your panel quilt designs to life. From graphing personalized quilt blocks to drawing paper-pieced patterns, you'll have all the tools to create a truly unique masterpiece. Learn how to create a montage with panels and identify styles that work with repeated block settings like the Irish Chain or Storm at Sea Gain practical skills through exercises by piecing together and assembling art quilts from a pre-determined grid to create a unique panel quilt Row by row, make panels the key feature of your new quilt masterpiece by finding your theme and drafting coordinating blocks

Clever Quilts

Author: Susan Teegarden Dissmore
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781564774460
Category : Patchwork
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Easy techniques showcase how to make everything from detailed scenes to novelty motifs in your quilts using "preprinted" fabrics. Includes 11 step-by-step projects to show you how.

Panels and Patchwork: Quick Quilts for Kids

Author: Janet Wecker-Frisch
Publisher: Landauer (IL)
ISBN: 9781890621933
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Twenty-two fast-finish projects with basics, tips, and techniques for mixing pre-printed fabric panels and patchwork blocks.

Fun with Panels

Author: Cyndi McChesney
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1644032945
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 67

Book Description
Turn panels into one-of-a-kind quilts Learn the process of making a panel quilt using three different types of panels (solo image, multiple image, and multi-frame) and how to work with each panel type. Quilters will explore how to square up selections, work with challenging measurements, and use different types of settings. Also learn clever design concepts that enhance your ability to create a unified and interesting project with samples of panel quilts that focus on those specific concepts. Quilters learn to study the panel itself to find design inspiration, themes, and motifs. Discover the three different types of panels (solo image, multiple image, and multi-frame) and how to work with each panel type Make fun and functional projects such as table runners, placemats and bags, discovering that the sky's the limit when it comes to using a panel for a sewing project Learn to use basic math concepts to map out your design and use traditional quilt foundations, such as medallion quilts and row by row quilts