Color and Composition for the Creative Quilter

Author: Katie Pasquini Masopust
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1607053780
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 85

Book Description
Art lessons every quilter will love. Traditional quilter? Art quilter? Improve ANY quilt with this book! Quick no-sew design exercises to make your talents shine. Build a color wheel from fabric to learn color principles. Discover the easy "Nine-Patches" of color and composition.

Inspirations in Design for the Creative Quilter

Author: Katie Pasquini Masopust
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1607052083
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 84

Book Description
As a best-selling author and teacher, Katie draws on her two passions-art studies and art quilts-to create abstract quilts that are inspired by still life compositions. In this book you'll learn how you can assemble a still life arrangement from your favorite items at home and transform it into an art quilt, even if you've never considered yourself to be an artist. With Katie by your side, you will succeed!

Journey to Inspired Art Quilting

Author: Jean Wells
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1607055813
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 116

Book Description
Discover your artistic voice Expand your creative horizons and embrace the process of developing your design skills using your own intuition. Jean provides you with more design guidelines and new exercises to hone your natural intuitive skills, then she encourages you to go out there and express yourself! Packed with inspiring quilt images, this book walks you through effective approaches to art quilting from journaling your ideas to unifying your design. • Continue your art quilting journey with Jean in this follow up to Intuitive Color & Design • Learn how to recognize those "big ideas" that become inspirational starting points for your art • 9 classroom-tested design assignments help you trust your creative instincts and develop distinctive work

Intuitive Color & Design

Author: Jean Wells
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1617455253
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 116

Book Description
In this updated edition of best-selling Intuitive Color & Design, Jean's workshop assignments get your creative juices flowing, giving you challenges to expand your quilting horizons. Start by learning to see line and color; study the nuts and bolts of design; develop your color work and composition; and when you get stuck, there's expert advice on problem solving. Design and piece spectacular, free-form quilts you'd never have guessed you could create!

Artful Log Cabin Quilts

Author: Katie Pasquini Masopust
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1617454516
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 84

Book Description
“Stunning . . . packed with inspiration and practical advice to help quilters of all abilities create unique abstract art quilts from photographs and images.” —Pretty Patches Take the first steps to becoming an art quilter with popular teacher and bestselling author Katie Pasquini Masopust. Starting with an inspiration image, choose fabrics to create your own artistic log cabin quilts. Learn to navigate visual pathways and composition, applying easy techniques and experimenting with color. Student work is showcased to prove that anyone can create an art quilt! Design and make your masterpiece with freeform log cabin blocks using this versatile method. “As she demonstrates, a simple log cabin block can become a rich and dynamic fiber art statement through inspired use of color, fabric choices and placement.” —Generation Q Magazine “Her method is sure to result in something that is personal, unique and very satisfying.” —Down Under Textiles “This is a fascinating approach to creating original designs with traditional piecing methods.” —Machine Quilting Unlimited

Fearless Design For Every Quilter

Author: Lorraine Torrence
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1571209093
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
Stock Up Your Creative Toolbox With Indispensable Quilt Design Techniques. Supercharge your creative spirit with 10 lessons in designing with fabrics-from basic design principles to finding new sources of inspiration. Take an artistic journey through the creative processes of 8 real-life quilters and learn with them as they work through a series of design challenges. Learn to experiment, evaluate results, and enhance your designs, working either by yourself or with a group. Use critique groups to improve your work with other quilters' insights. The lessons you'll learn in this inspiring workshop will help you bring new creativity to any style of quilting or fiber arts, whether your tastes are traditional or contemporary. It's a must for anyone who loves to design with fabric.

Gemstone Quilts

Author: MJ Kinman
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1617459461
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 115

Book Description
Piece dazzling diamond and gorgeous gemstone quilts Add dimension and luminosity to your quilts with gorgeous gemstone piecing! Learn the basics of abstraction and color theory as you piece stunning works of art with gem quilt expert MJ Kinman. After years of perfecting her technique, Kinman explains freezer paper piecing in brilliant detail with jewel quilting ideas to help you express your own creativity. Get helpful advice on fabric selection and quilting patterns to illuminate each cut. A sample gem quilt pattern helps you practice as you follow along step by step. Then find your own muse and bring any gemstone to life in exquisite detail. Just as gems can sparkle and glow in a million different ways, you’ll be inspired by the author’s work and a gallery of student quilts to help you let go of perfection and embrace the chaos of color and light. Shine on! Learn to create freezer-paper patterns for your own gemstone quilts Build skills as you sew a sample diamond quilt top, with step-by-step instructions See a gallery of ground-breaking jewel quilts from the author and her students

Radiant Landscapes

Author: Gloria Loughman
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1607056305
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
Here, readers can discover how to add dramatic depth to their landscape applique quilts using easy-to-follow techniques from master quilter Gloria Loughman."

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.

Sampler Spree

Author: Susan Ache
Publisher: Martingale
ISBN: 1683561384
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 83

Book Description
Indulge your passion for color and fabric with a smorgasbord of blocks to use in a quilt that's a visual feast. The fun begins with more than 100 beautiful quilt blocks that all finish at 6" square, making them perfect for using scraps and for easy mixing and matching. Whether you prefer traditional or modern, you'll find so much to love in the varied assortment of block designs. Susan Ache (you may know her as @yardgrl60 on Instagram) shares 50 expert tips throughout, plus step-by-step instructions for making half-square triangles, flying geese, stitch-and-flip corners, and more. Once your tantalizing blocks are stitched, arranging them in the stunning sampler quilt is sheer pleasure!