Permission to play? Granted. Learn to use simple design principles to create unique improvisational quilts. Without using patterns, learn 5 easy piecing techniques to add to your improvisational toolbox—angled stripes, circles, blocks, curved strips, and inset strips—and watch the art unfold before your eyes. Focus on color combos and negative space to discover your personal style, and then add dazzling texture with free-motion stitching. With finished art quilts as unique as you are, you’ll want to hang one in every room! • Embrace your creative spirit! Practice improv quilting using 5 easy…mehr
Permission to play? Granted. Learn to use simple design principles to create unique improvisational quilts. Without using patterns, learn 5 easy piecing techniques to add to your improvisational toolbox—angled stripes, circles, blocks, curved strips, and inset strips—and watch the art unfold before your eyes. Focus on color combos and negative space to discover your personal style, and then add dazzling texture with free-motion stitching. With finished art quilts as unique as you are, you’ll want to hang one in every room! • Embrace your creative spirit! Practice improv quilting using 5 easy blocks, circles, and strip sets • Design with negative space, color recipes, and even irregular edges • Finish quilts with free-motion texture and sleeve-free wall hanging techniques
Cindy Grisdela is an award-winning fiber artist with over 30 years of experience creating eye-catching quilts. She travels extensively all over the country teaching and lecturing to guilds and groups, and her quilts have been published in books and magazines. She lives in Reston, Virginia.
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Introduction How to Use This Book What is Improvisation? Getting Organized Sorting by Size and Color • What to Do with Scraps • Saving the Leftovers Creating a Color Recipe The Color Wheel • Using a Color Recipe • Increasing Your Color Confidence Elements and Principles of Design Elements of Design • Principles of Design • Using the Elements and Principles of Design as You Work Working Improvisationally Creating a Design Wall •Auditioning Designs • Give it Time Building Blocks for Improv Angled Stripes Improv Circles Improv Blocks Curved Strips Inset Strips Putting It All Together Learning to Love Negative Space Creating Balance • Adding Texture Quilt as Desired Hand Stitching • Machine Stitching • A word About Thread Finishing Touches To Bind or Not to Bind? • Facings • Dealing with Irregular Edges • Alternatives to Sleeve and Slat Hanging Resources About the Author
Introduction How to Use This Book What is Improvisation? Getting Organized Sorting by Size and Color • What to Do with Scraps • Saving the Leftovers Creating a Color Recipe The Color Wheel • Using a Color Recipe • Increasing Your Color Confidence Elements and Principles of Design Elements of Design • Principles of Design • Using the Elements and Principles of Design as You Work Working Improvisationally Creating a Design Wall •Auditioning Designs • Give it Time Building Blocks for Improv Angled Stripes Improv Circles Improv Blocks Curved Strips Inset Strips Putting It All Together Learning to Love Negative Space Creating Balance • Adding Texture Quilt as Desired Hand Stitching • Machine Stitching • A word About Thread Finishing Touches To Bind or Not to Bind? • Facings • Dealing with Irregular Edges • Alternatives to Sleeve and Slat Hanging Resources About the Author
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