Katie Pasquini Masopust

Artful Log Cabin Quilts (eBook, ePUB)

From Inspiration to Art Quilt: Color, Composition & Visual Pathways

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: C&T Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 84
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781617454516
• Artikelnr.: 49432759

Autorenporträt

Katie Pasquini Masopust Bio: Katie Pasquini Masopust's contemporary art quilts have been coveted and collected by admirers. A Houston Quilt Festival Silver Star Award winner and prolific author, she travels the world as a teacher and lecturer. She lives in Northern California. katiepm.com

Inhaltsangabe

History of the Artful Log Cabin Quilt
Traditional Log Cabin Quilts: Making Traditional Log Cabin Quilts • My
Traditional Log Cabin Quilts
Artful Log Cabin Quilts
Inspirational Photographs
Composition • What is a Good Photograph? • Poor Photographs and How to
Improve Them
Grids
Perpendicular Even Grid • Diagonal Even Grid • Diamond Grid • Random Grid •
Open Grid • Variable Grid • Wonky Grid • Radiating Grid • Combination Grid
• Other Grids
Fabrics
Use a Full Range of Values • Types of Fabrics and Fabric Content
Cutting, Sorting, and Organizing Strips
Cutting: Tools • Technique • Strip Sizes
Sorting and Organizing Strips
Enlarging the Grid
Enlarging a Regular Even Grid • Enlarging All Other Grids • Using a
Proportion Scale • Enlarging One Block at a Time
Block Construction
Regular Even Grids: Using Strips of the Same Width • Using Strips of
Various Widths
Wonky Grids: Using Strips of the Same Width • Using Strips of Various
Widths
Cabbage Rose Blocks • Circular Blocks
Squaring up the Blocks
Squaring Regular Even Blocks • Squaring Wonky or Irregular Blocks
Quilt Construction
Put Together the Blocks • Artful Log Cabins as a Background for Appliqué
Quilting
Fill Patterns • Grid Quilting • Spiral Quilting • Other Quilting Patterns •
Combination Quilting Patterns
Finishing
Binding • Sleeve • Label • Hanging
Gallery
About the Author