If you've ever dreamed of being an impressionist artist like Monet or of capturing nature's beauty, light and luminosity in your quilts, Watercolor Quilts is the book for you.--Back cover.
Quilt like a Painter! Turn fabulous landscapes into breathtaking quilts with Watercolor Landscape Quilts. Using Cathy Geier's easy cut-and-paste techniques, you can capture the beauty of the countryside with "strokes" of fabric ... just like a painter! This easy-to-use book includes: 14 projects with easy-to-follow instructions Simple techniques for fabulous special effects, including adding applique, layering tulle and adding borders Easy step-by-step instructions for creating your own landscape design 135 plus full-color photos A photo guide to selecting the best fabrics Quilt the world like a master painter. Teacher, artist and expert quilter Cathy Geier shows you how with Watercolor Landscape Quilts.
Create beautiful landscape quilts using strips and scraps with these 15 lovely projects! In Lovely Landscape Quilts, Cathy Geier walks you through the process of creating amazing landscape quilts using simple techniques that anyone can try. Learn how to find inspiration and choose you fabrics, how to design and lay out your quilt, and how to use angles to create skies, water, hills and mountains. Learn tricks for embellishing your quilts with applique, marker and fabric to create shadows and highlights that will give your landscape quilts depth and perspective. Finally, learn the tips for finishing and quilting before trying any of the 15 beautiful projects designed by Cathy.
As a celebration and thank-you to all quiltmakers who are hooked on watercolor quilts, Pat and Donna have compiled 74 watercolor quilts for you to enjoy.
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.
Experience every season with these fabulous landscape quilts! Four lovely full size patterns include a spring cottage, fall mill and water wheel, a summer lighthouse, and a winter cabin. Kathy McNeil, an expert in landscape quilting, teaches you how to build a pictorial quilt. Use your favorite method of applique or employ several varieties to make one or all of these four seasonal designs. Be inspired through every season as you take these designs and make them your own!
Quilt realistic people and places with artistic flair Create unique art quilts of your favorite places—and the places you want to go! Meri Vahl shares her simple yet unique method for quilting realistic nature scenes and villages from fabric. Using photographs from her travels, the author explains how to achieve stunning scenery with lifelike details. With techniques like fabric collage and tulle overlay, even beginners will learn to quilt majestic mountainscapes, charming buildings, and realistic people. A stunning gallery of quilts—some named best in the world—will inspire you to bring your own travel photos and art quilt ideas to life. From photo to art quilt! Recreate landscapes, people, and buildings with ease World-renowned art quilter Meri Vahl teaches you her award-winning process Immortalize your journeys as you paint scenes with fabric, one step at a time
Anyone can quilt stunning scenery--from brand new landscape quilters to veteran artists! Explore Joyce Becker's simple methods with 50 tips for success and a gallery of quilts from featured designers.