Combine the ease of strip piecing with the beauty of watercolor design! Choose from 30 simple to advanced watercolor quilt patterns in both traditional and contemporary styles -- or create your own designs.
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.
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.
Use Gai's original technique, inspired by her love of nature, to "paint" with floral fabrics, creating impressionistic quilts in the style of Monet. Her simple and effective technique sets floral fabric squares on point to enhance the interaction and blending of color; flower motifs are centered within the squares. Impressionist Quilts gradually layers information leading to the completed landscape. She presents general principles of design, color, and fabric selection, then gives detailed instructions for each of the wallhangings. With few rules, you will find many opportunities to develop your own style and create a luminous fabric painting.
Use your Bias Stripper TM ruler (p. 26) to create 14 designs featuring striped squares, triangles, and rectangles (stripples) without charts or fancy math!
Sew circles around your quilting friends with six classic projects that simplify complex-looking circular designs, such as Dresden Plate and Mariner's Compass. Choose from four quilts, plus a pillow and table runner.
A warm, welcoming kitchen is just a few stitches and paint strokes away with these simple, stylish accessories. From quick place mats and napkins to painted furniture, chenille rugs, curtains, and even a painted picnic basket, these projects will turn any common kitchen into a creative, comfortable living space. -- Features over 30 sewing and craft projects especially for the kitchen that are beautiful, practical, and easy -- Includes four distinct project collections: Vintage, Koffee Klatch, Antique Fruit, and Folk Art Rooster -- Covers basic painting and sewing, with clearly illustrated directions provided for each project
Unlock the design potential of traditional quilt blocks by using simple principles of color and value placement. You'll be amazed at the incredible number of designs you can find hidden within a single block. Includes: -- 110 variations on 10 block designs, step-by-step quilt planning, and easy-to-use charts-- Plans for four basic quilt designs -- repeat block, alternate block, strippy, and medallion-- Advice on playing with values to dramatically change the look of your blocks-- A magic formula for determining fabric amounts without complicated math