Design Explorations for the Creative Quilter
Title | Design Explorations for the Creative Quilter PDF eBook |
Author | Katie Pasquini Masopust |
Publisher | C&T Publishing Inc |
Pages | 84 |
Release | 2008-10-01 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 1607052865 |
Art Quilts Made Easy. Bring out your inner artist - explore 10 approaches to designing art quilts with world-renowned teacher Katie Pasquini Masopust. Techniques work for everyone, from beginner to advanced. Creating a gorgeous art quilt is well within your reach when you try Katie Pasquini Masopust's easy methods. Learn 10 different “game plans” for creating a quilt design, then turn your design into a pattern and complete your quilt. With such a variety of techniques to try, you're sure to find the right one for you.
Inspirations in Design for the Creative Quilter
Title | Inspirations in Design for the Creative Quilter PDF eBook |
Author | Katie Pasquini Masopust |
Publisher | C&T Publishing Inc |
Pages | 84 |
Release | 2011-08-01 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 1607052083 |
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!
Color and Composition for the Creative Quilter
Title | Color and Composition for the Creative Quilter PDF eBook |
Author | Katie Pasquini Masopust |
Publisher | C&T Publishing Inc |
Pages | 85 |
Release | 2010-11-05 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 1607053780 |
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.
Drafting for the Creative Quilter
Title | Drafting for the Creative Quilter PDF eBook |
Author | Sally Collins |
Publisher | C&T Publishing Inc |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 2010-11-05 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 1607051427 |
The master quilting teacher presents the ultimate reference guide for drafting your own quilt designs—including 3 projects to test your skills! Quilt artist Sally Collins has helped countless quilters unleash their creative vision by sharing her vast knowledge of drafting. In this comprehensive guide, she offers detailed instructions on how to draft your own quilt blocks based on grids, circles, and various kinds of stars; how to design using mirrors, graph paper, pencil, and calculator; how to create your own variations of traditional blocks; and much more. The three projects featured in this volume are presented in order of difficulty so you can test new skills as you learn. With Sally’s easy methods, you will gain the confidence you need to draft and design your own creative ideas.
Art + Quilt
Title | Art + Quilt PDF eBook |
Author | Lyric Kinard |
Publisher | Interweave |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2009-09-01 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 9781596681064 |
Secrets for quilting success are presented through a variety of techniques, exercises, and insider tips to inspire novice quilters and experienced textile artists to make genuine works of art. Simplifying the basic fundamentals of art and teaching the underlying principles of the visual language, this guide explores texture, shape, line, color, and value with examples and hands-on exercises. Essential principles--such as focal point, balance, repetition, scale, and space--are paired with creativity exercises while guest essays, guest artwork, and inspiring artwork from the author allow readers to analyze how other artists utilize key artistic elements or principles and see how to successfully use these elements in their own work. Both a personal creativity coach and a guide for a hobbyist or professional artist, this reference clarifies quilting goals and takes the craft to the next level through design and composition.
The Quilter's Book of Design
Title | The Quilter's Book of Design PDF eBook |
Author | Ann Johnston |
Publisher | |
Pages | 164 |
Release | 2008-01-01 |
Genre | Quilts |
ISBN | 9780965677639 |
The Quilter's Book of Design, Expanded Second Edition is a unique visual experience of stunning color photographs that reveal how quilt designs take shape. Showcasing quilts that range from the very simple to the extraordinary, this book takes the mystery out of the design process and shows that unique, creative quilts are within the reach of every quilter.Ann Johnston, award-winning quilter, designer and instructor, begins by introducing the key principles that govern good design: balance, unity, and variety using crystal-clear text and visuals. In Part Two, she explains and illustrates the design tools you will use to move toward a finished piece: line and shape, value and color, and pattern and texture. Short workshops help you practice techniques and apply everything you have learned to your own quilts.To provide real insight into the design process, in Part Three, Ann takes you through the decisions she made while developing some of her own quilts. Her early sketches and photographs show how the quilts progressed and how she used the design elements to achieve the final result. She provides techniques that you can use to start your own quilts, encourages an open approach to decision-making, and offers a variety of examples of how to expand the boundaries of your own work. + accessible guide through the fundamentals of design+ over 350 examples, all images made of fabric+ oriented to developing each person¿s individual voice+ brief end-of-chapter workshops+ starting-place techniques+ full-length projects
Fearless Design For Every Quilter
Title | Fearless Design For Every Quilter PDF eBook |
Author | Lorraine Torrence |
Publisher | C&T Publishing Inc |
Pages | 100 |
Release | 2010-11-05 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 1571209093 |
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.