Modern quilting allows artists the freedom to play with traditions and take liberties with fabrics, patterns, colors, stitching, and the ways in which they all connect. In Quilting with a Modern Slant, Rachel May introduces you to more than modern quilters who have developed their own styles, methods, and aesthetics. Their ideas, their quilts, and their tips, tutorials, and techniques will inspire you to try something new and follow your own creativity wherever it leads.,
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1612120636
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Paperback
Modern Patchwork Home
By Denegre, Vivika Hansen
Create modern quilted home decor for every room in your house! Showcasing the best of Modern Patchwork Magazine, Modern Patchwork Home features patterns from today's top designers. From quilts and runners to pillows and whimsical accessories, customizable carryalls to a cool yoga mat, you can create custom looks that showcase your favorite fabrics. Inside this must-have resource, you'll find:Project instructions for 20 inspiring modern quilting projects, including bed-size quilts, throw pillows, wall-hangings, and fun accessories that will add a little whimsy to any space.Illustrated step-by-step tutorials explaining essentials skills and timesaving techniques. Tips and tutorials on choosing fabrics, sewing better quilts, and more! Modern Patchwork Home includes everything you need to create custom modern home decor that showcases your one-of-a-kind style.
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9781440248856
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Paperback
East-Meets-West Quilts
By Belyea, Patricia
Improv quilting, in which quilt designs emerge organically as fabric is cut and stitched, is simple, popular, and fun. In this book, expert quilter Patricia Belyea offers improv instruction and shares her appealing Quilt Manifesto of five simple rules. While providing quilters with a starting point, the fifth rule of the Manifesto, "Break any rule you like," opens the door to creative freedom. (However, the solid instructions allow even the rule-breakers to create beautiful quilts on the first try) . Fourteen projects combine authentic Japanese yukata cottons and contemporary fabrics; each is finished with bold hand-stitching. The quilt-making process is presented in detail, and each quilt shows the irresistible wabi-sabi influence of Japanese design. The sense of discovery in each project is inspiring and out of the ordinary.
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9781419726590
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Paperback
Modern Color—An Illustrated Guide to Dyeing Fabric for Modern Quilts
By Eichler-messmer, Kim
Modern Color - An Illustrated Guide to Dyeing Fabric for Modern Quilts by Kim Eichler-Messmer shows you how to dye fabric by hand for an artisanal, luminescent look.. Includes instructions on setting up a home dye studio with minimal equipment and teaches keymixing techniques. Make any color you want, including any value (lightness and darkness) andgradation, allowing for an unlimited palette and endless inspiration. Go ahead, take a dip!
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9781607056935
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Hardcover
Quilting Happiness
By Gilleland, Diane
Why do you love to quilt? Is it the finished quilt itself, or the experiences you had while making it? Do you find more joy in designing a beautiful pattern or in improvising as you go? Are you happiest when making quilts for yourself or for others? Whether it is delighting in the colors and textures of your materials to the sweet satisfaction of curling up under a handmade quilt, quilting holds infinite possibilities for exploring the many joys of creativity. In Quilting Happiness, you will find 20 timeless, adaptable quilting projects that will invite you to try a variety of design styles, as well as a wealth of tips and techniques, inspiring stories, and creative exercises to help you discover even more reasons to love quilting. Learn to make an inspiration board, create more meaningful quilts, or find lifelong quilting friends.
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9780770434090
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Paperback
Modern Rainbow
By Bryan, Rebecca
Showcase a spectrum of color with striking quilts that breathe new life into the lucky rainbow. Fourth-generation quilter Rebecca Bryan shares 14 modern quilt patterns that take their cues from the color wheel. Ranging from modern-traditional to improvisational, Bryan's rainbow quilts look stunning in your favorite designer fabrics. You'll play with jewel tones, pastels, and even neons, as you incorporate a modern rainbow into quilting projects. Arrange your fabric in a way that honors nature's prism, or take liberties as you mix in neutrals, substitute related colors, or experiment with intensity. It's like quilting with a fresh box of crayons!
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9781617450181
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Paperback
Hexa-Go-Go
By Bruecher, Tacha
Fat Quarterly Magazine co-founder Tacha Bruecher takes a fresh look at an old favoriteEnglish paper-pieced hexagonswith current fabrics and settings for quilts, table toppers, and more. Modern and traditional designs are both featured, including rosettes, stars, and free form. Learn how to combine settings and how to creatively quilt hexagons. Projects are varied for any skill level or time commitment make a few hexagons, make a few more, or make few hundred. Making the individual hexagons are perfect for modern quilters on the go they are terrific stash busters and stress busters that take your priceless handwork from repetitive to remarkable!,
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9781607053576
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Paperback
Wise Craft Quilts
By Stocker, Blair
Infuse your quilts with love--how to add your personal story and more meaning to your handmade quilts.In Wise Craft Quilts, celebrated quilt designer and crafter Blair Stocker shares ways to use cherished fabrics to make quilts with more meaning. Each of the twenty-one quilts featured here gathers a special collection of fabric, outlines a new technique, and spins a story. By using special fabrics as the starting point for each project - from a wedding dress to baby's first clothes, worn denim, Tyvek race numbers, and more - the finished quilt is made even more special. Create quilts that have a story to tell and you'll find a whole new level of appreciation for what they represent in your life and the lives of the ones you love.
Quilting with a Modern Slant
By May, Rachel
Modern quilting allows artists the freedom to play with traditions and take liberties with fabrics, patterns, colors, stitching, and the ways in which they all connect. In Quilting with a Modern Slant, Rachel May introduces you to more than modern quilters who have developed their own styles, methods, and aesthetics. Their ideas, their quilts, and their tips, tutorials, and techniques will inspire you to try something new and follow your own creativity wherever it leads.,
Modern Patchwork Home
By Denegre, Vivika Hansen
Create modern quilted home decor for every room in your house! Showcasing the best of Modern Patchwork Magazine, Modern Patchwork Home features patterns from today's top designers. From quilts and runners to pillows and whimsical accessories, customizable carryalls to a cool yoga mat, you can create custom looks that showcase your favorite fabrics. Inside this must-have resource, you'll find:Project instructions for 20 inspiring modern quilting projects, including bed-size quilts, throw pillows, wall-hangings, and fun accessories that will add a little whimsy to any space.Illustrated step-by-step tutorials explaining essentials skills and timesaving techniques. Tips and tutorials on choosing fabrics, sewing better quilts, and more! Modern Patchwork Home includes everything you need to create custom modern home decor that showcases your one-of-a-kind style.
East-Meets-West Quilts
By Belyea, Patricia
Improv quilting, in which quilt designs emerge organically as fabric is cut and stitched, is simple, popular, and fun. In this book, expert quilter Patricia Belyea offers improv instruction and shares her appealing Quilt Manifesto of five simple rules. While providing quilters with a starting point, the fifth rule of the Manifesto, "Break any rule you like," opens the door to creative freedom. (However, the solid instructions allow even the rule-breakers to create beautiful quilts on the first try) . Fourteen projects combine authentic Japanese yukata cottons and contemporary fabrics; each is finished with bold hand-stitching. The quilt-making process is presented in detail, and each quilt shows the irresistible wabi-sabi influence of Japanese design. The sense of discovery in each project is inspiring and out of the ordinary.
Modern Color—An Illustrated Guide to Dyeing Fabric for Modern Quilts
By Eichler-messmer, Kim
Modern Color - An Illustrated Guide to Dyeing Fabric for Modern Quilts by Kim Eichler-Messmer shows you how to dye fabric by hand for an artisanal, luminescent look.. Includes instructions on setting up a home dye studio with minimal equipment and teaches keymixing techniques. Make any color you want, including any value (lightness and darkness) andgradation, allowing for an unlimited palette and endless inspiration. Go ahead, take a dip!
Quilting Happiness
By Gilleland, Diane
Why do you love to quilt? Is it the finished quilt itself, or the experiences you had while making it? Do you find more joy in designing a beautiful pattern or in improvising as you go? Are you happiest when making quilts for yourself or for others? Whether it is delighting in the colors and textures of your materials to the sweet satisfaction of curling up under a handmade quilt, quilting holds infinite possibilities for exploring the many joys of creativity. In Quilting Happiness, you will find 20 timeless, adaptable quilting projects that will invite you to try a variety of design styles, as well as a wealth of tips and techniques, inspiring stories, and creative exercises to help you discover even more reasons to love quilting. Learn to make an inspiration board, create more meaningful quilts, or find lifelong quilting friends.
Modern Rainbow
By Bryan, Rebecca
Showcase a spectrum of color with striking quilts that breathe new life into the lucky rainbow. Fourth-generation quilter Rebecca Bryan shares 14 modern quilt patterns that take their cues from the color wheel. Ranging from modern-traditional to improvisational, Bryan's rainbow quilts look stunning in your favorite designer fabrics. You'll play with jewel tones, pastels, and even neons, as you incorporate a modern rainbow into quilting projects. Arrange your fabric in a way that honors nature's prism, or take liberties as you mix in neutrals, substitute related colors, or experiment with intensity. It's like quilting with a fresh box of crayons!
Hexa-Go-Go
By Bruecher, Tacha
Fat Quarterly Magazine co-founder Tacha Bruecher takes a fresh look at an old favoriteEnglish paper-pieced hexagonswith current fabrics and settings for quilts, table toppers, and more. Modern and traditional designs are both featured, including rosettes, stars, and free form. Learn how to combine settings and how to creatively quilt hexagons. Projects are varied for any skill level or time commitment make a few hexagons, make a few more, or make few hundred. Making the individual hexagons are perfect for modern quilters on the go they are terrific stash busters and stress busters that take your priceless handwork from repetitive to remarkable!,
Wise Craft Quilts
By Stocker, Blair
Infuse your quilts with love--how to add your personal story and more meaning to your handmade quilts.In Wise Craft Quilts, celebrated quilt designer and crafter Blair Stocker shares ways to use cherished fabrics to make quilts with more meaning. Each of the twenty-one quilts featured here gathers a special collection of fabric, outlines a new technique, and spins a story. By using special fabrics as the starting point for each project - from a wedding dress to baby's first clothes, worn denim, Tyvek race numbers, and more - the finished quilt is made even more special. Create quilts that have a story to tell and you'll find a whole new level of appreciation for what they represent in your life and the lives of the ones you love.