Quiltessential: A Visual Directory of Contemporary Patterns, Fabrics and Colours - Softcover

Harris, Erin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408191938 ISBN 13: 9781408191934

Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2013

Synopsis

How do you match different fabric types together? How much backing fabric does a quilt need? Which fabrics are likely to cause allergies, run in the wash, pucker, or skip stitches? How do pattern styles work? What shapes complement one another? What are warm and cool colours and how do you pick accent colours from prints? Much more than just a book of designs and projects to follow, Quiltessential is a quick-reference directory of fabric types, colour combinations, block settings, and piecing styles that shows you how to design your own quilting patterns from the limitless combinations on offer.

The book is divided into sections on fabric, colour, design, and assembly. Each section offers clear advice accompanied by illustrations, photos, charts, and tables, arming you with everything you need to know to design your own quilts. Profiles of contemporary fabric designers, quilters, and sewing virtuosos provide insights, advice and stunning inspiration to demonstrate how this traditional craft is being reinvented by a new wave of artisans. Tapping into the aesthetic of designers such as Amy Butler, Marimekko and Cath Kidston, Quiltessential acknowledges the highly design-savvy audience that is taking over the quilting world and provides an indispensable worktop reference for modern quilters, sewers, and crafters.

About this title

About the Author

Erin Burke Harris is a patchwork, sewing, and quilting pro, based in Louiseville, Kentucky, USA. She began sewing as a young girl and has been playing with fabric ever since. Erin enjoys exploring different combinations of print, pattern and color and finds modern quilting to be a wonderful vehicle to view these in the context of a traditional craft. Aside from sharing her quilting adventures and tutorials on her blog, House on Hill Road, Erin's patterns have been published in Stitch Magazine, Quilts Baby!, Pretty Little Patchwork, and A is for Aprons. She has also shared her quilting tutorials on the popular sewing website Sew Mama Sew.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1408191938
• ISBN 13: 9781408191934
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208