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Artful Improv: Explore Color Recipes, Building Blocks & Free-Motion Quilting
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ISBN10: 1617452610
ISBN13: 9781617452611
Publisher: C&T Publishing
Published: Oct 1 2016
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.20 Width: 8.50 Depth: 10.90
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781617452611
Publisher: C&T Publishing
Published: Oct 1 2016
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.20 Width: 8.50 Depth: 10.90
Language: English
Permission to play? Granted. Learn to use simple design principles to create unique improvisational quilts. Without using patterns, learn 5 easy piecing techniques to add to your improvisational toolbox--angled stripes, circles, blocks, curved strips, and inset strips--and watch the art unfold before your eyes. Focus on color combos and negative space to discover your personal style, and then add dazzling texture with free-motion stitching. With finished art quilts as unique as you are, you'll want to hang one in every room! - Embrace your creative spirit! Practice improv quilting using 5 easy blocks, circles, and strip sets
- Design with negative space, color recipes, and even irregular edges
- Finish quilts with free-motion texture and sleeve-free wall hanging techniques
- Finish quilts with free-motion texture and sleeve-free wall hanging techniques
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