Quiltmaking, Fabric Crafts
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Overview
Nature's Patterns brings together original creations by 23 renowned quilters who share not only their love of quilting, but the ideas and the patterns behind their best works. These quilts reflect the beauty, the energy, and the endless variety of nature - pink sunsets and cool night shades, majestic mountains and sweet summer valleys, wildflower fields and spring bouquets. Much more that a source of ideas, Nature's Patterns explains how these extraordinary quilts were made, describing a variety of special effects including template and strip piecing, machine embroidery, colorwash, stenciling, three-dimensional quilting, color contrasting, surface design, and hand-dyeing. With complete, detailed instructions and templates for 24 full quilts, even the beginning quilter can use this book. The unique designs and unusual techniques shown here will inspire more experienced quilters to design and make one-of-a-kind quilts of their own. A special feature of the book, eight spectacular images by noted landscape photographer Charles Crust capture the spirit of nature that is reflected and recreated in the quilts. Nature's Patterns features 30 full-color quilts; commentary by 23 quilt artists, explaining how they have brought their ideas to life; step-by-step instructions for 24 full quilts, complete with templates and diagrams; yardage and fabric choice guidelines; and English (inches, yards) and metric (centimeters, meters) measurements.From dramatic sunsets and majestic mountains to sweet summer valleys and demure spring bouquets, these 30 quilt patterns illustrate the abundance of nature's designs. Complete instructions for 20 full quilts, plus standard and metric yardage charts and fabric choice guidelines, are included. 48 color photos.
Book Details
Published
July 1, 1996
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Contemporary
Pages
160
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780844226484