Download or read book Design Make Quilt Modern written by Heather Black and published by C&T Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2021-02-25 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From concept to completion—the modern quilter's design guide Create a quilt that is uniquely yours! Award-winning quilter Heather Black demystifies the design process with easy-to-understand tips and basic quilt math for modern makers. Learn to spot and jot down ideas from everyday life, sketching your quilt inspirations on simple graph paper. Take your quilt designs from ordinary to energetic with practical advice to create movement and depth. Achieve color balance, choose the right fabrics to pull off your pattern, and add custom quilting to elevate the impact of your quilt. Whether this is your first time to strike out on your own or you've made quilts from scratch before, this book will help you identify your likes and dislikes and freshen your approach to modern quilt design. Also included are three modern quilts with full-size patterns that you can take straight to the sewing machine! Choose colors and fabrics like a pro, with solid design and finishing advice Tailor the process to your interests and skills with piecing, applique, and hand or machine sewing Sew 3 bonus full-size patterns from celebrated quiltmaker Heather Black

Download or read book Stunning 3 D Quilts Simplified written by Ruth Ann Berry and published by C&T Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to sew three-dimensional illusions with these twelve quilt projects. Create a stunning quilt that will have your friends asking, “How did you do that?” Believe it or not, these attention-grabbing projects come together with straight rows of simple shapes. You’ll learn how to sew twelve visually arresting quilts each in four colorways giving you dozens of dynamic options. Build your confidence in bias piecing, as you pair light, medium, and dark fabrics for heavenly hexes. Don’t be intimidated—just follow the easy assembly diagrams and watch your quilt come together one row at a time with no inset seams. These 3-D illusions are so impressive, you won’t know whether to keep them on the bed or hang them on the wall. Sew 3-D illusion quilts that have your friends asking how you did it Arrange sixty-degree triangles in rows for easy piecing with no inset seams Build your confidence in bias piecing, mixing color values for dimensional effects

Download or read book EQ8 Designing Quilts written by The Electric Quilt Company and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-20 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will teach you to design with the most popular tools and features in EQ8 software! Learn EQ8 quilt design secrets directly from EQ experts. Each step-by-step lesson is like taking a class in your home. Perfect for EQ8 users at any learning stage--beginning, intermediate, or advanced. Increase your knowledge of the tools and features, discover new tricks to help make your creativity a realtiy, and then use all of this information as inspiration to plan and design your own amazing quilts!

Download or read book 365 Free Motion Quilting Designs written by Leah Day and published by C&T Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of 365 free-motion quilting designs from the Free Motion Quilting Project blog, this new edition of a wildly popular book contains a treasury of ideas and inspiration. From blocks to sashing to borders, find hundreds of filler designs perfect for every area of your quilt. Feeling confused by free-motion quilting? Get back on track with Leah's quick tips on everything from machine settings to preparing your quilt top and backing for quilting. - New spiral binding so you can keep it open hands-free while you quilt - Challenge yourself to memorize--not mark--a new design every day for a year - Break out of your stippling rut! High-quality photos of each meticulously stitched design - Largest collection of free-motion designs ever published

Download or read book Create Your Family Quilt written by Barbara Brackman and published by C & T Pub. This book was released on 2001 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to creating a quilt to represent the places you've lived and loved. The CD-ROM allows you to design your own family quilt by selecting blocks representing different states; choosing a quilt size; laying it out; choosing fabrics and colour on screen; and printing out a pattern.

Download or read book Design Create and Quilt written by Rose Hughes and published by Martingale. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First, best-selling author Rose Hughes shared her Fast-Piece Applique technique in Dream Landscapes. Now, join her on an exploration that takes your skills to new creative heights. Become adept at using the five basic design elements: line, shape, texture, color, and space Try quick sketchbook exercises that get your creative juices flowing Showcase each design element in a terrific quilt; 10 projects plus a practice project are included

Download or read book Designing Quilts is Easy written by Wayne Kollinger and published by C&T Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is for quilters who love the look of traditional block quilts, and who want the freedom to create unique designs. You'll gain new confidence as you watch the author's quilts develop in a step-by-step process. An inspirational photo gallery throughout the book helps you visualize design concepts in a new light.

Download or read book Create Your Own Free Form Quilts written by Rayna Gillman and published by C&T Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2011-12-16 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover there’s no such thing as a mistake when you learn how to create original designs with this no-rules method of quilting. • Create one-of-a-kind quilts with free-form cutting and piecing • Discover how to spontaneously combine your own original units and design as you go! • Blend hand-prints and hand-dyes with commercial fabrics to create truly original quilts Enjoy the freedom of free-form! In this follow-up to Create Your Own Hand-Printed Cloth, Rayna shares her “can’t make a mistake” approach to designing quilts. Learn how to how to trust your instincts so you can work more intuitively, and develop a new appreciation for the therapy of sewing without a plan. With these new skills, you can create new work from leftovers and scraps, dig into those favorite fabrics, and transform all those unfinished projects!

Download or read book Quilt Your Own Adventure written by Amanda Carye and published by Blue Star Press. This book was released on 2023-04-11 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A choose-your-own-style quilt book featuring 30 quilt blocks, 7 quilt top layout formulas, and all the math done for you so you can focus on creating your own design! In this design-it-yourself quilt book, the quilter is in the driver’s seat, empowering you to decide what size, layout, and combinations of blocks you want to use to create your own one-of-a-kind quilt. Unlike a traditional book of quilt patterns, this book does not prescribe a design. Instead, Quilt Your Own Adventure gives you a range of block options that all work together so that you can pick and choose and mix and match those blocks to create your own unique design. The book encourages and supports you, the quilter, as you explore designing your own pattern, providing all the tedious legwork (a.k.a. the math) so that you can focus on creating a final design that is all your own. In addition there will also be a suite of pre-designed patterns as inspiration for anyone who prefers a little extra structure to start. Quilt Your Own Adventure includes: • 30 modern quilt block designs • 7 quilt top layout formulas • 7 patterns that you can follow or use to help inspire your own design • All the math & worksheets you need to get started • Instructions that are easy to follow for beginners and advanced beginners Whether you're a beginning quilter or an experienced maker looking for a fun, new challenge, Quilt Your Own Adventure will give you the confidence to create beautiful, modern quilts that are uniquely your own.

Download or read book Show Me How to Create Quilting Designs written by Kathy Sandbach and published by C&T Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2004-07-01 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You Don’t Need to be an Artist to Quilt Like One! Whether you want to tackle your stack of UFOs, or design the quilting as you plan your quilts, Kathy’s free-form quilting methods will give you the skills and confidence you need. You’ll learn how to decide what to quilt and where to quilt it - and have fun in the process! 6 projects give you lots of opportunities to practice your quilting skills. Find design inspiration in fabric, nature, gardens, and more! Turn your ideas into drawings, and turn drawings into continuous-line designs. Complete discussion of tools, supplies, and machine quilting basics.

Download or read book Quilting Adventures written by Amanda Carye and published by Blue Star Press. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pick-your-own-style quilt book featuring 30+ quilt blocks, 8 quilt top layout formulas, and all the math done for you so you can focus on creating your own design! In this design-it-yourself quilt book, the quilter is in the driver’s seat, empowering you to decide what size, layout, and combinations of blocks you want to use to create your own one-of-a-kind quilt. Unlike a traditional book of quilt patterns, this book does not prescribe a design. Instead, Quilting Adventures gives you a range of block options that all work together so that you can pick and choose and mix and match those blocks to create your own unique design. The book encourages and supports you, the quilter, as you explore designing your own pattern, providing all the tedious legwork (a.k.a. the math) so that you can focus on creating a final design that is all your own. In addition there will also be a suite of pre-designed patterns as inspiration for anyone who prefers a little extra structure to start. Quilting Adventures includes: • 30+ modern quilt block designs • 8 quilt top layout formulas • 9 patterns that you can follow or use to help inspire your own design • All the math & worksheets you need to get started • Instructions that are easy to follow for beginners and advanced beginners Whether you're a beginning quilter or an experienced maker looking for a fun, new challenge, Quilting Adventures will give you the confidence to create beautiful, modern quilts that are uniquely your own.

Download or read book The Quilt Design Coloring Workbook written by Thomas Knauer and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Quilt Design Coloring Workbook calls on an unlikely but exciting muse to help inspire quilt designers: modern art. More than 90 full-page ready-to-color design prompts invite quilters to try new color combinations and pattern experiments. Author Thomas Knauer’s innovative reimagining of quilt design highlights the very principles that threw the traditional art world into upheaval 100 years ago, such as prioritizing balance over symmetry and simplicity over realism. By stitching together modern art theory with hands-on design and coloring activities, this interactive workbook bursts at the seams with creativity.

Download or read book Beautiful Building Block Quilts written by Lisa Walton and published by C&T Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An exercise in modern, modular play, using time-honored quilt blocks and a combination of solid, batik and hand-dyed fabrics to make the quilts sing.” —Fabrications Quilting for You Author Lisa Walton shows you how to start with an easy quilt block like Four-Patch or Flying Geese, stitch it up in several different sizes, then build your blocks into striking improvised quilts with up-to-the-minute style using solids, batiks and hand dyed fabrics. The piecing couldn’t be easier, and the design possibilities are endless with two ways to play: make quilts exactly like the ones in the book, or learn to improvise your own unique creations. Includes 8 step-by-step complete quilt projects, 4 bonus projects, plus a gallery to inspire even more possibilities! “Lisa Walton presents her debut book sharing her technique of taking a simple geometric block, making it up into multiple sizes then joining those new modules together to create exciting and dynamic quilts. Also learn tips for using color and fabrics effectively.” —Australian Quilters Companion “Author Lisa Walton encourages quilters to make quilts using one simple shape in a variety of sizes. She starts with the simplest of blocks (Four-Patch and Flying Geese) and progresses to hand-dyeing fabrics and improvisational piecing.” —Quilts & More

Download or read book Flying Colors written by Gail Garber and published by C&T Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2010-11-05 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tips and techniques for unleashing the designer within and creating your own original quilts. Let your imagination take flight! Gail Garber teaches you step-by-step techniques to create your own unique quilt designs, or to make any of the five bonus projects in this book. Draft shapes such as Flying Geese, triangles, and diamonds to fill strips of fabric that weave in and out of your design. Easy paper-piecing instructions help you make all your designs more accurate, from landscapes to radiating sunlight to flowing ribbons. Links to full-size foundation patterns are included, plus a gallery of quilts made by Gail and her students. Learn how to make intriguing quilts with techniques for using free-form strips and shapes to create dimension, illusion, and flow. There’s no limit to the designs you can invent!

Download or read book Inspired to Design written by Elizabeth Barton and published by C&T Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2013 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Awaken your inner artist with this inspiring guide to the seven steps of designing successful art quilts. Celebrated quilter Elizabeth Barton shows you how to master every step, from finding sources of inspiration to creating a design and constructing the final quilt. Before you know it, you'll be designing quilts that are real works of art - even if you've never studied art before.

Download or read book Shape by Shape Free Motion Quilting written by Angela Walters and published by C&T Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get into shape: The ultimate visual guide for free-motion quilting in specific geometric shapes • Follow step-by-step illustrations to create more than 70 free-motion quilting designs to use in specific shapes, negative space, and borders • Features full-page quilt photos, close-up details of stitched designs, and a comprehensive visual index • Best-selling author Angela Walters takes you to the next level in free-motion quilting by showing you how to manipulate shapes into modern designs It's easy to plan your machine quilting - simply open Shape by Shape Free-Motion Quilting with Angela Walters and find creative inspiration on every page. User-friendly and visually exciting, the contents are first divided into three sections: Blocks, Negative Space, and Borders. Then, to make it even more accessible, the Blocks section is further organized by five shapes: Squares, Triangles, Circles, Diamonds, and Hexagons. With an illustrated index, more than 70 free-motion quilting designs, crystal-clear instructions, and gorgeous full-page photographs, this is the go-to resource you’ll want handy before starting any quilting project.

Download or read book Free Motion Combinations written by Christina Cameli and published by C&T Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2021-10-25 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confidently quilt multiple motifs Start free-motion combination quilting and take your projects to the next level with bestselling author Christina Cameli. Perfect for quilters who are comfortable with allover and repeated designs, this comprehensive guide will build upon these simple skills so that quilters have the confidence to combine designs the way professional quilters do. Learn essential skills like echoing, building up, following along, managing tight spots, moving around the piece, and so much more. Practice important allover designs (spirals, wavy meandering, branching, designs, paisleys, and pebbles) then start your combination journey with both simple and fancy motifs. Try your hand at these 30+ combined designs, and then move to create your very own custom designs and compositions. Combine simple and allover quilting designs that take quilts to the next level Build quilt skills with 30+ combined designs Learn to create infinite unique compositions