Fearless Design For Every Quilter: Traditional & Contemporary - 10 Lessons - Creativity & CritiqueStock Up Your Creative Toolbox With Indispensable Quilt Design Techniques. Supercharge your creative spirit with 10 lessons in designing with fabrics-from basic design principles to finding new sources of inspiration. Take an artistic journey through the creative processes of 8 real-life quilters and learn with them as they work through a series of design challenges. Learn to experiment, evaluate results, and enhance your designs, working either by yourself or with a group. Use critique groups to improve your work with other quilters' insights. The lessons you'll learn in this inspiring workshop will help you bring new creativity to any style of quilting or fiber arts, whether your tastes are traditional or contemporary. It's a must for anyone who loves to design with fabric. |
Contents
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Meet the Students | 13 |
Design Principles and Elements | 16 |
Balance | 17 |
Asymmetrical Compositon and Value | 24 |
Using Images from Your Surroundings | 58 |
Maintaining Unity Using Panels | 64 |
Designing Borders and Quilting | 69 |
Designing and Working with Pattern | 75 |
Working in a Series | 80 |
Getting Started | 81 |
Student Series Work | 82 |
Summing Up | 90 |
Scale Value and Balance | 32 |
Identifying Value in Color | 39 |
Color | 44 |
Design Sources and Inspiration | 52 |
Using Words to Inspire a Design | 53 |
Starting Your Own Critique Group | 91 |
Some Final Words | 92 |
About the Authors | 95 |
Legal Page | 97 |
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