Impressionist Appliqué: Exploring Value & Design to Create Artistic QuiltsDiscover the secret behind show-stopping painterly quilts: “Invaluable advice on creating successful compositions.” —Machine Quilting Unlimited Grace Errea and Meridith Osterfeld share their art quilting expertise by demonstrating the impact of value on a quilt—it creates a focal point, develops dimensionality, changes a mood, and creates a painterly effect. Explore the unexpected and making your quilt becomes a dreamlike experience in which the sea ebbs and flows in shades of fire, and feathered creatures evoke cotton candy softness. Impressionist Appliqué includes links to full-size patterns for five projects and features three appliqué techniques: turned-edge, raw-edge, and free-edge. |
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Impressionist Applique: Exploring Value and Design to Create Artistic Quilts Grace Errea,Meridith Osterfeld No preview available - 2012 |
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applique piece art piece art quilts background fabric ballpoint pen beak and eyes binding bobbin border bottom clear nylon thread color family Cotton swabs Craft knife Creamsicle Dawn create Dan Snipes dark darker dashed lines Eagle eight values foam core board focal point freezer-paper pattern freezer-paper template Grace Errea Gray Scale green hem stitch Join light lighter lightest master quilt pattern Melodic Swan Morning Glory Orange Orange Periodic Table petticoat netting Photo by Dan Photo by Grace Photo by Meridith Piece 60 Popsicle Sunset poster board quilt top raw-edge applique reflection saturated sewing shape Sharpie marker side silk pins Snipes squares stash Sunset and Creamsicle Table of Value tints tl'lC tone-on-tone fabrics toned trees tulle turned edges turned-edge applique Tuscan Sunset V4 Yellow V5 Orange V7 Blue V7 Violet Value in Color value number viewer vinyl overlay White Vl White Yellow/Ochre