| Description |
127 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Getting started. Tools of the trade ; Design is all around you ; Go easy on yourself -- Design basics for modern quilts. Inspiration and themes ; Creating balance ; Stabilize the design ; Using design to tell a story -- Designing with color. Choosing colors ; Create your own color theory ; Color works -- Finish the design with quilting. Quilting design ; Thinking of quilting ; Modern quilting -- Making the quilt: from design to reality. Attention to the details ; Bonus features of a grid ; Selecting fabrics ; Piecing techniques and design -- Projects. Grounded ; Moving through ; Around town ; Misprint. |
| Summary |
"Advice from an award-winning modern quilt designer about how to tackle designing, planning, piecing, quilting, and finishing a quilt that is all yours. The book includes instructions for three of Heather's modern quilts."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Patchwork -- Patterns.
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Quilting -- Patterns.
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Textile design, Abstract.
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| Genre |
Pattern books.
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| ISBN |
9781617459573 (trade paperback) |
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1617459577 (trade paperback) |
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