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Optical Illusions Quilt Designs by Sharon Cerny Ogden Pdf
Prize collection of 44 patterns — each a striking source of dazzling, royalty-free designs — includes such lively motifs as Tumbling Blocks, Farmer's Daughter, Card Trick, Indiana Puzzle, and Corn and Beans. Each pattern is depicted in a full quilt along with an isolated block to delineate design's basic structure. Invaluable sourcebook for graphic artists, quilters, and craftspeople.
Author : Nine Top Designers Publisher : C&t Publishing / Kansas City Star Quilts Page : 0 pages File Size : 43,9 Mb Release : 2014-09 Category : Optical illusions in art ISBN : 1611691362
Nine modern quilters accepted our challenge: Design a quilt with a strong optical illusion that is distinctively modern. The result is this book, filled with nine exciting quilt designs.
The world of optical illusions has fascinated artists for centuries, and quiltmaker Karen Combs has been intrigued by them for years. In Optical Illusions for Quilters, she unravels the mysteries of optical illusions as applied to quilting, some of them for the first time. Masterpiece quilts are used to explain each illusion and quilters are shown how to apply these principles to their work. Though Karen's focus is on quilting, these principles can be applied to other creative mediums. In an easy to understand manner, she encourages readers to use their imaginations, listen to their inner voices, and apply their new knowledge as they become masters of illusions.
Stunning 3-D Quilts Simplified by Ruth Ann Berry Pdf
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
The award-winning quilter and appliqué designer brings fine art principles to 12 stunning quilts in this surprisingly simple step-by-step guide. Casey York pushes creative boundaries in the quilting world with her graphic, contemporary designs and patterns. In Modern Appliqué Illusions, she combines easy quilting methods with the fine art secrets of depth and perspective to create modern quilted optical illusions. Though these sophisticated look like museum pieces, they are designed for everyday use. In Modern Appliqué Illusions, you will learn to create landscapes that recede into the distance, objects that look three-dimensional, even fish that seem to swim underwater—all with easy raw-edge appliqué and straight-line machine quilting! Hand stitching finishes the appliqué with a clean look that still has a handmade feeling.
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Piecework enthusiasts rejoice] Now great Celtic designs can be created with only two simple blocks. Quilters traditionally use appliquÞ to create Celtic designs. Instead, Karen has translated knot work into pieced patterns. She found she can create many Celtic designs with two, three, or more blocks, so the possibilities are unlimited. Famous for her use of color and color illusion, the author shows how to use color, texture, and value to add excitement to Celtic quilts. She shares her simple design concepts for those who want to design their own Celtic quilts, while providing piecing tips, pressing options, and quilting ideas. Even beginning quiltmakers can tackle these colorful quilt patterns. Teaching tips and lesson plans are included for quilt teachers and shop owners. OUT OF PRINT
Quilt along with Christa using walking-foot or free-motion techniques to create fabulous quilts--from start to finish--on your home sewing machine. Award-winning quilter Christa Watson shows you how with 8 different walking-foot designs and 10 free-motion quilting motifs, plus 12 inventive patterns to put all the quilting techniques to use! Go beyond quilting in the ditch--quilt parallel lines, radiating lines, and shattered lines as you turn straight stitches into walking-foot wonders that wow! Love the look of free-motion quilting but not sure where to begin? Start with simple stipples and expand your repertoire to include wandering waves, boxes, pebbles, loops, and many more. Discover Christa's top tips for machine-quilting success and learn to use quilting designs to enhance each part of the quilt, whether you're making a baby quilt, wall quilt, or throw.
With clear step-by-step demonstrations and colour photographs of the finished quilts, Celia Eddy sets out a range of simple techniques based on perspective, circles, grids, interlacing and transparency to show the reader how to produce quilts full of visual impact.
Quilting Illusions by Celia Eddy,Murdoch Books Pty Limited Pdf
Quilting is a fine art, and this instructive, beautifully designed volume carries that art to new heights. Eye-fooler quilts play with our sight and imagination, creating wonderful illusions in shapes and colors. Though complex to look at, these quilts are surprisingly easy to make when quilters are given sound direction. Here are instructions for more than 40 dazzling designs, the patterns falling into the following major divisions: * Perspective and 3D effects * Circles * Grids * Interlacing patterns * Counterchange * Transparency effects Here too are general instructions for making any quilt, with details on necessary tools and equipment, suggested fabrics and colors, the use of grids and templates, methods of sew-ing, instruction on assembling pieces, and techniques for finishing. Readers will also find a helpful list of resources for materials, as well as a bibliography and a glossary. Here's a book that deserves a place in every sewing enthusiast's personal library. More than 250 color illustrations.
Learn to love curves by using the quilting technique that creates captivating waves and zigzags from straight stitches and patches. Bargello quilts consist entirely of straight seams and rectangular pieces, yet create mesmerizing optical illusions. It may look complex, but any beginner quilter who can sew a straight seam can master the necessary skills. It’s also a technique that’s easy to complete quickly and with confidence, thanks to precut jelly rolls and author Karin Hellaby’s clear how-to instructions. Discover this addictive technique as you work through beautiful patterns for pillows, a quilt bag, wall hangings, table toppers, and lap quilts. Karin works with both solid and printed fabrics, varying her color palette from monochromatic to colorful. She also explores the impact of offset seams for gentle curves and matched seams for dramatic arcs. With helpful tips throughout and coordinating photography, achieve stunning quilts using this fascinating technique!
