Patchwork Sassaman Style

"Based on basic blocks and minimal piecing, [Sassaman] transforms personality prints into graphically bold quilt masterpieces. Using ... colour photos and detailed, easy-to-follow recipes, [she] walks readers through her ... process of selecting and combining colours and prints. ..."--Back cover.

Award-winning quiltmaker Jane Sassaman is known for her bold designs celebrating the energy and miraculous beauty of garden flowers and plants. Joy and enthusiasm radiate from every quilt! Now, in her first book, Jane shares her methods and inspirations.

Take quilts from so-so to stunning with irresistible embellishments! Pair traditional quilt blocks with colorful floral appliqué; then add sparkling embellishments for a spritz of glitz and glamour. Create eight projects that look like art quilts but are amazingly easy to piece and appliqué Choose from embellishments including metallic threads, luminous beads, iron-on crystals, and more Find basic techniques for free-motion machine quilting, raw-edge appliqué, and finishing touches

Celebrate blooms and more as these bestselling authors combine the love of gardening and quilting. Two versions of quilts are presented, plus many projects.

No-Sew (well, almost!) Art Quilts That YOU Can Create! YES YOU CAN create an art quilt this weekend! Engage your right brain with freewheeling collage techniques. Give your sewing machine a rest: no sewing needed except for quilting and binding. Design as you go - no measuring, no math! You can even fuse your way to finishing, binding, and displaying your art! PLUS find fun, no-quilt fabric collage projects. Eye-popping gallery of quilts by Caryl Bryer Fallert, Jane A. Sassaman, David Walker, and MORE.

These stylish "skinny" quilts are perfect for gift giving, technique trying, and indulging creative whims. Choose from 15 projects from Kaffe Fassett, Jane Sassaman, Marti Michell, Laura Wasilowski, and many more Display projects as table runners, wall quilts, mantel scarves--the sky's the limit! Find designs for every taste, from traditional beauties to appliqued wonders, plus a few artful adventures

Internationally-known, award-winning quilter Philippa Naylor has penned an autobiographical book detailing her extraordinary career as a quilt artist and teacher. Philippa is known for her intricate- ly designed quilts and her fans will find that same kind of meticulous detail in Quilting in the Limelight! Inside the pages of this vibrant, full-color book she shares all her secrets that will inform, inspire and instruct quilters. The personal history Philippa recounts provides great insight into her development as a quilt artist. As a child in England fascinated with sewing clothes for her dolls, Philippa grew up to enter the fast-paced, high-pressure world of fashion design. When she took quilting class on the suggestion of a friend, she never looked back. The author chronicles her journey from making quilts for fun, for herself, to making larger, more labor-intensive pieces to be exhibited. As she explains, it all evolved organically. From using someone else's traditional patterns to creating her own unique patterns, she moved on to creating templates for each pieced section of her quilts. Philippa's strong, dramatic quilt designs attract attention from a distance but also draw viewers in to see the fine work involved. As the bright detail.

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