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Make Your Own Contemporary Quilts (Hachette General Reference)

by Paola Pieroni

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Award-winning international quilt makers designed the twenty projects included here, bringing both traditional and modern techniques-and a range of cultural influences-to each. Here are designs reminiscent of a country picnic, the bold lines of Matisse, vintage Swedish embroidery, the Ndebele women of Pretoria, the western Australian landscape. They're quilts made with Welsh wool, silk, linen, cotton, and velvet-a celebration of texture, color, and style. Features: Twenty quilts ranging in difficulty from award-winning designers in the U.S., Australia, Japan, South Africa, and the U.K. Step-by-step instructions, full-color photos, and templates for each quilt Comprehensive tools and materials sections Sewing skills and stitches directory Complete piecing and finishing instruction, by hand and machine… (more)
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Both a coffee table book and a serious crafting book, this volume has beautiful full-color photographs of the completed quilts with instructions on how to cut and assemble them. Several different techniques are used, showing how the same method can produce very different results. ( )
  drj | Dec 29, 2008 |
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[Introduction] We all know how much impact colour and pattern have on the interior of our homes, but in the last few years we have also come to really value the extra depth and pleasure that texture can contribute.
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Award-winning international quilt makers designed the twenty projects included here, bringing both traditional and modern techniques-and a range of cultural influences-to each. Here are designs reminiscent of a country picnic, the bold lines of Matisse, vintage Swedish embroidery, the Ndebele women of Pretoria, the western Australian landscape. They're quilts made with Welsh wool, silk, linen, cotton, and velvet-a celebration of texture, color, and style. Features: Twenty quilts ranging in difficulty from award-winning designers in the U.S., Australia, Japan, South Africa, and the U.K. Step-by-step instructions, full-color photos, and templates for each quilt Comprehensive tools and materials sections Sewing skills and stitches directory Complete piecing and finishing instruction, by hand and machine

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