Inspirations in Design for the Creative Quilter

Inspirations in Design for the Creative Quilter
Author: Katie Pasquini Masopust
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2011
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1607051958

- Learn 10 different techniques to create art quilts by interpreting still life arrangements - Unlock your inner artist with Katie's abstracting techniques - Use a variety of art supplies to create designs that have personal meaning for you - Includes inspiring student work created in Katie's popular workshops

Inspirations in Design for the Creative Quilter

Inspirations in Design for the Creative Quilter
Author: Katie Pasquini Masopust
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2011-08-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1607052083

As a best-selling author and teacher, Katie draws on her two passions-art studies and art quilts-to create abstract quilts that are inspired by still life compositions. In this book you'll learn how you can assemble a still life arrangement from your favorite items at home and transform it into an art quilt, even if you've never considered yourself to be an artist. With Katie by your side, you will succeed!

1000 Quilt Inspirations

1000 Quilt Inspirations
Author: Sandra Sider
Publisher:
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2015-04
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 159253984X

A collection of one thousand quilt details showing how others utilize color and design elements to craft creative pieces.

Art Quilt Collage

Art Quilt Collage
Author: Deborah Boschert
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2016-09-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1617452858

How to get from "start" to "art" Make treasured art quilts from bits of cloth, stitched motifs, and painted details. Dip your toes into the world of art quilting with mixed-media techniques, practice exercises, checklists, and work-along projects presented using 8 design guides. This visual, step-by-step guide will help you unlock your own artistic vision as you quilt in a series, finish small art pieces, and incorporate meaningful symbols into your work. • Tap into your creative muse! Art quilt inspiration, techniques, and checklists presented in 8 easy-to-use design guides • Uncomplicated, visual guide to fabric collage with practice pieces to help you gain expertise • Tell your own artistic story with colors, materials, and beloved symbols

Journey to Inspired Art Quilting

Journey to Inspired Art Quilting
Author: Jean Wells
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2012-07-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1607055813

Discover your artistic voice Expand your creative horizons and embrace the process of developing your design skills using your own intuition. Jean provides you with more design guidelines and new exercises to hone your natural intuitive skills, then she encourages you to go out there and express yourself! Packed with inspiring quilt images, this book walks you through effective approaches to art quilting from journaling your ideas to unifying your design. • Continue your art quilting journey with Jean in this follow up to Intuitive Color & Design • Learn how to recognize those "big ideas" that become inspirational starting points for your art • 9 classroom-tested design assignments help you trust your creative instincts and develop distinctive work

Artful Improv

Artful Improv
Author: Cindy Grisdela
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 99
Release: 2016-10-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1617452629

“Do away with patterns and embrace your creative spirit with this vibrant and fun book.” —Quilting Arts With simple design principles, you can create unique improvisational quilts. Without using patterns, learn five easy piecing techniques for your improvisational toolbox (including circles, blocks, and strips), and watch the art unfold before your eyes. Focus on color combos and negative space to discover your personal style—and then add dazzling texture with free-motion quilting. Also included is information on hanging finished art quilts without a sleeve, plus tried and true improv tips to encourage creative play.

Color and Composition for the Creative Quilter

Color and Composition for the Creative Quilter
Author: Katie Pasquini Masopust
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 85
Release: 2010-11-05
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1607053780

Art lessons every quilter will love. Traditional quilter? Art quilter? Improve ANY quilt with this book! Quick no-sew design exercises to make your talents shine. Build a color wheel from fabric to learn color principles. Discover the easy "Nine-Patches" of color and composition.

The Creativity Project

The Creativity Project
Author: Colby Sharp
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2018-03-13
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0316507784

Book advocate Colby Sharp presents more than forty beloved, award-winning, diverse and bestselling authors and illustrators in a creative challenge! Colby Sharp invited more than forty authors and illustrators to provide story starters for each other; photos, drawings, poems, prose, or anything they could dream up. When they received their prompts, they responded by transforming these seeds into any form of creative work they wanted to share. The result is a stunning collection of words, art, poetry, and stories by some of our most celebrated children book creators. A section of extra story starters by every contributor provides fresh inspiration for readers to create works of their own. Here is an innovative book that offers something for every kind of reader and creator!

Drafting for the Creative Quilter

Drafting for the Creative Quilter
Author: Sally Collins
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2010-11-05
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1607051427

The master quilting teacher presents the ultimate reference guide for drafting your own quilt designs—including 3 projects to test your skills! Quilt artist Sally Collins has helped countless quilters unleash their creative vision by sharing her vast knowledge of drafting. In this comprehensive guide, she offers detailed instructions on how to draft your own quilt blocks based on grids, circles, and various kinds of stars; how to design using mirrors, graph paper, pencil, and calculator; how to create your own variations of traditional blocks; and much more. The three projects featured in this volume are presented in order of difficulty so you can test new skills as you learn. With Sally’s easy methods, you will gain the confidence you need to draft and design your own creative ideas.