Color and Composition for the Creative Quilter

What you’ve been waiting for - composition and color expained in clear, understandable language. Quilt 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. Traditional quilter? Art quilter? Improve ANY quilt with this book.

$24.95

Ghost Layers and Color Washes

Your quilts will gain an air of mystery with this innovative 3-step technique for adding layers of visual interest to representational quilts. Simple steps will take your quilts to a new artful level. 
Make a design based on a photo or drawing
Add a “ghost’ layer that is lighter or darker than the base block’s colors
Create a color wash that allows use of even more colors in the quilt.

$25.00

Isometric Perspective (C & T. Publishing)

Isometric design is a way of creating dimensional quilts based on the isometric grid. This book explains how to use grid graph paper and tracing paper to create illusions of space. There are over 10 lessons on different isometric blocks, 80 pages, 35 plates of Katie's and others quilts and a pattern for the popular "Nuts and Bolts" quilt. This title is out of print. Get these two titles: Isometric Perspective and 3 Dimesional Design reprinted by the author, spiral bound, for $25.00 EACH title.

$25.00

3 Dimensional Design

Three dimensional drafting and quilting in an easy to understand text. Included are lessons on drafting three dimensional shapes, tips on making accurate one of a kind templates, machine piecing pointers and 18 beautiful  plates of Katie's dimensional quilts Get these two titles: Isometric Perspective and 3 Dimesional Design reprinted by the author, spiral bound, for $25.00 EACH title.

$25.00

Mandala

A mandala is a magical, mystical, circular design made up of any triangular-shaped pieces: fitting together to make up the whole. All mandalas have a definite center or center point around which the design radiates. In this book you will learn to draft a basic mandala. This mandala may then be worked as a whole-cloth quilt or as a pieced quilt. The series on the front cover shows the four steps: drawing, enhancing with filler pattern, whole-cloth quilt, and pieced mandala. This book is designed for everyone. The novice or first-time quilter can pick up this book and by following the step-by-step instructions create a beautiful whole-cloth or pieced mandala quilt, while advanced quilters can use this book to expand their abilities as quilters and begin to design their own quilts in a new and fascinating way.

$25.00