Casting Shadows: Creating Visual Dimension in Your Quilts

Casting Shadows: Creating Visual Dimension in Your Quilts

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Book Description
• Step-by-step directions for different types of surface design

• Use familiar techniques to create all-new effects

Shadows make quilts pop! Five projects and six design techniques let quilters creat blocks and motifs that seem to float above the surface or recede into the background, using familiar methods such as color, value, piecing, and appliqué. Quilters of the world, stop hiding in the shadows and learn to love them!

About the Author
Colleen Wise, an engineer and quilter, teaches and exhibits her award-winning work around the world. An expert on creating the illusion of three-dimensions on a two-dimensional surface, she lives in Puyallup, WA.

Casting Shadows: Creating Visual Dimension in Your Quilts,Colleen Wise,C&T Publishing,1571202951,Applique,Appliquâe,Crafts & Hobbies,Crafts / Hobbies,Hobbies/Crafts,Patchwork,Patterns,Quilt Making,Quilting,Quilts & Quilting

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