Ghost Layers & Color Washes: Three Steps to Spectacular Quilts
Editorial Reviews
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Resembling a pleasant confluence of watercolor painting and photo montage, Katie Pasquini Masopust's quilts are far from traditional. A compulsive picture-taker, Masopust developed a unique approach to quilt making based on her photos, layering shapes and colors of fabrics onto the design suggested by the original composition. In Ghost Layers & Color Washes, she shares the secrets of her innovative method, explaining the process of creating the base block, adding the ghost layer (abstract or geometric shapes that seem to float through the image), painting a simple watercolor wash on paper to suggest a color scheme, and combining all the layers into a cohesive design. She also explains color sorting, cutting and turning the appliqué pieces, sewing onto stabilizer, and machine quilting. One project guides readers through the steps of making a fruit-in-a-bowl quilt; several dozen quilts by the author and some of her students offer further ideas for exploring this fascinating technique. --Amy Handy
Book Description
8 1/2 x 11 175 color and 33 black-and-white illustrations US Distribution only crafts Make quilts gain an air of mystery with this innovative, three-step technique for adding layers of visual interest to representational quilts. In Ghost Layers & Color Washes, readers will discover, step by step, how to combine these three steps and: make a design based on a photo or drawing, add a "ghost" shape that is lighter or darker than the base block colors, and create a color wash that allows for more color use in a quilt. This valuable guide also includes "Katie's Seven-Step Program" for choosing perfect fabric combinations.
Ghost Layers & Color Washes: Three Steps to Spectacular Quilts
Ghost Layers & Color Washes: Three Steps to Spectacular Quilts,Katie Pasquini Masopust,C&T Publishing,1571201505,Color in textile crafts,Crafts & Hobbies,Crafts / Hobbies,Hobbies/Crafts,Quilting,Quilts & Quilting
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