Celtic Pieced Illusions [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Karen Combs (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2006

Piecework enthusiasts rejoice! Now great Celtic designs can be created with only two simple blocks. Quilters traditionally use appliqué to create Celtic designs. Instead, Karen has translated knot work into pieced patterns. She found she can create many Celtic designs with two, three, or more blocks, so the possibilities are unlimited. Famous for her use of color and color illusion, the author shows how to use color, texture, and value to add excitement to Celtic quilts. She shares her simple design concepts for those who want to design their own Celtic quilts, while providing piecing tips, pressing options, and quilting ideas. Even beginning quiltmakers can tackle these colorful quilt patterns. Teaching tips and lesson plans are included for quilt teachers and shop owners.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Karen Combs has a winner with Celtic Pieced Illusions. The designs are beautiful and it's very surprising to find you can make them with only two or three different blocks. It's all in the way they are arranged. Karen even has instructions in the back of the book for teaching one of the designs...a lesson plan for quilt teachers. Great idea that I wish would show up in more books. -Sandra Olson

About the Author

Karen Combs is an internationally-known quilter, teacher, author, and designer whose students nominated her for Quilt Teacher of the Year in 1995 and 2000. In high demand as a teacher (she began teaching quilting in 1989), Karen encourages her students, makes learning fun, and makes the complex easy to understand! Karen is fascinated with optical illusions in quilts, a fascination that has become the subject of her many workshops, magazine articles, and books.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: American Quilter's Society; Ill edition (September 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1574329162
• ISBN-13: 978-1574329162
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #171,107 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy Celtic Knot piecing, February 12, 2007

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Ingrid (South Dakota) - See all my reviews

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Karen Combs makes easy work of piecing Celtic Knot quilts. A lovely quilt can be made using only two simple blocks with the incorporation of an array of beautiful colors. This is a perfect book for beginning and intermediate quilters.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Geometry in Motion, January 16, 2007

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Mary Lynne Turner (Brockport, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Celtic Pieced Illusions (Paperback)

The possibilities for designing are endless with the help of this book. Karen Combs has selected wonderful illustrations showing some of the options using her clever methods. I have begun the first project from the book, and I was placing the squares down on the dining room table by memory, thinking that I knew what I was doing. Didn't I come up with a new desgin? Karen assures us that this is not wrong. Her ideas about color and "busy fabrics" are very helpful. I now have to work on my precision cutting and piecing to do it all justice!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great New Concept for Quilters!, May 20, 2007

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Sandra Olson (Iowa, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Celtic Pieced Illusions (Paperback)

Karen Combs has a winner with Celtic Pieced Illusions. The designs are beautiful and it's very surprising to find you can make them with only two or three different blocks. It's all in the way they are arranged.

Karen even has instructions in the back of the book for teaching one of the designs...a lesson plan for quilt teachers. Great idea that I wish would show up in more books.