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Color and Composition for the Creative Quilter: Improve Any Quilt with Easy-to-Follow Lessons

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I took a basic color and design class at a community college about a decade ago. We worked through similiar exercises to those in this book, but with paper, not with fabric as in this book. If you have wanted to take a basic color and design class at a college but don't have the time or resources, this is an excellent book. The only thing I like better about the college class is that you have a real person demanding your homework!

If you hated homework you won't like this book, but if you are willing to follow the instructions and trust the authors to lead you to new skills, you will come away from the lessons in this book with a better understanding of drawing and coloring ways to add to your personal style of making art quilts. I will do this and look forward to the experience!

As a quilter I'd skip this book completely and simply purchase Design Explorations for the Creative Quilter: Easy-to-Follow Lessons for Dynamic Art Quilts by Katie Pasquini Masopust. Some of this content is also in that book. If you want the right brain drawing info go for the Betty Edwards book. Katie does a much better job on her own in Design Explorations, than in this joint venture.

Learn some new ways iof looking at color ar expand what you think you know. Lovely ideas and great things to put into use.

I have have loaned many sewing/quilting books to friends; this one is always on 'short loan' as I need to revise regularly. One friend had my book for so long that I bought her a copy as a gift.
The lessons on colour and composition realy should be your starting place in all your quilts. These two aspects can 'make or break' a design in any art form.
I strongly recommend this book to anyone starting out. It will help them make decisions that are important to creative work. Disusions on colour schemes and choices are included.
Dorothy

This book shows step by step how to achieve great success using color and pattern to their best advantage, the author keeps the book interesting and lively and it should be in every quilter's library and well used.