This is a book for grownup quilters. It's a book for the many accomplished quilters who are not looking for yet another project book with pages of detailed elementary instructions on how to make someone else's quilt. Rather, it's intended for quilters who are seeking ideas and inspiration for their own work. In my quilt related travels, I've had the pleasure of meeting many such veteran quilters. This book was also developed to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of my Beaver Island Quilt Retreats (BIQR). Quilters who come to these retreats come with the expectation that they will be provided with an abundance of ideas which will help them design their own original work. The new works in this book were made specifically to provide ideas and inspiration to support the 2008 BIQR theme of making abstract quilts in solids.
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More great ideas from Gwen Marston,
By BookEater "electricdunce" (Maine) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ideas and Inspirations: Abstract Quilts in Solids (Paperback)
This is, as Gwen points out in the introduction, a book for adult quilters. There are no instructions, just beautiful photographs of quilts. Many are made by Gwen and she mentions the things and quilts that inspired her. Not many people quilt with solid colors anymore, so it is a real treat to see how beautiful and striking these colors can be. You will not be disappointed in this book, it is a dazzler! It has been printed on high quality paper which really allows the reader to appreciate the depth of the colors and designs. Apparently if ordered from some sites, you will receive a copy printed on cheaper, matte paper. I would recommend going to Gwen's web page and ordering from her to make sure you get the properly printed copy of this gem.
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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Not enough content for the price!,
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This review is from: Ideas and Inspirations: Abstract Quilts in Solids (Paperback)
Amazon price at this time is $21.79. 8.2 inches by 8.2 inches and only 68 pages!! (This count includes the flyleaves.) Feels like a children's book, or a pretty class handout for a week-long class. Each quilt appears in two photos on facing pages--one is a detail, not very close up, but about the same size, which doesn't really add information--so we could have seen twice as many quilts! The brief text is anecdotal, contributing not much more than the pure pictorial. The attractive quilts are largely variations on a theme.For a much richer experience, try Intuitive Color and Design by Jean Wells (currently available from Amazon for $18.45) which has a similar aesthetic and 96 larger pages sized 10.7 by 8.4 inches. This artist uses many solid color, or almost-solid-color fabrics. She discusses in detail the design process. Her many ideas in this area should be very helpful as you design your own quilts. I am spending hours with this book already, and feel I have not yet mastered the content and the helpful suggestions. There is a variety and richness to the quilts, which have a similar free-form and abstract quality to the smaller, more expensive, less useful book.
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Major disappointment,
By Maggie Mae (Alexandria, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ideas and Inspirations: Abstract Quilts in Solids (Paperback)
For the first time ever, I am really disappointed in a book. Most have redeeming values somewhere. Not this one.To begin with, it is 8.5 x 8.5 inches square. Little It is short -- so short, the editor decided to not include page numbers nor a table of contents, and I will not take the time to count the pages, but it is less than 30, I'll bet. There are less than 8 pages of copy -- maybe, and I'm including boilerplate pages, title page, the titles and two line explanations of the quilts, and the font size is large, too. It is expensive -- $21 for this?! I'm sorry to say it is a rip off.
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