The Quilt Maniac's Playbook / Fuel for the Quilt Imagination [Paperback]

Nicole C. Chambers (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2001

Learn the secrets of developing your own unique eye for color and use this knowledge to improve your design skills with every quilt you make. There are no mind numbing rules to remember. Instead you get information you can relate to and ideas you can use to improve your quilting skills right now. Use The Quilt Maniac's Playbook to fuel your quilt imagination as you let your creativity sing!

Includes complete step-by-step instructions for 12 quilts ranging from queen to lap size and 6 table runners.

Editorial Reviews

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"... a must-have ... guidance in selecting the perfect combination of colors and prints to make eye-popping quilts." -- Quilt Works Today, June/July 2003

About the Author

Nicole Chambers is a quilt designer and teacher who is committed to encouraging all quilters to honor their unique creativity, always coaxing them to stretch their boundaries a little with every project. Before starting her pattern company, Nicole's Art to Live With in 1994; Nicole used her creative design and writing skills by working for many years as a Communications Specialist for a variety of companies. Although she thoroughly enjoyed this career, when she found herself sneaking quilting books into 'the office' in plain brown wrappers, it was time to reconsider her career path. It was then that she decided to turn her talents towards the quilting world.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Tiger Lily Press (May 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0970837518
• ISBN-13: 978-0970837516
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,173,024 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quilt Maniac's Playbook is not just another quilting book!, January 28, 2002

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Sylvia Landman (Novato, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Quilt Maniac's Playbook / Fuel for the Quilt Imagination (Paperback)

The Quilt Maniac's Playbook, Fuel for the Quilt Imagination by Nicole Chambers not just another quilting book.

Before reading the author's biographical information, it was clear that this book was written by a polished, professional writer with an imaginative use of language that makes her book a pleasure to read. Glancing at the first few color plates of her quilts, it is just as obvious that she is a meticulous quilter with a well-developed flair for color and design. All but three of the striking quilts in the chapter, Quilt Gallery, are designed and made by Nicole herself-a testament of her dedication to her own book.

Color is Only the Beginning presents thorough, easy to understand color fundamentals. Other teachers of color and design like me will find it refreshing in its approach. "Value is the Big Kahuna, the Big Cheese, the Big Daddy when it comes to color and design," the author declares. "How you use value will have a significant effect on how the colors will interact with one another." "...it's not surprising to find that contrast and unity are the central components of good design and the heart and soul of making good color choices," Nicole adds then proceeds to explain and illustrate these positions.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Color Inspiration, December 28, 2001

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DANI FLAIG (SEAL ROCK, OR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Quilt Maniac's Playbook / Fuel for the Quilt Imagination (Paperback)

This is a wonderful book full of inspiration for color selection written in a humorous easy-to-follow text. When you're done reading this you want to rush to the quilt shop and have fun choosing colors for the fabulous quilts in this book.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Quilt seminar in a book, August 3, 2006

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This review is from: The Quilt Maniac's Playbook / Fuel for the Quilt Imagination (Paperback)

If you would like some clear, creatively written information about using color in quilts, as well as some practical tips such as how to inexpensively make a personal design board, this is a great book. This is great book on basic color theory applied to quilting. If you already know a lot about color: intensity, value, etc., you won't find any surprises here.

My one disappointment--and I admit this is an issue of personal taste--is that with exception of the quilt on the cover, I was not excited about the quilts in the book. I found information, but not inspiration. However, it is very possible that another reader's tastes might allow them to find both.