Quilters can let their imaginations run wild as they discover surprisingly stress-free techniques to add and tame curves and angles to their creation. Exploring "no rules" improvisational methods, the guide teaches how to incorporate dimension and texture into quilts while transforming the ordinary into unique and distinctively shaped quilts with innovative fast finishes and faced bindings. Patterns are included to help quilters get started on the quest for total freedom and self-expression in quilt making.
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Vikki Pignatelli is a full-time, professional quilt artist, a designer, an international teacher, and the author of Quilting Curves. The founder and cochairwoman of the national biennial Sacred Threads Quilt Exhibition, she lives in Pickerington, Ohio.
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This book is a great resource for anyone who is making or has made the transition from traditional to freely expressed quilts. The author gives really clear instructions on how to form curves in both the quilt construction and the borders. The curves are all done with the topstitched method, using freezer paper, so there is no seam matching. Her own quilts are colourful and exuberant, and her passion comes through on every page. There are very clear instructions at each stage, and patterns for three small quilts to try out some of the ideas. It would not be suitable for complete beginners, but is not scarily difficult.
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Excellent details. This book helps to free you up, so that you can spend more time on the creative process. Once you master her techniques, your work just seems to flow.
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I prefer improvising and it really liberates my skills. Thanks for the useful tips to make it easier.
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Improvisational quilting is the freedom to create without boundaries. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
machine blind hemstitch, quilted base, stabilizer foundation, serrated tracing wheel, facing fabric, turned seam allowance, contrasting color strips, freezer paper edge, binding line, blending thread, freezer paper template, poppy center, strong chroma, sheer overlay, quilt top, valley curves, fabric foundation, seam allowance fabric, fabric pencil, envelope finish, backing fabric, contrasting strip, fabric seam allowance, freezer paper pattern, quilt surface Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Oriental Poppy, Spring Blossom, The Promise of Spring, English Ivy, Passages of the Spirit, Winter's Hostage, Field Poppies New!
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Improvisational quilting is the freedom to create without boundaries. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
machine blind hemstitch, quilted base, stabilizer foundation, serrated tracing wheel, facing fabric, turned seam allowance, contrasting color strips, freezer paper edge, binding line, blending thread, freezer paper template, poppy center, strong chroma, sheer overlay, quilt top, valley curves, fabric foundation, seam allowance fabric, fabric pencil, envelope finish, backing fabric, contrasting strip, fabric seam allowance, freezer paper pattern, quilt surface Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Oriental Poppy, Spring Blossom, The Promise of Spring, English Ivy, Passages of the Spirit, Winter's Hostage, Field Poppies New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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