Cindy Grisdela: Artful Improv | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781617452611 | Artful Improv | Cindy Grisdela | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert

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Beschreibung

Permission to play? Granted.

Learn to use simple design principles to create unique improvisational quilts. Without using patterns, learn 5 easy piecing techniques to add to your improvisational toolbox—angled stripes, circles, blocks, curved strips, and inset strips—and watch the art unfold before your eyes. Focus on color combos and negative space to discover your personal style, and then add dazzling texture with free-motion stitching. With finished art quilts as unique as you are, you’ll want to hang one in every room!

• Embrace your creative spirit! Practice improv quilting using 5 easy blocks, circles, and strip sets
• Design with negative space, color recipes, and even irregular edges
• Finish quilts with free-motion texture and sleeve-free wall hanging techniques

Über den Autor

Cindy Grisdela is an award-winning fiber artist with over 30 years of experience creating eye-catching quilts. She travels extensively all over the country teaching and lecturing to guilds and groups, and her quilts have been published in books and magazines. She lives in Reston, Virginia.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction How to Use This Book What is Improvisation? Getting Organized Sorting by Size and Color • What to Do with Scraps • Saving the Leftovers Creating a Color Recipe The Color Wheel • Using a Color Recipe • Increasing Your Color Confidence Elements and Principles of Design Elements of Design • Principles of Design • Using the Elements and Principles of Design as You Work Working Improvisationally Creating a Design Wall •Auditioning Designs • Give it Time Building Blocks for Improv Angled Stripes Improv Circles Improv Blocks Curved Strips Inset Strips Putting It All Together Learning to Love Negative Space Creating Balance • Adding Texture Quilt as Desired Hand Stitching • Machine Stitching • A word About Thread Finishing Touches To Bind or Not to Bind? • Facings • Dealing with Irregular Edges • Alternatives to Sleeve and Slat Hanging Resources About the Author

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2016
Genre:	Importe
Produktart:	Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik:	Hobby & Freizeit
Thema:	Basteln & Handarbeiten
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781617452611
ISBN-10:	1617452610
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Grisdela, Cindy
Hersteller:	C&T Publishing
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	279 x 215 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Cindy Grisdela
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.11.2016
Gewicht:	0,402 kg