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Transparency Quilts Due out in January 2012, our latest book, Transparency Quilts, is a follow-up to Quilts Made Modern. In it you’ll learn how to use traditional piecing techniques to create quilts with layered translucent and transparent effects. By distinguishing and balancing the subtleties of color in your fabrics, you can achieve remarkable results. Discover how the visual relationships between different colors make all the difference in your quilts. |
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Quilts Made Modern $29.95 Call us at 708-445-1817 to order your signed copy! 160 pages of quilting A to Z. There are 10 never-before-seen patterns using a wide variety of techniques. In addition to pieced quilts, we show you how to tackle hand applique as well as machine applique. There are designs for solids as well as those for large-scale prints. We still design with some tone-on-tones in mind as we did in Modern Quilt Workshop but there are also hand dyes and wovens in the book. Weeks spent eight months hand-quilting one of the quilts because we wanted to show you a modern twist on quilting by hand. There’s even a modern take on reproduction feedsack prints. We felt that it was important for the images to create an ambiance for the collection of quilts so we hired a commercial photographer to do styled shots of each of the quilts. To show the reader the crossover appeal to these designs, we shot the quilts in three different homes: a1914 bungalow, a modern loft and a 1920s apartment. You'll see the timelessness of these designs and be able to imagine how great they’d look in your home, whatever the era. |
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The Modern Quilt Workshop shows novice and expert quilters alike new ways of planning, designing, and constructing contemporary quilts. It takes you through every step of making 15 original quilts, encouraging and challenging you along the way. Follow the step-by-step diagrams and you'll be mastering new design concepts and innovative techniques with each new project. $21.99, signed by Bill and Weeks. Call us at 708-445-1817 to order your copy today! There are a couple corrections we've found that you can download as a text file by clicking here.
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We've
just received copies of Quiltmaker's Color Workshop. It is a revised,
expanded version of our book Color Harmony for Quilts. It contains
the entire contents of Color Harmony for Quilts plus an additional
28 pages with four new FunQuilts patterns and discussion on selecting fabrics
for your quilts. The book shows how great quilts, ranging from traditional
to contemporary, use color to support a "Big Idea" or design intention.
In addition to the 36 beautiful quilts featured there are 15 individual
and group explorations to help you with your understanding and use of color.
The original Color Harmony for Quilts is available in France and
Canada as Guide de la Couleur en Patchwork and in German as Farbharmonie
fur Quilts. $24.99,
signed by Bill and Weeks. Call us at 708-445-1817 to order your copy today! |
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Readers
of Color Harmony for Quilts have told us they love how we analyzed
the colors of each quilt. In the book we plot the color palette on color
wheels to show the color relationships. We
are now offering color wheel worksheets. Each set includes twelve 4"x5"
sheets with color wheels printed on each side. $5 per set of 12. Postage
is included in price. We
offer a bulk package of 100 color wheel worksheets for teachers who wish
to use these for teaching color theory. $20 per set of 100. For
shipping and ordering information please click.
For international orders, please email. |
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Our
notecards are a celebration of contemporary quiltmaking. In the same way
that 19th century quiltmakers drew inspiration from their daily lives,in
designing blocks such as Anvil and Log Cabin, we design quilts expressive
of our era. Each pack of twelve cards features three each of four classic
FunQuilts designs: Raindrops, Pick Up Sticks, Spring Rain, and Jewel Box.
The cards are blank on the inside and have the story of each quilt on the
back. Set
of 12 cards, regularly $12 on sale for $10 For
shipping and ordering information please click.
For international orders, please email. |
