Simple Start--Stunning Finish: Easy As 1. Fabric Secrets 2. Easy Piecing 3. Quilting Solutions

by Valori Wells

Overview

15 hip, quick-to-make quilts that get dramatic results from simple shapes and large-scale prints.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781571203786
Publisher:	C & T Publishing
Publication date:	10/30/2007
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	8.55(w) x 11.13(h) x 0.24(d)

About the Author

Valori Wells runs The Stitchin’ Post quilt shop with her mother, Jean Wells, and designs fabrics for Free Spirit Textiles. She lives in Sisters, Oregon.

Table of Contents

Foreword     4
Preface     5
Introduction     6
Straight Piecing
Floral Sorbet     9
Tips & Techniques: Choosing Large-Scole Prints     11
Vintage Floral     13
Tips & Techniques: Adding Strip-Pieced Details     16
Retro Romance     17
Tips & Techniques: Choosing Companion Colors     21
Daisy Mae     23
Tips & Techniques: Expanding Your Color Scheme     25
Painted Grass     27
Tips & Techniques: Using Value When Working With Solids     34
Yard Sale     35
Tips & Techniques: Creating Scrap-Bag Palettes     42
Curve Piecing/Circle Applique
Blossom     43
Tips & Techniques: Creating Quilting Designs     47
The Red Tree     49
Tips & Techniques: Using Blind-Hem-Stitch Applique     52
Zinnias     53
Tips & Techniques: Using Repetition     55
Circle Around     56
Tips & Techniques: Adding Interest by Varying the Design Elements     60
Effervescence     61
Tips & Techniques: Finding Inspiration     64
Cerulean Sands     65
Tips & Techniques: Combining Design Elements     68
Coming Home     69
Tips & Techniques: Using Accents     73
Paper-Piecing
Firefly     75
Tips & Techniques: Improving Your Paper-Foundation Piecing     82
Lily Pond     89
Tips & Techniques: Using Painterly Piecing     97
About the Author     95
Resources     95