Glorious Patchwork: More Than 25 Glorious Quilt Designs

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Besides this quilting class, I have also taken and written about a quilt class with Empty Spools as well as the Judy Niemeyer Quiltworx class that I took at her retreat house in Montana. We make fabric packs for many of the quilts featured in Kaffe Fassett's books: Quilts In Wales, Quilts in an English Village, Quilts in Burano, Quilts in the Cotswolds, Quilts in America, Heritage Quilts, Quilts by the Sea and Kaffe Fassett in the Studio . The high level of intensity and energy that he maintained all day despite having passed the age of 80 was incredible. Attendees were here from many different European countries, as well as other areas of the Middle East. Every chapter includes projects with varying difficulty, so beginners and experienced quilters alike can replicate the masterpiece quilts inside.

He had made his mark as a designer in the knitting and fashion world when his very first ever knitting project was featured in the Vogue Knitting magazine. In my case, a rainbow of colors was too much for this design – he recommended I decide on either a warm or cool palette and rhen go from there.During his keynote address Kaffe shared his life story and his many sources of inspiration in a talk appropriately entitled “Colour Lecture”. The colors should “tumble down” gently from top to bottom – your eye should not be drawn to a specific row yet there should be some excitement to the eye as well. The book is divided into five chapters by colour themes: gentle Soft Pastels, bold and brassy Circus hues, fresh Leafy Gardens, alluring Antique Stone Colours and rich Renaissance tones.

He highlighted what he loved about each quilt using words that were also emphasized with large, expressive whole-body gestures. Used books have different signs of use and might not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. It is imaginatively photographed in lovely, scenic places and would be a fun book to find on a guest-room bedside table. But making a Kaffe Fassett quilt in a class taught by the master of “Glorious Color” brings you up close and personal to his creative genius. What I really like is that Fasset's choice of colors makes wonderful use of simple patchwork designs such that the designs themselves become only a background for new, shimmering combinations of fabrics.With this lavish book Kaffe Fassett delves into an exciting new textile arena, injecting elegance and richness into the contemporary quilting world.