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Design Explorations for the Creative Quilter

Ten can't-miss design techniques for art quilters.

Bring out your inner artist- explore ten approaches to designing art quilts with world-renowned teacher Katie Pasquini Masopust. Techniqes that work for everyone, from beginner to advanced.

Katie Pasquini Masopust

Teaches You Simple Steps to Dynamic Art Quilts

DVD

Color and Composition for the Creative Quilter

What you’ve been waiting for - composition and color expained in clear, understandable language. Quilt no-sew design exercises to make your talents shine. Build a color wheel from fabric to learn color principles. Discover the easy "Nine-Patches" of color and composition. Traditional quilter? Art quilter? Improve ANY quilt with this book.

	Kit for Color and Compostion book, all the fabric fused and ready to use for the exercises in this book.
	$75.00

Ghost Layers and Color Washes
This book is out of print and has been reprinted by the author.

Your quilts will gain an air of mystery with this innovative 3-step technique for adding layers of visual interest to representational quilts. Simple steps will take your quilts to a new artful level.
Make a design based on a photo or drawing
Add a “ghost’ layer that is lighter or darker than the base block’s colors
Create a color wash that allows use of even more colors in the quilt.

Fractured Landscapes: (C & T. Publishing)
This book is out of print and has been reprinted by the author.

Katie has changed her style once again. She is doing landscapes that are broken up or "fractured" to make them more surreal. The pieces are machined quilted in the fractured section for ease of construction. Over 80 photos of Katie's and her students landscape quilts. Even a pattern to get you started.

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Isometric Perspective (C & T. Publishing)
This book is out of print, this is a Xerox spiral bound copy

Isometric design is a way of creating dimensional quilts based on the isometric grid. This book explains how to use grid graph paper and tracing paper to create illusions of space. There are over 10 lessons on different isometric blocks, 80 pages, 35 plates of Katie's and others quilts and a pattern for the popular "Nuts and Bolts" quilt.

This title is out of print. Get these two titles: Isometric Perspective and 3 Dimesional Design reprinted by the author, spiral bound, for $25.00 EACH title.

3 Dimensional Design
This book is out of print, this is a Xerox spiral bound copy

Three dimensional drafting and quilting in an easy to understand text. Included are lessons on drafting three dimensional shapes, tips on making accurate one of a kind templates, machine piecing pointers and 18 beautiful plates of Katie's dimensional quilts

Get these two titles: Isometric Perspective and 3 Dimesional Design reprinted by the author, spiral bound, for $25.00 EACH title.

The Contemporary Sampler (Dover)

Katie provides expert advice on how to design and put together your own contemporary sampler quilt. The novice will learn how to miter, applique, piece blocks together (by hand or machine), create borders, bind, finish and even hang the finished projects. More experienced quilters will want to use the guide as a design workbook, selecting traditional pattens, photos of 23 completed quilts that incorporate a variety of design created by using these inspired methods.

Mandala (Dover)

Mandala is over 100 pages, 37 beautiful color plates, over 225 diagrams and illustrations and comprehensive charts. This book is designed for everyone, the novices as well as the advanced quilter. Easy to follow step-by-step instruction on how to draw, choosing colors, easy sewing methods, quilting and binding.