Creative quilt challenges : take the challenge to discover your style & improve your design skills

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Are you ready to take the challenge? Embark on a creative journey to design the kind of quilts you've always wanted to make! Proving that two minds are better than one, experienced quilters Wendy Hill and Pat Pease take on 7 quilt challenges, including designing a new twist on an old block and quilting with unconventional materials. Sew alongside them-by yourself, with a friend, or in a group-as you nurture your own voice of self-expression. Learn new tools, tricks, and techniques, including two-sided binding for two-sided quilts and satin stitching that is sure to impress! Read more... Abstract: Are you ready to take the challenge? Embark on a creative journey to design the kind of quilts you've always wanted to make! Read more... Content: Front Cover Dedication Acknowledgments Contents Introduction: Challenge Yourself The Challeneges of Challenge Quilts Challenge #1 Reimagine an Old Block with a New Twist Bright Hopes 2: Using Bright Hopes block improvisationally Stepping Out: Deconstructing White House steps blocks Challenge #2: The Value of Value ColorBlind: Using value to create and play with pattern Marsh Scene: Using value to set the mood Challenge #3: Snow Strings: Using a monochromatic color scheme to incorporate the unlikely material Cairn Study 3: Using color to accentuate the unlikely material. Challenge #4:Pass it Back and Forth and Do Not Speak Silent Reflection: Using repetition to unify the elements in one quilt Square Dance: Using repetition to unify the elements in a triptych Challenge #5 The Collection Echino Yet Again: Using a collection of Echino fabrics Ripple Effect: Using a collection of contemporary Japanese fabrics Challenge #6 Invent Your Own Challenge Color Blinded Again: Keeping it simple One Orange Dot: Focusing on circles Challenge #7 Mix It Up Cut Up: Painting, stamping, and raw-edge construction. Confluence: Surface stitching, thread, texturing, and creating new fabricSpecial Techniques Reversible Double-Fold Binding Machine Topstitched Binding Facing Finish Free-Form Sawtooth Stars Inset Squares Pressing Advice and Seam Treatments Quilting-As-You-Sew:Two Ways Quilting-as-You-Sew with Seam Covers Quilting-as-You-Sew to Batting Professional-Looking Satin-Stitched Edge Finish Thread Texturing, Surface Stitching, and Satin-Stitched Triangles Using Zippers in Your Quilts More Challenge Quilts About the Authors Resources eMarketing Pages eLegal Page Back Cover.