Table Of Content

Table of Contents Page: 3 Introduction Page: 4 Step 1: Inspirations and Design Sketches Page: 6 Getting Started Page: 6 Exercise: Think about Your Inspiration Page: 13 Generating Designs Page: 14 Exercise: Discovering Interesting Crops Page: 18 Exercise: Crops Multiplied Page: 18 Exercise: Using Grids Page: 20 Exercise: Cut, Combine, Rearrange Page: 21 Exercise: Positive and Negative Shapes Page: 23 Exercise: Using Your Favorite Shape Page: 25 Exercise: Freehand Drawing Page: 25 Exercise: Make it Your Own Page: 27 Exercise: Musical Inspiration Page: 28 Exercise: Word Games Page: 29 Exercise: Take a Walk Page: 30 Step 2: Size, Shape, and Structure Page: 31 Size and Shape Page: 31 Structure Page: 33 Designing Structures Page: 34 Step 3: Depth and Space Page: 40 Deep or Shallow Page: 40 Devices for Creating the Illusion of Depth Page: 41 Perspective Page: 44 Focal Point of Focal Area Page: 45 Track of Vision Page: 49 Step 4: Value Page: 51 The Importance of Value Page: 51 Dyeing Fabric in Value Gradations Page: 51 Check Your Fabric Values Page: 52 Exercise: Using Three Values Page: 53 Exercise: Using Four Values Page: 54 The Pattern of Light Page: 55 One Predominant Value Page: 56 Step 5: Color Page: 57 The Four Variables of Color Page: 57 Exercise: Arranging Fabric by Value Page: 58 Exercise: Color Intensity Page: 59 Exercise: Color Intensity in Real Life Page: 59 Exercise: Color Temperature Page: 60 The Importance of Varying Hue, Value, Intensity, and Templerature Page: 61 Choosing a Color Scheme Page: 63 Exercise: Make Your Own Color Wheel Page: 63 Exercise: Color Explorations Page: 69 Exercise: Color Inspiration Page: 70 The Importance of the Well-Chosen Color Scheme Page: 71 How Colors Can Influence One Another Page: 71 Exercise: Simultaneous Contrast Page: 72 Choosing the Main Color for a Quilt Page: 73 The Fabric Page: 74 Step 6: Evaluating Designs Page: 75 How to Look at Your Sketches Page: 75 Eavluating a Design Page: 75 The Main Idea Page: 76 Using Basic Design Principles Page: 77 Step 7: Putting It All Together Page: 85 Determining the Actual Size and Shape of a Quilt Page: 85 Continuous Eavulation Page: 86 Enlarging the Design Using a Grid Page: 87 Blocking Out the Quilt in Fabric Page: 88 Plumb Line Page: 88 Fabric Page: 89 Building the Quilt Layer by Layer Page: 89 Final Assessment before Sewing Page: 95 Construction Page: 102 Squaring, Batting, Backing, and Basting Page: 105 Quilting Page: 106 Ironing, Measuring, and Squaring-Up Page: 110 Finishing the Edges Page: 110 About the Author Page: 111 eLegal Page Page: 113 Back Cover Page: 115

Description:

Awaken your inner artist with this hands-on, exciting exercise guide that takes you through the seven-step process to design successful art quilts. Celebrated quilter Elizabeth Barton shows you how to master every step, from finding inspiration to creating a design and constructing the final quilt. Before you know it, you’ll be designing quilts that are real works of art, even if you’ve never studied art before. Includes in-depth sections on composing a design, working with color and value, and much more — turns quilters at any level into better quilt designers.