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116 Pages·2013·60.94 MB·English
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12 Quilts Inspired by City Living From best-selling author of City Quilts CHERRI HOUSE URBAN VIEWS 12 Quilts Inspired by City Living CHERRI HOUSE Text copyright © 2013 by Cherri House Photography and Artwork copyright © 2013 by C&T Publishing, Inc. Publisher | Amy Marson Page Layout Artist | Kerry Graham Creative Director | Gailen Runge Production Coordinator | Jenny Davis Art Director / Cover Designer | Production Editor | Joanna Burgarino Kristy Zacharias Illustrator | Jenny Davis Editors | Cynthia Bix and Phyllis Elving Photography by Christina Carty- Technical Editors | Susan Nelsen and Francis and Diane Pedersen of Nanette Zeller C&T Publishing, Inc., unless otherwise noted Book Designer | April Mostek Published by Stash Books, an imprint of C&T Publishing, Inc., P.O. Box 1456, Lafayette, CA 94549 All rights reserved. No part of this work covered by the copyright hereon may be used in any form or reproduced by any means—graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or information storage and retrieval systems—without written permission from the publisher. The copyrights on indi- vidual artworks are retained by the artists as noted in Urban Views. These designs may be used to make items only for personal use. Donations to nonprofit groups or items for sale or for display only at events require the following credit on a conspic- uous label: Designs copyright © 2013 by Cherri House from the book Urban Views from C&T Publishing, Inc. Permission for all other purposes must be requested in writing from C&T Publishing, Inc. Attention Copy Shops: Please note the following exception—publisher and author give permission to photocopy pages 91 and 98 for personal use only. Attention Teachers: C&T Publishing, Inc., encourages you to use this book as a text for teaching. Contact us at 800-284-1114 or www.ctpub.com for lesson plans and information about the C&T Creative Troupe. We take great care to ensure that the information included in our products is accurate and presented in good faith, but no warranty is provided nor are results guaranteed. Having no control over the choices of materials or procedures used, neither the author nor C&T Publishing, Inc., shall have any liability to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused directly or indirectly by the information contained in this book. For your convenience, we post an up-to-date listing of corrections on our website (www.ctpub.com). If a correction is not already noted, please contact our customer service department at DEDICATION To Lizzy—thank you for being the teacher. To Rich—my dearest friend, you are the best! ACKNOWLEDGMENTS To Cynthia Bix—I’m so happy to work with you again! To C&T Publishing—thank you so much for the privilege of creating this book. Thank you, Robert Kaufman—your fabrics bring my quilting dreams to life. Thank you to Ann, Brooke, and Melissa— my sewing/ironing team Thank you, Angela Walters, the wunderkind of the quilting world! Thank you, Phyllis Elving and Susan Nelsen—your patience and guidance are greatly appreciated. Foreword by Kathy Mack 6 Preface 7 NEW CITY QUILTS 8 More Grids! 10 Working with Color 23 Color-Wise, 24 Expanding on the Theme 14 Playing with Blocks, 17 Elements of Design 25 Simplicity in Art by David Jones Triangles and Lisa Jones, 26 —Adding to the Mix 17 Quilting Makes the Quilt 28 Fabrics: Solids The City Challenge 30 and Near-Solids 19 Creating Strips with Solids, 22 THE QUILTS 32 City Rain 35 City Hall 59 City Recycling 75 City Trail 41 City Traffic 63 City Beat 81 City Bridge 47 City Sky 67 City Electric 87 City Woods 53 City Loft 71 City Lake 93 QUILTMAKING ESSENTIALS 99 Useful Techniques 100 Pressing  •  Rotary cutting  •  Construction  •  Pinning Finishing Basics 104 Borders  •  Backing  •  Batting  •  Layering  •  Basting  •  Quilting  •  Binding Quilt Color List 108 Resources 110 About the Author 110 Teaching: A Two-Way Street, 111 Five years ago, I opened my fabric store the wall, but that is not the intent. They are with 30 much-beloved colors of Kona made to be used, loved, and given freely. Cotton. The grand scheme was to expand Urban Views picks up where City Quilts left that well-curated selection as interest in off. It takes us farther into color theory and quiltmaking with solids grew. Of course, I teaches more advanced design techniques. had ulterior motives. I love using solids in The popularity of quilting with solids con- my quilts and dreamed of having an endless tinues to grow. Urban Views is a timely and selection of color in my own backyard! much-needed book for the new wave of The next influx of new colors came in the quilters exploring what modern quilting form of 20 bolts based on the supply list of means to them. Each project offers a lesson Cherri House’s City Park quilt pattern, one in designing with solids. Cherri’s uncanny of my all-time best-selling patterns and a ability to bring unexpected colors into personal favorite. When the boxes arrived I harmony surprises, delights, and results in stacked the fabrics all together on the table. spectacular quilts you’ll want to make and What a display of color! It left no doubt in wrap around someone you love. my mind that Cherri was blazing a trail in The solids wall at Pink Chalk Fabrics now contemporary quilt design using only solid boasts more than 400 colors from a wide fabrics. I appreciated that each of her pat- variety of manufacturers. Yes, the interest terns showcased a diverse color palette, in quilting with solids is stronger than ever, clever block construction, and expert place- and it’s coupled with creative enthusiasm ment of value with solids. This gal was onto for exploring the possibilities of designing something! in the absence of prints. With this book, my I eagerly awaited the release of Cherri’s first talented friend Cherri House welcomes us book, City Quilts. Reading it cover to cover into her unique world of making exciting left me amazed, inspired, and full of ideas solid quilts and teaches us by example what about making quilts with solid fabrics. I also those possibilities can be … a valuable gift discovered a like-minded soul, someone we can each take along on our own quilt- who would soon become my friend, who making journey. makes quilts from her heart. All of Cherri’s —Kathy Mack designs would look spectacular hanging on Quilter and pattern designer Kathy Mack operates the  online shop Pink Chalk Fabrics. Urban Views 6 The journey that began with City Quilts continues! Thank you so much for your warm reception of City Quilts, pub- lished in 2010. Your stories of creating city quilts, whether for yourself or for your loved ones, bring a smile to my face. Many of you have begun using and loving solids for the first time, which is awesome. Maybe best of all are the emails and comments telling me about how you are seeing your neighborhoods and cities as never before. You’ve taken the everyday and ordinary, and turned them into original works of art! City Quilts was about my journey as a quilter, and the city where I live—the inspiration that led to twelve abstract interpretations of everyday scenes in Houston, Texas. Urban Views picks up where City Quilts left off, exploring new fabric choices, new blocks, new skills, and even some new cities. Urban Views is also a reflection of the comments and questions I’ve received from you through my teaching and speaking opportunities over the last year. Many thanks to all of you who have shared your sincere thoughts and feelings about your love of quilting, fabric, color, and life. My life is richer for having met you! Preface 7 When City Quilts was completed, I thought it was finished. I thought, “I’ve created all the city quilts I’m going to make; I’ll move on to something new.” Not so. The new quilts I was designing weren’t “me,” and the only things I wanted to make were more city quilts. Several months and about 50 less- than-wonderful designs later, I gave up the fight of trying to create something more complex, with intricate pieced blocks, and started putting on paper the quilts that I loved. Why did I believe that something more complex would be better? Why had I been putting limitations on my creativity, which is exactly what I preach against? So much internal drama. Once I gave myself permission to create what I really wanted, the floodgates opened! Along with the flood of ideas also came the challenge of how to create a book that built on the foundation of City Quilts but wasn’t just more of the same. Among the ways I chose to move forward were to add a variety of triangles to the mix and to look at the fabric options offered by near-solids, hand- dyes, and cross-weaves. Another important addition to this book is you! You’ve helped to shape this book, and I thank you! New City Quilts 9

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