Create Your own Improv Quilts

Informationen zum Autor Rayna Gillman is a professional artist who creates, exhibits, and teaches surface design throughout the United States. Her work has been featured in books,magazines, and on HGTV's Simply Quilts. She lives in West Orange, New Jersey. Klappentext No patterns, no mistakes, no worries!A natural follow-up to the best-selling Create Your Own Free-Form Quilts, this book applies Rayna's no rules, no mistakes, no stress style to modern quilting. Starting with strips and geometric shapes, you'll cut and sew without patterns, required yardage, or complicated diagrams. This freeing method lets you create modern quilts organically as you follow your instincts, ask "what if?", and experiment with scale, color, value, and placement.• Fresh explorations of shape, line, and color• Paper piecing without lines and numbers!• Ideas and examples to inspire your creativity• Practical exercises to guide you Zusammenfassung Paper piecing without lines and numbers - let Rayna Gillman help you create modern quilts without rules or rulers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Dedication and AcknowledgmentsForeword How to Use this Book Getting Started Consider the RectangleThe Art of ImprovisingModern String QuartetFree-form Paper PiecingColor and PatternArt and InspirationGet Inspired!Are We There Yet?About the Author

Klappentext

**No patterns, no mistakes, no worries!

A natural follow-up to the best-selling Create Your Own Free-Form Quilts, this book applies Rayna’s no rules, no mistakes, no stress style to modern quilting. Starting with strips and geometric shapes, you’ll cut and sew without patterns, required yardage, or complicated diagrams. This freeing method lets you create modern quilts organically as you follow your instincts, ask "what if…?", and experiment with scale, color, value, and placement.

• Fresh explorations of shape, line, and color
• Paper piecing without lines and numbers!
• Ideas and examples to inspire your creativity
• Practical exercises to guide you

Zusammenfassung
Paper piecing without lines and numbers - let Rayna Gillman help you create modern quilts without rules or rulers.

Inhalt

Dedication and Acknowledgments
Foreword
How to Use this Book
Getting Started
Consider the Rectangle
The Art of Improvising
Modern String Quartet
Free-form Paper Piecing
Color and Pattern
Art and Inspiration
Get Inspired!
Are We There Yet?
About the Author