Asian Elegance: Quilting with Japanese Fabrics and More

by Sylvia Pippen and Kitty Pippen

Book Overview

Got a passion for exotic fabrics? Feature the fabrics of Japan and Polynesia in your next quilt! This talented mother-daughter team shares their love of unusual fabrics in one-of-a-kind designs. Book... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156477483X
• ISBN13: 9781564774835
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Martingale and Company
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.4" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Asian Elegance: Quilting With Japanese Fabrics

Beautiful condition as promised. Gorgeous book with fabulous ideas and illustrations! Anyone interested in fabric or quilting would love this book! Deb

Elegance for the Eyes & Ideas

Kitty Pippen broke new ground with her first book, Quilting with Japanese Fabrics, and I consider it a "must have book" for anyone with more than a passing interest in Japanese fabrics. Ms. Pippen and her daughter, Sylvia, have pushed the boundaries further with this book, Asian Elegance, which incorporates polynesian and Japanese fabrics, design elements and ideas. Well done Pippens! Since her first book, many of the Japanese fabrics that were so readily available are rare. Many traditional Japanese fabric makers are no longer manufacturing, or have modernized or moved to other countries. The quilts in the new book reflect some of these changes. Fabrics are more contemporary, embrace polynesian elements, and generally are available at most quilt and fabric stores or from resources listed in the book. All in all, this is a book to inspire, and grow your ideas. The elements of graceful design are timeless. It's worth the investment.

Asian Elegance-Quilting with Japanese Fabrics and more

Also a great book along with Quilting with Japanese Fabrics which I purchased at the same time. I will get a great deal of pleasure from the many ideas in the book. It's a pity I didnt realise that is was in american dollars and not australian but nevertheless it was a great purchase. Thank you and keep me informed of any other great quilting books to buy. Thank you very much once again.

Beautiful!

This is a beautiful book - even if you don't make the quilts as presented here, they inspire you to bring simplicity and calmness to your quilting designs. The directions are logical and easy to follow and the pictures speak volumes! Give it a try!