Design, Make, Quilt Modern: Taking a Quilt from Inspiration to Reality

By Heather Black

From concept to completion--the modern quilter's design guide

Create a quilt that is uniquely yours Award-winning quilter Heather Black demystifies the design process with easy-to-understand tips and basic quilt math for modern makers. Learn to spot and jot down ideas from everyday life, sketching your quilt inspirations on simple graph paper. Take your quilt designs from ordinary to energetic with practical advice to create movement and depth. Achieve color balance, choose the right fabrics to pull off your pattern, and add custom quilting to elevate the impact of your quilt. Whether this is your first time to strike out on your own or you've made quilts from scratch before, this book will help you identify your likes and dislikes and freshen your approach to modern quilt design. Also included are three modern quilts with full-size patterns that you can take straight to the sewing machine

Choose colors and fabrics like a pro, with solid design and finishing advice

Tailor the process to your interests and skills with piecing, applique, and hand or machine sewing

Sew 3 bonus full-size patterns from celebrated quiltmaker Heather Black

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617459577
• ISBN13: 9781617459573
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Stash Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.9" x 10.2"

Customer Reviews

Fantastic

Excellent book. Many useful tips for quilters like me that want to try their own designs. Or you can simply follow the instructions for the designs she provides in the book, that are really fantastic and modern designs. Worth the money.