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The magic of color overlay and transparency is unveiled in this quilt book by Katie Pasquini Masopust, Ghost Layer & Color Washes. Use your favorite photo or design to create a unique one of a kind quilt that undulates with surprising color layers.

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Ghost Layers & Color Washes
Three Steps to Spectacular Quilts

Author: Katie Pasquini Masopust
Pages: 80
Page size: 8 1/2" x 11"
Publisher: C&T Publishing
Item Code: 4l0780
Weight: 1.0 lbs

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DemonstrationBack Cover Information

  • Katie walks you through making a simple block using a 3-step process
  • Blocks are constructed using turned-edge applique'
  • Includes "Katie's Seven Step Program" for choosing perfect fabric combinations
  • Full-color photos of incredible quilts by Katie and her students will inspire you to let the magic begin!

 

 

Water Lilies

Mountains RiversFaces

Wild Flowers

Sunset Mountain

Sea Turtle

Table of Contents:

Introduction....4 Grapes....36
THE PROCESS Passion Flowers....38
The Base....8 Passages-Chaco Canyon....40
Adding the Ghost Layer....10 Passages-Doorways....42
Creating a Color Wash....12 Rocks....44
Combining the Layers....14 The Getty Museum Quilts
Color and Fabric Sorting....18 Little Getty, Big Getty, Black and White Getty....46
Cutting and Turning the Edges....20 The Canyon Quilts
Sewing....22 Slot Canyon, Antelope Canyon, Painted Canyon....51
Machine Quilting....24 Glass Carafes
Fruit in a Bowl Project....27 Glass Carafes, Glass Carafes with Checks....56
Combining the Layers....14 Hawaii Quilts
Color and Fabric Sorting....18 Leaves, Split Leaf Philodendron, Palms, Old Man Turtle....58
Cutting and Turning the Edges....20 New Studio Quilts
Sewing....22 Colored Village, Black and White Village, Painted Village....63
Machine Quilting....24 Student Works....65
Fruit in a Bowl Project....27 A Visit to My Studio....76
THE MASTERPIECE About the Author....78
Creating a Masterpiece....30 Index....79
The Canyon....32
The River....34
Water Lilies...35

 

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Color
Value
&
Color Influenced Perspective in Quilts, Beading and Crafts

An Amish Adventure
An Amish Adventure
by Roberta Horton
Batik Beauties
Batik Beauties

by Laurie Shifrin
Blended Quilt Backgrounds
Blended Quilt Backgrounds
by Jean Biddick
The Quilter's Color Scheme Bible
The Beader's Guide to Color
by Margaret Deeb
Casting Shadows cover
Casting Shadows

by Colleen Wise
Color and Compostion
Color & Composition for the Creative Quilter

by Katie Pasquini Masopust & Brett Barker

The Color Scheme Bible
The Color Scheme Bible
by Anna Starmer


Colour Explorations
Book 15
by Jan Beaney & Jean Littlejohn
Color Play
Color Play

Easy Steps to Imaginative Color in Quilts
by Joen Wolfrom
color works
Color Works
by Deb Menz
Dreaming In Color
Dreaming in Color
by Sonia Brown

Easy Pieces

by Margret Miller
French Braid Quilts
French Braid Quilts
by Jane Hardy Miller & Arlene Netten
Ghost Layers
Ghost Layers
by Katie Pasquini
Color Confidence for Quilters Book
Jinny Beyer's
Color Confidence
for Quilters
Neutral Essentials
Neutral Essentials
by Alex Anderson
Pat Sloans' Take the Fear Out Of Color
Pat Sloan's Take the Fear Out of Color
by Pat Sloan
The Quilter's Color Scheme Bible
The Quilter's Color Scheme Bible

Visual Coloring
Visual Coloring
by Joen Wolfrom

Color Tools

3-in-1 Color Tool
3-in-1 Color Tool

by Joan Wolfrom
Color Evaluators
Color Evaluators
Color Wheel
Color Wheel: Rainbow Selector
2 sizes, large and purse size
Color Wheel
Color Wheel
by The Color Wheel Company
Rainbow Tonal Color Wheel
Rainbow TONAL Color Selector
Rainbow Masking Tool
Over the Rainbow
Color Masking Tool
Pocket Guide to Mixing Color
Pocket Guide to Mixing Color
Watercolor Wheel
Watercolor Wheel
 
Create-a-Color Wheel
CMY Primary Mixing Wheel
CMY Primary Mixing Wheel
Web Wheel
Web Wheel
Interior Design Color Wheel
Interior Design Color Wheel
 CMY Primary Mixing Wheel & Workbook
CMY Primary Mixing Wheel & CMY Primary Workbook
   

Design & View Tools

Distance Viewer
Distance Viewer

Reduce Tool
Designed Soft Cover
Hand Held Reducing Glass
2x Reducing Lens Glass

3" diameter
3/12" Handle

Ez View Multiplier
EZ View Multiplier

rotate to view
on-point or straight layout

Colorscope, a mini kaleidoscope
Colorscope

Use to view fabric, thread and paint selection for color balance, value and contrast

 

Projector & Light Table

the Projector
The Projector

enlarge photos or drawing
Porta-Trace Light Table
Porta-Trace
Light Table

two sizes
  

Trace & Develop Line Ideas for Quilting & Appliqué

EZ Flex Design Rule
EZ Flex Design Rule
Mesh Transfer Canvas
Mesh Canvas Transfer
by Clover
See-thru material that allows simple tracing & transfer
Preview, Overlay
Preview Paper
CLEAR
Quilter's Preview Paper
by Quilter's Touch
use with quilting lines & appliqué
 
 Quilter's Vinyl
Quilter's Vinyl
by the Yard
EQ Printables

Clear Overlay

12 Sheets for use in
inkjet or laser printers
Transdoodle
Transdoodle

Transfer Paper for clean guidelines
 

Picture Blocks & Quilts (Mixed Themes)
Pieced &/or Appliqué

Other Pictures categories
Appliqué Pictures (Flowers, Pictorial, Landscape, Mixed, Hearts, Seasonal, Holiday & more)
Quilt Art (pieced & appliqué)
Animals & Birds (pieced)
Embellished Pictorial (paint, stamp, dye, stitch)
Figures, Portraits & Characters
Flowers & Vegetables (pieced)
Folk Art
Fusible Appliqué
Landscapes (pieced)
Mixed Pictorials (pieced)
Paper Piecing Pictures
Seasonal & Holiday (pieced)
Ladies Day Out & Sunbonnet Sue
Women's Accessories


300 Paper-Pieced Quilt Blocks

Blocks on CD ready to print
by Carol Doak

Applique at Play
Applique at Play
by DeElda Wittmack


Photo Fabrication

by Angela Madden

Block Magic
Block Magic

by Nancy Johnson Serbro

Ghost Layers
Ghost Layers
by Katie Pasquini

Pictorial Quilting
Picture Quilting
by Maggie McCormick Gordon

Block Magic, Too!
Block Magic, Too!

by Nancy Johnson-Serbro

Pattern
I Love my 221
I Love my 221


Quilt Your Favorite Photos
Quilt Your Favorite Photos
by Betty Alofs


Quilting the Great Outdoors
Revised Edition
by Debbie Field

Quilt Savvy

by Caryl Bryer Fallert
Shadow Chenille
Shadow Chenille
Designed by Marjorie Webb
Table Toppers
Table Toppers

By Debbie Field
Tropical Paradise
Tropical Pardise
by Judy Hansen

Tammie Bowser's Quilted Photography Series Using Chenille and Piecing Techniques

Software
Quilted Photo Xpress 3.0
Quilted Photo Xpress
Software

Demo Available
2nd Book

More Amazing
Quilted Photography

by Tammie Bowser
3rd Book
amazing chenilled qlt photography
Amazing Chenilled!
Quilted Photography
by Tammie Bowser
  1st Book
Out of Print

Simply Amazing Quilted Photography
Simply Amazing Quilted Photography
by Tammie Bowser

Recommended as helpful in Quilted Photography

Swatch Box Organizer
Fabric Swatch Box
13 7/8" x 8 3/4" x 2"
(4) 2" Rows with 20 movable dividers to vary compartment section sizes for Watercolor & Quilted Photography Series
Fusible Tricot Interfacing
Extra Wide
Fusible Tricot Interfacing

60" x 2 yds
Recommended for use in the Quilted Photography Series
Distance Viewer
Distance Viewer

Reduce Tool
Designed Soft Cover
Gridded Guides
Gridded Guides

1" & 1 1/4"
recommended in the Quilted Photography Series
steam-a-seam2
Steam-A-Seam2
& LITE Steam-A-Seam 2
Widths Available:
(12")(18")(24")
Fusible & Pressure sensitive coating on BOTH sides

 

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