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Ricky Tims' Rhapsody Quilts shows you how to design, choose, and make your own templates and enhance your designs with appliqué. Get inspired by the gallery of quilts in this book.

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Ricky Tims' Rhapsody Quilts
Inspiring, Amazing—Create Your Own!

Author: Rhapsody Quilts
Pages: 96
Page size: 8 1/2" x 11"
Publisher:C&T Publishing
Cover: Soft
Item Code: 4L0893
Weight: 1.1 lb
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Make One-Of-A-Kind Contemporary Quilts with a Traditional Flair-—Ricky Tims Shows You How!

  • Learn to design choose fabrics, and make templates for these one-of-a-kind beauties
  • Handle curves easily with Ricky's sure-fire method for No-Pin Precision Curved Piecing
  • Start with 5 ready-made design outlines, then expand the possibilities by composing your own Rhapsody quilts
  • Learn Ricky's secrets for enhancing your designs with appliqué.
  • Get inspired by the gallery of Rhapsody quilts made by Ricky and other quilters just like you!

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Book: Table of Contents

 
Introduction
5
What is a Rhapsody Quilt?
8
Rhapsody Technique at a Glance
11
Rhapsody Quilt Design
15
Design From the Outside In-
The Number One Design Rule for Creating Patchwork
16
Design Notes for Rhapsody Quilts
17
Designs Out of Control-
Avoiding the Pitfalls
20
Your Rhapsody Quilt
24
Creating the Skeleton
24
Understanding the Design
29
Creating a Full-size Pattern
30
Preparing the Master Template
34
Working on a Design Wall
35
No-Pins Precision Curved Piecing
38
Designing the Appliqué.
42
Sewing Techniques For Rhapsody Quilts
47
Machine Appliqué. Techniques-
Fear Not the "A" Word
47
Sewing the Pieces Together
57
No-Pins Set-In Corners
58
No-Pins Set-In Circles
65
Tips for Quilting Your Rhapsody Quilt
69
Designs to Try
72
Gallery of Quilts
74
Index
91
Resources
92
About Ricky
95

 

Author Ricky TimsAbout the Author

Ricky Tims successfully blends two diverse passions into one very unique and interesting career. Thousands who have heard his music affirm his skills as a pianist, composer, and producer. His success as a quilter is equally significant.

He is know in the international world of quilting as an enthusiastic and encouraging teacher, and award-winning quilter, and a talented and spellbinding speaker. His innovative and entertaining presentations feature live music and humor, combined with scholarly insights and wisdom. His quilts have been displayed worldwide, and are highly regarded as excellent examples of contemporary quilts with traditional appeal. He is currently the co-host of The Quilt Show, an Internet-based show for quilters that also features Alex Anderson, C&T Publishing author and former host of HGTV's Simply Quilts.

Ricky began designing and making quilts in 1991. In 2002 he was selected as one of The Thirty Most Distinguished Quilters in the World. He maintains an international schedule of teaching and speaking engagements, presents Ricky Tims' Super Quilt Seminars in select cities throughout the United States, and hold week-long retreats in La Veta, a tiny mountain town located in south central Colorado.

Ricky is passionate about quilting, and is delighted to share his experience and enthusiasm with quilters of every level of expertise. He is challenged by creativity in all forms, and encourages individuals to cultivate self-expression, reach for the unreachable, and believe in the impossible.

Quilting is a relatively new interest compared to Ricky's lifelong passion for music. He began formal music lessons at the age of three. He is a pianist, conductor, composer, arranger, music producer, and performing artist. Tims's music is neither classical, new age, pop nor world, and yet it could fall under any of those classifications.

Sacred Age, Ricky's newest recording, was released in January 2006. The album project, featuring solo piano infused with Native American instruments, string orchestra, and vocal orchestrations, was created to suggest the beauty, majesty and spirit of the Spanish Peaks region of southern Colorado. Tims' music has wide appeal for a diverse audience and has been described as "George Winston meets Carlos Nakai meets Yanni."

 

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