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Color and Composition |
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Cover InformationQuick no-sew design exercises to make your talents shine
Build a color wheel from fabric to learn color principles
Discover the easy "Nine-Patches" of color and composition
Easy to follow art lessons for quilting, paper crafts and more! "Thank you Katie and Brett for opening doors to me that might never have opened. I can proudly say I'm a Quilt Artist." -Vinda G. Robinson, quiltmaker & student.
About the Authors: Fiber artist Katie Pasquini was born and raised in Eureka, CA, with her seven brothers and sisters. She has won many awards throughout her career, including the Penny Nil award at the 1998 Visions Show for her quilt Passages, Chaco Canyon. Her quilt Rio Hondo was chosen as one of the 100 quilts of the twentieth century. Katie travels the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Belgium, Switzerland, and England, teaching contemporary quilt design.
Brett Barker first explored art as a teenager in Malmo, Sweden
and continued her studies while attending college in Claremont, CA. Brett now
divides her time between teaching and creating art. Her artwork can be seen in
Santa Fe, New Mexico, and continues to be collected throughout the United States.
In addition, Brett writes for the SAQA Newsletter and other artist publications.
She travels throughout the United States, teaching quilters and other artists
to explore their creativity and expand their knowledge.
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Table of Contents
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Settings for Quilt Layouts Diagonal Set Triangle Rulers |
 Great Sets by Sharyn Craig |
 Round Robin Renaissance by M'Liss Rae Hawley |
 Smashing Sets by Margaret J. Miller |
 Sensational Settings by Joan Hanson |
Single Block Ideas with Design Variations |
 9-Patch Pizzaz by Judy Sisneros |
 Dresden Plate New Quilts from Old Favorites MAQS Exhibit |
Puzzle Quilts by Paula Nadelstern |
 Monkey Wrench New Quilts From Old Favorites MAQS Exhibit |
 New Quilts From an Old Favorite Contest Double Wedding Ring, Log Cabin, Ohio Star MAQS Exhibit |
Seven Sisters New Quilts from Old Favorites MAQS Exhibit |
 Simple Contemporary Quilts by Valerie Van Arsdale Shrader |
 StrataVarious Quilts by Barbara Persing and Mary Hoover |
Design using Perspective & Adding Illusions |
 Design Explorations for the Creative Quilter by Katie Pasquini Masopust |
 Easy Pieces by Margaret M. Miller |
 Shifting Perspective by Lorraine Torrence |
Smashing Sets by Margaret J. Miller |
3-D Illusions in Quilts or Ideas for Quilts |
 3-D Explosion by Cara Gulati |
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 Ambiguous Optical Illusions by Al Seckel |
 Action Optical Illusions by Al Seckel |
Geometric Optical Illusions by Al Seckel |
Impossible Optical Illusions by Al Seckel |
3-D Illusions using Hexagons in QuiltsBuilding Block, Inner City |  Big Book of Building Block Quilts by Sara Nephew |
Seven Sisters by The American Quilter's Society |
One-Block Wonders Encore! by Maxine Rosenthal & Joy Pelzmann |
 Optical Illusions for Quilters by Karen Combs |
Linear Lines Design Influences |  A New Twist on Strips 'n Curves by Louisa L. Smith |  Beyond the Block by Linda K. Johnson & Jane K. Wells | 
Creative Fabric Weaving by Julie Higgins | Design Explorations for the Creative Quilter by Katie Pasquini Masopust |
 Dancing Quilts by Debbie Bowles |  Quilted One Block Marvels by Carolyn Sullivan |  The Quilter's Book of Design by Ann Johnston |  Ricky Tims' Convergence Quilts |  Thinking Outside the Block by Sandi Cummings with Karen Flamme |
Quilt Designs usingContemporary Curves |
A New Twist on Strips 'n Curves by Louisa L. Smith |
 Blendable Curves by Peggy L. Barkle |
Design Explorations for the Creative Quilter by Katie Pasquini Masopust |
Dresden Plate New Quilts from Old Favorites MAQS Exhibit |
 Easy Bias Curves by Wendy Hill |
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 Free & Eazy Circles by Jan Mullen |
 Free Expressions by Robbi Joy Eklow |
 Journey of an Art Quilter by Barbara Olsen |
 Piec-Lique by Sharon Schamber |
 Pieced Curves So Simple by Dale Fleming |
 Quilters Playtime by Dianne S. Hire |
 Quilting by Improvisation by Vikki Pignatelli |
 Simply Stunning Woven Quilts by Anna Faustino |
Ruler WaveEdge Rulers 2 sizes: 24" & 16" |
Book Let's Make Waves by Lily Marie Amaru |
Pattern Triangle Waves by Lily Marie Amaru |
Pattern The Wave Lotus by Lily Marie Amaru |
Innovative Software for the Quilter |
  Bargello Designer 32 |
 Creative Impulse 2000 |
 Gliftic |
 Repligator |
 Paint by Number 2005 CD Being able to draw is NOT required! Turn any photo or image into a pictorial quilt! |
 Quilted Photo Xpress Software 
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Innovative SoftwareCreate Stack-n-Whack Images, Wedges & Kaleidoscope Repetition |
 Kaleidoscope Kreator 2.0 |
 Quilters' Polygon Templates for Kaleidoscope Kreator 2.0 |
 Frame Frenzy Templates for Kaleidoscope Kreator 2.0 |
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SymmeToy |
Creative Impulse 2000 |
Design & View Tools |
 Distance Viewer Reduce Tool Designed Soft Cover |
 2x Reducing Lens Glass 3" diameter 3/12" Handle |
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 Colorscope Use to view fabric, thread and paint selection for color balance, value and contrast |
Projector & Light Table |  The Projector enlarge photos or drawing |  Porta-Trace Light Table two sizes |
Trace & Develop Line Ideas for Quilting & Appliqué |  EZ Flex Design Rule |  Mesh Canvas Transfer by Clover See-thru material that allows simple tracing & transfer | Preview, Overlay CLEAR Quilter's Preview Paper by Quilter's Touch use with quilting lines & appliqué | |
 Quilter's Vinyl by the Yard | EQ Printables Clear Overlay 12 Sheets for use in inkjet or laser printers | 
Transdoodle Transfer Paper for clean guidelines |
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