Quilting by Improvisation Exploring Curves, Openwork and Dimension

by Pignatelli, Vikki

• ISBN13: 9780964120198
• ISBN10: 0964120194
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-01
• Publisher: Dragon Threads

Summary

Quilters can let their imaginations run wild as they discover surprisingly stress-free techniques to add and tame curves and angles to their creation. Exploring "no rules" improvisational methods, the guide teaches how to incorporate dimension and texture into quilts while transforming the ordinary into unique and distinctively shaped quilts with innovative fast finishes and faced bindings. Patterns are included to help quilters get started on the quest for total freedom and self-expression in quilt making.

Author Biography

Vikki Pignatelli is a full-time, professional quilt artist, a designer, an international teacher, and the author of Quilting Curves. The founder and cochairwoman of the national biennial Sacred Threads Quilt Exhibition, she lives in Pickerington, Ohio.

Table of Contents

Dedication	p. 3
Acknowledgments	p. 5
Introduction: The Capricious Art of Improvisation	p. 8
Preparation: quilting supplies & tools	p. 13
Tools and supplies	p. 14
Thread	p. 17
Fabric	p. 18
Color your quilt beautiful	p. 21
Elements of design	p. 22
The properties of color	p. 23
Color schemes & combinations	p. 26
Shading & highlights	p. 30
Blending	p. 32
Color balance	p. 33
Contrast	p. 35
Crazy About Curves basic technique	p. 41
My Star Dances	p. 42
Interpreting pattern markings	p. 42
Marking a template for movement	p. 43
Lining a patch	p. 45
Clipping curves	p. 46
Stitching	p. 48
Turning under straight edges and corners	p. 49
Enlarging the stabilizer foundation	p. 50
Improvisational quilts	p. 53
Making an improvisational block quilt	p. 54
Constructing a freeform basic block	p. 58
Sewing down the patches	p. 60
Making linings for light-valued improvisational patches	p. 63
Making circular and oval shaped blocks	p. 64
Splicing seams	p. 69
Improvisational sheer overlay	p. 73
Exploring dimension	p. 79
Fabric manipulations	p. 81
Choosing fabric for manipulations	p. 82
Simple strips	p. 85
Multi-fabric strip units	p. 86
Freeform pleats	p. 89
Making tubes	p. 93
Wrinkling and folding a whole-cloth fabric	p. 103
Facing shapes & patches	p. 107
Portrait of a Poppy	p. 115
New explorations: making openings in your quilt	p. 122
English Ivy	p. 124
Alternate method for making openings	p. 130
Random improvisational openings	p. 133
Working with openings in your own design	p. 134
Latticework	p. 137
Improvisational borders, finishes and bindings	p. 147
Border options	p. 149
Finishing	p. 153
Envelope finish	p. 156
Binding options	p. 158
Hanging sleeve with easement	p. 164
Pattern templates	p. 166
Resources	p. 169
About the author	p. 170
Awards	p. 172
Artist's statements	p. 174
Quilts	p. 175
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