Artful Improv: Explore Color Recipes, Building Blocks & Free-Motion Quilting - Paperback

by Cindy Grisdela (Author)

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Learn to use simple design principles to create unique improvisational quilts. Without using patterns, learn 5 easy piecing techniques to add to your improvisational toolbox--angled stripes, circles, blocks, curved strips, and inset strips--and watch the art unfold before your eyes. Focus on color combos and negative space to discover your personal style, and then add dazzling texture with free-motion stitching. With finished art quilts as unique as you are, you'll want to hang one in every room!

- Embrace your creative spirit! Practice improv quilting using 5 easy blocks, circles, and strip sets
- Design with negative space, color recipes, and even irregular edges
- Finish quilts with free-motion texture and sleeve-free wall hanging techniques

Author Biography

Cindy Grisdela is an award-winning fiber artist with over 30 years of experience creating eye-catching quilts. She travels extensively, showing and selling her work, and her quilts have been published in books and magazines. She lives in Reston, Virginia. cindygrisdela.com