Artful Log Cabin Quilts

Name: Artful Log Cabin Quilts
Brand: C&T Publishing
SKU: 11212
Price: 26.95 USD
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From Inspiration to Art Quilt - Color, Composition & Visual Pathways

Katie Pasquini Masopust

The most wonderful ideas

Katie is one of my favourite quilt authors. She has the most wonderful ideas. If you are thinking traditional log cabin quilts, think again. This book takes you from inspiration to a modern interpretation of log cabin quilts. Make free-form blocks from any image. Contents include history, inspiration, grids, fabrics, cutting, construction, quilting and finishing plus a gallery. There are lots of ideas for composition. The book has easy to follow instructions and is illustrated throughout with fabulous images of work. A simple design idea that works and will transform your quilting. It doesnt, however make me think of log cabin quilts, but very very artful, yes. Great designs, great use of colour, fabric and stitch.

Personal, unique and very satisfying

Katie Pasquini Masopust is a big name in the art-quilt world. For more than 30 years, she has produced amazing contemporary pieces, has taught and has written many books. Here, she takes her knowledge and expertise and shows how to transform the well-known and much-loved log cabin design into more arty versions. The book as a short section about traditional log cabins, then taking cues from inspirational photographs she steps through the process, from grid options and fabrics, to piecing and appliqu ideas. Her method is sure to result in something that is personal, unique and very satisfying.

Informative and inspirational

I love making quilts.. but I have never made a Log Cabin quilt. This book talks about the history of such quilts and also teaches us how to construct and plan a beautiful Artful Quilt.
This glossy, informative and inspirational book is a joy and Katie has been making them for over 30 years, so I guess what she doesnt know isnt that important.
Katie use of fabric is clever and she makes some amazing quilts from photographs. She illustrates certain techniques and I learned a lot from her methods.

Stunning new book

Katie Pasquini Masopust's stunning new book is packed with inspiration and practical advice to help quilters of all abilities create unique abstract art quilts from photographs and images, with fantastic examples to showcase each technique.

Published on April 01, 2017

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The surefire path to art-quilting success

Take the first steps to becoming an art quilter with popular teacher and best-selling author Katie Pasquini Masopust. Starting with an inspiration photo or painting, choose fabrics to create your own artistic log cabin quilts. Learn to navigate visual pathways and composition, applying easy techniques and experimenting with color. Student work is presented, showing that anyone can create an art quilt! Design and make your masterpiece with freeform log cabin blocks using this versatile method.

• Create unique, abstract art quilts with world-renowned teacher and author Katie Pasquini Masopust
• Anyone can follow Katie’s simple, straightforward method to create freeform blocks from any image
• Turn your love of traditional log cabin blocks into an artful experience that you'll never forget

Product Code: 11212
Print ISBN: 9781617454509
eBook ISBN: 9781617454516
UPC: 734817-112129
Dimensions: 8.41 x 11.03
80p, color
All Skill Levels
C&T Publishing

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Katie Pasquini Masopust

For nearly thirty years, Katie Pasquini Masopust has produced high-quality contemporary art quilts that have been coveted and collected by a broad range of admirers. From her early beginnings as a painter dabbling in traditional quiltmaking, her work has evolved from structured mandalas and mind-blowing dimensional pieces to very painterly landscapes and abstracts executed with the finest fabrics and most creative stitching techniques. Katie's easy, energetic manner has made her a very popular teacher and lecturer. When not in