Anna Maria's Blueprint Quilting : Explore Color, Pattern, and Technique With 16 Joyful Projects from 4 Simple Design Structures

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"Anna Maria's Blueprint Quilting guides you to stitch 16 stunning quilts and patchwork projects based on four underlying ""blueprints"" while learning skills to create your own original designs."

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Introduction (8)
• Part 1 Art School (11)
• Braving the Elements: The Elements of Art (12)
• "Principles" Office: The Principles of Composition (20)
• Considering the Story (25)
• Part 2 Patchwork School (27)
• Material Choices (28)
• Tools of the Trade (32)
• Building Blocks (40)
• Applique Adventures (54)
• More Techniques (60)
• Finishing School (61)
• Part 3 The Blueprints (63)
• Blueprint 1 Grand Central (65)
• Do-Si-Do Quilt (67)
• Hedgerow Quilt (73)
• Spontaneity Quilt (81)
• Sheer Delight Window Panel (87)
• Blueprint 2 Triptych (95)
• Roman Numerals Quilt (97)
• Fence Line Quilt (105)
• Terrace Views Quilt (113)
• Sawtooth Tote (121)
• Blueprint 3 Kiss On The Lips (127)
• Kaleidoscope Quilt (129)
• Basket of Flowers Quilt (135)
• Open Borders Quilt (141)
• Rise and Shine Baby Quilt (151)
• Blueprint 4 Color Study (157)
• Dip Dyed Quilt (159)
• Time Travel Quilt (163)
• Conversations with Georgia Quilt (169)
• Adjusting Her Crown Collage (175)
• Templates (180)
• About the Author (190)
• Index (191)

Reviews provided by Syndetics

Publishers Weekly Review

This dazzling guide from Parry (Anna Maria's Needleworks Notebook), the design director for fabric wholesaler Anna Maria Textiles, explains how to make colorful quilts. While such common block patterns as the half-square triangle and snowball appear throughout, Parry throws in some of her own designs, including the "whippersnapper," which features thin fabric strips over half the block with additional strips intersecting perpendicularly on the other half. She shows how to create variations on four "blueprints" that offer general guidelines for arranging blocks. Among the four versions of the "triptych" blueprint, which divides the quilt's composition into three columns, the "Roman numerals quilt" juxtaposes two columns of blue log cabin blocks against a central strip of tans and oranges, while the "fence line quilt" builds on that baseline by adding appliqué Dresden fans. The progressive difficulty of the projects will help sewists build their skills, and the final two designs, though challenging, are absolute showstoppers. One offers an angular reimagining of Georgia O'Keefe's Flower Abstraction, abandoning the traditional block format for irregular shards of riotous color. The other comprises a stunningly detailed portrait of Parry's youngest daughter, painstakingly recreated with scraps of paisley and floral print. Parry's sophisticated artistic sensibilities set this apart from standard quilting manuals. (Nov.)