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Quick Watercolor Quilts: The Fuse Fold and Stitch Method
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Create the wildly popular look of watercolor quilts in a wink of the time! Instantly reduce the number of seams to sew, using fast fusible interfacing and as few as three fabrics. This all-new technique speeds up construction and creates beautiful watercolor-style quilts in a snap. Now beginning and advanced quilters can all join the watercolor craze! Learn how to:
* Create 13 gorgeous watercolor quilts featuring wreaths, hearts, baskets, and other motifs
* Stitch 85% fewer seams than traditional watercolor quilts require
* Align seams perfectly without expert rotary-cutting skills (the interfacing forgives inaccurate cutting!)Amazon.com Review
The lovely painterly effect of watercolor quilts appeals to many quilters, but the technique is generally quite labor-intensive and time-consuming. Dina Pappas has refined a method that greatly simplifies the process, and her book explains it all clearly. Her secret is gridded fusible interfacing (bought with a printed grid or penciled on), on which the fabric squares are laid out and fused on; the whole piece is then folded on the grid lines and stitched. Not only does this greatly simplify and speed up the procedure, but it also allows for easy rearrangement of the layout before fusing; it also prevents quilters from accidentally rotating or mixing up the squares when stitching them together. The other element that makes this approach so easy entails keeping the designs fairly simple and small, though the technique can certainly be adapted to larger, more complex designs as quilters become more comfortable with the system. Pappas includes a good general overview of quilting basics, and the 13 step-by-step projects let newcomers practice the method under her tutelage before branching out on their own. --Amy HandyReview
Pappas's book shows the range of her talents as a quilter and as an artist--easygoing instructional style and speedy results. --The Tecumseh Herald, January 11, 2001
If you think you're too busy to quilt, think again . . .? these quick watercolor quilts are for you. --Quiltersreview.comAbout the Author
Dina Pappas sewed as a girl, but it wasn't until she was engaged to her soon-to-be husband that she made her first quilt. She crafted a queen-size quilt as a wedding present. Soon she was hooked and her quilting passion grew as she moved around the country with her Air Force pilot husband. Dina's quilting has been influenced by living in Arizona, California, Washington, Alabama, Michigan, and Alaska.
Dina is now an award-winning quiltmaker, shop owner, teacher, lecturer, author, and pattern designer. Her work led to the development of Pellon's Quilter's Grid, a preprinted interfacing for use with watercolor piecing. In addition to authoring three books, Dina owns her own ever-expanding quilt shop, Dina's Cozy Cabin Quilts, which has been in business since 1992. She has also appeared as a guest on HGTV's television program, Simply Quilts.
Dina lives in Eagle River, Alaska, where quilting is not limited to long winter nights but is a year-round passion. Endless summer days produce beautiful flowers for inspiration (and an occasional snack for the neighborhood moose). Dina enjoys her Alaska adventures with her husband Jim and their two sons, Jack and Charley.Product details
- ASIN : 1564772705
- Publisher : Martingale & Company; 1st edition (September 1, 1999)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 112 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9781564772701
- ISBN-13 : 978-1564772701
- Item Weight : 12.8 ounces
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