Glorious Patchwork: More Than 25 Glorious Quilt Designs

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I am a retired PhD chemist and traveling the world is one of my deepest passions which continues to add to my ever growing quilt of life experiences. There is no one better than Fassett at seeing images and patterns in the world and translating them into knits, e. If we did not bring the right colors with us, there were plenty of fabric choices available from the show organizers, including a huge selection of Kaffe’s fabrics. But making a Kaffe Fassett quilt in a class taught by the master of “Glorious Color” brings you up close and personal to his creative genius. He has published many books, including over 20 beautifully photographed quilt pattern volumes which make it easy to produce one of his trademark designs.

I also love the challenge of taking beautiful photos that capture the essence of the location I am visiting. It is imaginatively photographed in lovely, scenic places and would be a fun book to find on a guest-room bedside table. Used books have different signs of use and might not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. With this lavish book Kaffe Fassett delves into an exciting new textile arena, injecting elegance and richness into the contemporary quilting world.We would each be working on designing the Green Diamonds pattern from Kaffe’s Quilts in Ireland book. We make fabric packs for many of the quilts featured in Kaffe Fassett's books: Quilts In Wales, Quilts in an English Village, Quilts in Burano, Quilts in the Cotswolds, Quilts in America, Heritage Quilts, Quilts by the Sea and Kaffe Fassett in the Studio . One of the surprising comments that Kaffe made at the beginning of the class was that more often than not, he noticed that students would make a quilt in the colors of the clothes that they wore, and he was quite right. One of my table mates had only just started learning to quilt 10 days before this trip because she was such a huge fan of Kaffe’s work. We finished with a show and tell as Kaffe and Brandon went around to each quilt and evaluated the final results.

He had made his mark as a designer in the knitting and fashion world when his very first ever knitting project was featured in the Vogue Knitting magazine. Attendees were here from many different European countries, as well as other areas of the Middle East. The high level of intensity and energy that he maintained all day despite having passed the age of 80 was incredible. It was interesting to watch Kaffe’s single minded concentration as he focused on each person’s developing design, deciding if the fabric choices worked together and recommending options if he thought they did not. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps.When I first skimmed the book I was thrilled because I realized that I DO have a way to work through my huge fabric collection-- especially fabrics I was worried I would never use because they didn't quite "fit" the kinds of patterns I had in mind. During those years, Kaffe’s design world also expanded to encompass needlepoint patterns, mosaics, fabric designs and quilt patterns.

Since some of my stash is aging, perhaps this classic books serves up ideas on how to use them in patterns of their same era.It's his choice of colors and fabrics that makes them sparkle and with this book as inspiration anyone can learn to see color as freely as Kaffe Fassett does. The key to all the patterns in this book is the saturation of colors, whether pastels, earth tones, or deep bright jewel tones, Fasset's favorite.

All quilts have step-by-step instructions, and actual size templates are included for photocopying at the back of the book.

If you are new to patchwork and need a step-by-step guide, this book provides it more than generously.