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Brave New Quilts: 12 Projects Inspired by 20th-Century Art From Art Nouveau to Punk & Pop
Author(s): Kathreen Ricketson (Author)
- Publisher: Stash Books
- Publication Date: 1 Sept. 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 160 pages
- ISBN-10: 1607057190
- ISBN-13: 9781607057192
Book Description
Modern design enthusiasts who love to sew will enjoy making these innovative quilts using 4 aesthetic elements: line, color, motif, and text. Each of these chapters contains 3 projects and is generously outlined with illustrations and 2 alternate design options. Includes expert information on color, fabric selection, inspiration, and mood boards. A comprehensive appendix and in-depth information on tools and finishing techniques round out this inspiring book.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Learn about 20th-century art while creating your own modern-design quilt. Well-known author and blogger Kathreen Ricketson presents 12 quilts inspired by 20th-century art movements, from Art Nouveau and Bauhaus to pop and punk. Each concept is divided into four chapters: Use of Line, Use of Color, Use of Motif, and Use of Text. Each of these chapters contains 3 projects and is generously outlined with illustrations and 2 alternate design options. Also included is expert information on color, fabric selection and inspiration. Kathreen finishes with a comprehensive appendix and in-depth information on tools and finishing techniques. –Modern Quilts Unlimited; December 2013
About the Author
Kathreen Ricketson (1971-2013) lived in Canberra, Australia, with her husband, two children, and various chooks and ducks. She spent her days alternating between running chaotically and calmly while mothering, making, and being. She loved fabric, crochet, books, cooking, camping, sewing, drawing, her children, and lots of other things besides.She started blogging in 2004, fresh out of art school with a couple of little kids in tow, before starting Whipup.net in 2006. During 2007 she wrote a regular ecocraft and ecolifestyle column for Treehugger.com, and in 2010 she wrote a semiregular craft column for Australia’s Woman’s Day magazine. In 2012 she began a regular column for Australian Quilters Companion magazine, and she used to be the designer at Art Monthly Australia magazine. More recently, she had been writing, editing, designing, and publishing an e-magazine for kids.Kathreen is the author of Whip Up Mini Quilts (Chronicle 2010) and Little Bits Quilting Bee (Chronicle 2011) and the editor of the Kids’ Crafternoon series of books (Hardie Grant 2011). Kathreen died May 15, 2013. She was fulfilling a dream of traveling the country with her family.
