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Fresh Perspectives: Reinventing 18 Classic Quilts from the International Quilt Study Center & Museum
	Title: Fresh Perspectives: Reinventing 18 Classic Quilts from the International Quilt Study Center & Museum Author: Jones, Carol Gilham Released: 2012-09-16 Publisher: C&T Publishing - US ISBN: 9781607054313 Format: Paperback Category: Crafts, Hobbies & Home Last Updated: 2018-06-10 Rating: -1 Pages: 112 Description: You'll love these contemporary interpretations of antique quilts from the International Quilt Study Center. Bobbi Finley and Carol Gillham Jones pored through the museum's collection to find inspiration quilts for their latest project designs, ranging from simply functional to delightfully pictorial. These projects show off a remarkable array of styles, settings, and colorways--each adaptation uniquely mirrors the essential qualities of each quilt. Celebrate our rich quilt heritage by making these projects using various techniques like appliqu� or improvisational piecing with traditional blocks. Plus you'll learn how to approach designing an artistic spin on your own antique treasures. Editorial Reviews Review It is no wonder that the beautiful quilts from the past being conserved at the International Quilt Study Center & Museum are seen today as inspiration for quilts using current fabrics and styles. Carol and Bobbi have done a stunning job of transforming the designs of 18 of these classic quilts and reinventing them in new color ways and settings. Photos of the original quilts are shown and modern interpretations, complete with patterns and technique information, are included. Fresh Perspectives is a valuable source of information and inspiration for all quilts lovers. (Machine Quilting Unlimited, Nov/Dec 2012) Visualise the future as you connect with the past by exploring the reinvention of 18 classic quilts from the International Quilt Study Center & Museum, which was founded in 1997 when native Nebraskans Ardis and Robert James donated their collection of 1,000 quilts to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, making their contribution the centrepiece of what is now the largest publicly held quilt collection in the world. This book enables you to follow through from inspiration to interpretation, using creative new adaptations of a diverse selection of antique quilts that range from simply functional to delightfully pictorial. The projects show off a remarkable array of styles, settings and colourways and, as the saying goes, what goes around comes around and we are still drawing inspiration from quilters whether their work is classed as antique or innovative. (Fabrications Quilting For You, February/March 2013)

Title: Fresh Perspectives: Reinventing 18 Classic Quilts from the International Quilt Study Center & Museum
Author: Jones, Carol Gilham
Released: 2012-09-16
Publisher: C&T Publishing - US
ISBN: 9781607054313
Format: Paperback
Category: Crafts, Hobbies & Home
Last Updated: 2018-06-10
Rating: -1
Pages: 112
Description:
You'll love these contemporary interpretations of antique quilts from the International Quilt Study Center. Bobbi Finley and Carol Gillham Jones pored through the museum's collection to find inspiration quilts for their latest project designs, ranging from simply functional to delightfully pictorial. These projects show off a remarkable array of styles, settings, and colorways--each adaptation uniquely mirrors the essential qualities of each quilt. Celebrate our rich quilt heritage by making these projects using various techniques like appliqu� or improvisational piecing with traditional blocks. Plus you'll learn how to approach designing an artistic spin on your own antique treasures.

Editorial Reviews

Review

It is no wonder that the beautiful quilts from the past being conserved at the International Quilt Study Center & Museum are seen today as inspiration for quilts using current fabrics and styles. Carol and Bobbi have done a stunning job of transforming the designs of 18 of these classic quilts and reinventing them in new color ways and settings. Photos of the original quilts are shown and modern interpretations, complete with patterns and technique information, are included. Fresh Perspectives is a valuable source of information and inspiration for all quilts lovers.
(Machine Quilting Unlimited, Nov/Dec 2012)

Visualise the future as you connect with the past by exploring the reinvention of 18 classic quilts from the International Quilt Study Center & Museum, which was founded in 1997 when native Nebraskans Ardis and Robert James donated their collection of 1,000 quilts to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, making their contribution the centrepiece of what is now the largest publicly held quilt collection in the world. This book enables you to follow through from inspiration to interpretation, using creative new adaptations of a diverse selection of antique quilts that range from simply functional to delightfully pictorial. The projects show off a remarkable array of styles, settings and colourways and, as the saying goes, what goes around comes around and we are still drawing inspiration from quilters whether their work is classed as antique or innovative. (Fabrications Quilting For You, February/March 2013)