Sharpen Your Quilting Design Skills

The gals sat behind long wooden tables scattered around the room. There was some tension in the air when the graph paper was handed out. Even more tension when the protractors and rulers appeared. We were remembering (or trying to remember) our high school geometry days. Those days and skills long forgotten were now coming back, but not fast enough.

We thought this weekend was going to be relaxing and inspiring – not work! Dissecting circles, creating boxes with something other than 90° angles in the corners, determining a point of light and creating rays emanating from the point through our design at first sounded overwhelming.

When Katie began teaching, we knew we were in good hands. Within minutes, we knew that the designs that looked so complicated would become easy as pie with Katie’s guidance.

Katie walked us through the design of the three dimensional figures and then the fabric selection to further create the illusion of depth. By the end of the weekend, all of us had completed a project that we were proud to take home and share with our family and friends. Using the lessons in Color and Composition for the Creative Quilter, you will be, too!

As you can see, this simple round quilt I made uses color to create dimension. And because it is round, it can be turned to create a completely different illusion. This small quilt (measuring 22” in diameter) was created, drafted, cut and sewn during my weekend at Katie’s, almost 20 years ago when she was exploring three dimensional quilts and use of interesting fabrics, like lame and tulle, in her quilts. How time flies, and how Katie’s work has grown and expanded!

Now Katie Pasquini Masopust is using fabric to create "paintings," recreating landscapes and other things found in nature, making the most of colors in her fabric selection. Using the lessons in Color and Composition for the Creative Quilter, your creativity can go wild in an even more fun and beautiful way, whether you are designing landscapes, pictures of family, friends and pets, or making traditional patchwork quilts.

Katie Pasquini Masopust and her quilting buddy, Brett Barker, have joined forces to teach you:

Whether you are a traditional quilter, an art quilter, somewhere in between, or are too new to quilting to know, your quilting skill will soar with the information in this book. Your quilts will be the masterpieces you dreamed of making, and your family and friends will be clamoring to get your next quilt!

Katie Pasquini Masopust is well-known for her mandalas, dimensional quilts, and fractured landscapes. Her work has won many awards, and one quilt, "Rio Hondo," was named to the "20th Century's 100 Best Quilts" list in 1999. She has changed her style over the years, starting with traditional works, then creating mandalas, followed by dimensional quilts. She enjoys landscapes, and feels as if she has returned full circle to her beginning as a painter; now she paints with fabric.

Brett Barker is a painter and studio artist who teaches art to children and adults. She opened Sun Studios Creativity Center in 1992. Brett's artwork has been shown in the U.S. and purchased for collections in the U.S. and Europe.

This softcover book is 80 pages, jam-packed with art lessons for every quilter, and it’s written in clear, understandable quilter’s language. Katie and Brett take all of the mystery out of color and fabric.

Click here to order your copy of Color and Composition today.

Happy Quilting!

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