This book is an essential tool for quilters and stitched textile artists who want to break away from traditional designs and develop their own creativity and take their work to a whole new level. This invaluable resource includes:

 

• Inspiration: how to interpret sources of inspiration found in the world around us to provide themes for quilts

 

• Surfaces: creative ways to experiment with surface effects

 

• Design: an overview of the all-important rules of design and how they can be applied to quilts

 

• Colour: explains the basic principles to give the reader colour confidence

 

• Stitch: discusses modern approaches to traditional techniques such as piecing and appliqué, free machine embroidery, mark-making and embellishment.