Decide-as-you-sew
methods appeal to the many people who are not patient or careful
by nature, to those with a somewhat haphazard approach to
creativity, to the easily frustrated, and to quiltmakers who have
grown bored with traditional methods.
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"Not for the perfectionist, but
for the rest of us."
"The
Careless Quilter" is not an invitation to sloppy workmanship.
It offers a new style of quiltmaking built on the belief that
beginners and seasoned quilters alike can make beautiful, unique
quilts without being ruled by the demands of technical perfection.
Because even experts eventually make mistakes,
the author encourages quilters to consider the infinite
possibilities of patterns, color combinations, and designs that
can result from such imperfections.
Woven throughout the text is the author's sense
of humor and her unique perspective. To her way of thinking,
making a mistake in the creative process allows you to make more
than you had imagined possible.
Introduction:
If you find it hard to be as careful and persnickety as most quilt
books expect, perhaps you should try a different approach.
If you are panicking because your quilt is not turning out
perfectly despite your best efforts, if you are bored with
copying, yet scared to make your own designs, you might enjoy a
more spontaneous method of quiltmaking.
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How
a Quilt is Built There are millions of quilts and many ways to make them. I'd
like to introduce you to my method for making patchwork medallion
quilts by showing you step by step how one particular quilt came
into being.
Once you have mastered the basic concepts of using triangles or
strips to form the concentric borders, you can vary the
possibilities infinitely to create your own unique designs.
Don't copy my quilt. Instead, study the techniques and blend
them with your own ideas, preferences, and creative inspiration to
make a special quilt of your own. Click
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Making
Mistakes, Making Choices A mistake, which in patchwork usually means sewing the wrong
things together, can be a springboard to intriguing new design.
Mistakes should suggest new directions, new design possibilities,
new choices.
Accepting mistakes and making changes and choices as you sew
will guarantee a unique and original quilt, and one more likely to
be beautiful than boring.
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Decide
As You Sew,
Design As You Go When you were a child, did you play with your mother's box of
buttons, laying out the varied and shining discs in changing
patterns on the rug?
Designing as you sew is just like playing with the box of
buttons; a patchwork medallion evolves as you play with fabric.
Useful attributes for decide-as-you-sew patchwork are a
tendency to arrange and rearrange, a delight in changing patterns,
a patient playfulness, and the acceptance of unexpected beauty.
It's not too hard; you've been doing it all your life. Click
to read more
Tools
and Techniques Expensive devices are not essential to quiltmaking. A
beautiful quilt can be made with simple and inexpensive tools. Click
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Fabric
and Color If you want an extraordinary quilt, don't use ordinary fabric.
This does not mean that you need expensive fabric, but you do need
fabric with visual impact. Don't be timid in choosing fabric. Click
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Don't
Quit Till It's Quilted Making the patchwork top is the exciting and glamorous part of
quiltmaking. Doing the quilting can be boring and tedious, calling
on all our reserves of patience and diligence. Why do we bother?
Aesthetically, the lines of quilting enhance the beauty of the
patchwork design. Quilting takes your design from a flat
two-dimensional pattern to a sculptured 3-D surface with depth,
texture, and shadow. Quilting also adds strength and durability to
the quilt. Click
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