If you've ever dreamed of being an impressionist artist like Monet or of capturing nature's beauty, light and luminosity in your quilts, Watercolor Quilts is the book for you.--Back cover.

At last--a watercolor quilt book that gives complete cutting and piecing instructions. "Awash With Color" includes 12 wall-size quilt projects that are beautiful, yet not too difficult for the less experienced quilter. Fabric amounts are clearly stated. Step-by-step directions are given from start to finish.

As a celebration and thank-you to all quiltmakers who are hooked on watercolor quilts, Pat and Donna have compiled 74 watercolor quilts for you to enjoy.

Quilt like a Painter! Turn fabulous landscapes into breathtaking quilts with Watercolor Landscape Quilts. Using Cathy Geier's easy cut-and-paste techniques, you can capture the beauty of the countryside with "strokes" of fabric ... just like a painter! This easy-to-use book includes: 14 projects with easy-to-follow instructions Simple techniques for fabulous special effects, including adding applique, layering tulle and adding borders Easy step-by-step instructions for creating your own landscape design 135 plus full-color photos A photo guide to selecting the best fabrics Quilt the world like a master painter. Teacher, artist and expert quilter Cathy Geier shows you how with Watercolor Landscape Quilts.

Well-known quilter Linda Causee has come up with a fresh idea that's smart and fun. These 26 lovely quilts--one for each letter of the alphabet--not only make wonderful projects, they teach too! Every letter stands for a new quilting technique, including A for Appliqué, F for Foundation Piecing, P for Postage Stamp Quilts, and Z for Zig-Zag. Plus, there's a fascinating history on each quilt, as well as a materials list, instructions for cutting and piecing, and numerous illustrations that provide easy-to-follow guidance. Full-page beauty shots display the completed quilts in all their colorful splendor. Among the unique designs: a quilt created entirely out of borders, a crazy quilt that shows off needlework skills, and a nature-themed Hawaiian quilt.

The soft, dreamlike beauty of the colorwash style and the intricate look of bargello are combined in this step-by-step guide to building perfect color palettes for ten stunning quilts. As quilters learn these easy-to-follow methods for making winning color choices, they'll also find the confidence to showcase their personal style. Ten gorgeous projects show quilters how to alter bargello designs dramatically with simple variations in color and value. A comprehensive introduction to stitching bargello designs will get beginning quilters up to speed on the technique. Quilters familiar with the bargello style will love these new ideas for playing with color and texture. Includes a section on machine-quilting techniques that complement bargello quilts.

Sew modern quilts that illuminate your life with the help of gorgeous ombré fabrics. In this book, designer Jennifer Sampou shows you how to make ombré fabric work for you, with six brilliant quilt projects featuring her Sky Collection fabric. Easy large-scale piecing shows the entire ombré gradation, while smaller-pieced quilts let colors dance and glow in hundreds of hues, tints, and tones! With a single fabric containing subtle shifts from pale to dark, color feels exciting and new again. Take advantage of digitally-printed yardage that’s now widely available, with hundreds of colors printed on a single yard.

Use Gai's original technique, inspired by her love of nature, to "paint" with floral fabrics, creating impressionistic quilts in the style of Monet. Her simple and effective technique sets floral fabric squares on point to enhance the interaction and blending of color; flower motifs are centered within the squares. Impressionist Quilts gradually layers information leading to the completed landscape. She presents general principles of design, color, and fabric selection, then gives detailed instructions for each of the wallhangings. With few rules, you will find many opportunities to develop your own style and create a luminous fabric painting.

Create beautiful landscape quilts using strips and scraps with these 15 lovely projects! In Lovely Landscape Quilts, Cathy Geier walks you through the process of creating amazing landscape quilts using simple techniques that anyone can try. Learn how to find inspiration and choose you fabrics, how to design and lay out your quilt, and how to use angles to create skies, water, hills and mountains. Learn tricks for embellishing your quilts with applique, marker and fabric to create shadows and highlights that will give your landscape quilts depth and perspective. Finally, learn the tips for finishing and quilting before trying any of the 15 beautiful projects designed by Cathy.

Discover how to stitch up 13 scenic watercolor-style quilts in a snap; sew 80% fewer seams than a traditional watercolor quilt requires; align seams perfectly without expert rotary-cutting skills (the interfacing forgives inaccurae cutting!).