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Create the popular look of watercolor quilts in a wink of the time using these two quilt books, Quick Watercolor Quilts & More Quick Watercolor Quilts by Diana Pappas. Sew 80% fewer seams than traditional watercolor quilts require

 

Watercolor Quilts by Dina Pappas

Use with Fusible Interfacing

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Quick Watercolor Quilts
The Fuse, Fold, and Stitch Method

Author: Dina Pappas
Pages: 111
Page size: 8 1/2" x 11"
Publisher: That Patchwork Place
Cover: Soft
Item Code: 4e2270
Weight: 0.95 lbs.

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by Dina Pappas

sunflowersBack Cover Information

Create the wildly popular look of watercolor quilts in a wink of the time! Learn to make quilts that use watercolor wreaths, hearts, baskets, and other pictorial motifs as a focus. The technique is simple- you'll instantly reduce the number of seams to sew, using fast fusible interfacing and as few as three fabrics. Now beginning and advanced quilters can all join the watercolor craze!

Discover How To:

  • Stitch up 13 beautiful scenic watercolor-style quilts in a snap
  • Sew 80% fewer seams than traditional watercolor quilts require
  • Align seams perfectly without expert rotary-cutting skills (the interfacing forgives inaccurate cutting!

About the Author:

Dina Pappas is an award-winning quiltmaker, teacher, lecturer, and pattern designer. Her work led to the development of preprinted interfacing for use with watercolor piecing. Her quilts have been published by McCall's Quilting magazine and seen on the TV show Simply Quilts.

 

seasonal wreaths
tea partywreath
flower basketteapot witrh flowers

Table of Contents:

Preface 7
Introduction 9
Supplies 10
Fabric Selection 13
Combining Three Fabrics 14
Combining Five Fabrics 18
Designing Quilts 19
Graphic Designs 19
Designing Shapes 19
Reading the Edge Fabric 19
Edge Placement 20
Watercolor Borders 25
Evaluating the Design 26
Piecing With Interfacing 29
Preparing Grids 29
Fusing Designs 30
Piecing Panels 30
Piecing Border Designs 33
Squaring Panels 33
The Quilts
Floral Heart Wreath 34
Miniature Floral Heart Wreath 38
Floral Heart Pillow 42

Floral Bordered Heart Bed Quilt 46
Sunflowers 54
Basket of Blooms 58
Ficket Fence 62
Four Seasons Wreaths 66
Miniature Wreath 70
Four Wreaths Bed Quilt 74
Watering Can Bouquet 80
Tea Lover 84
Tea Setting 88
Quiltmaking Techniques 93
Rotary Cutting 93
Machine Piecing 93
Applique Techniques 94
Adding Borders 96
Finishing Techniques 100
Preparing the Quilt 100
Quilting 101
Adding a Hanging Sleeve 106
Binding 107
Bibliography 109
About the Author 110



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Author: Dina Pappas
Pages: 96
Page size: 8 1/2" x 11"
Publisher: That Patchwork Place
Cover: Soft
Item Code: 4W0550
Weight: 1.25

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by Dina Pappas


watercolor nosegaysBack Cover Information

New Shapes Will Shape Up Your Next Watercolor Quilt!

Discover fresh, fast techniques for stitching gorgeous watercolor-style quilts! Dina Pappas has expanded her simple fuse, fold, and stitch ,method to include rectangles and triangles as well as squares. Even if you're a beginner, you can create these fabulous watercolor designs with ease.

  • Say goodbye to tricky piecing and mismatched seams with ten quilted projects that use fusible interfacing and a timesaving grid system
  • Give a beautiful watercolor look to classic patterns such as Irish Chain and Trip Around the World, plus traditional baskets and eight-pointed stars
  • You'll quickly learn to sew up to 85% fewer seams than traditional watercolor quilts require

Create glorious, complex looking designs without all the work in this sequel to the bestseller Quick Watercolor Quilts!

About the Author:

Dina Pappas is an award-winning quiltmaker, teacher, lecturer, and pattern designer. Her work led to the development of preprinted interfacing for use with watercolor piecing. Her quilts have been published by McCall's Quilting magazine and seen on the TV show Simply Quilts.

 

twined vines runner and mats
2 color blooming hedgeslacy eiht-point star
garland irish chainceltic garden maze

Table of Contents:

Preface 6
Introduction 7
Supplies 8
Fabric Selection 11
Combining Three Fabrics 12
Using More than Three Fabrics 14
Designing Quilts 16
Graphic Designs 16
Designing Shapes 16
Reading the Edge Fabric 16
Placing Edge Pieces 17
Placing Full-Floral Squares 19
Evaluating the Design 20
Piecing With Interfacing 21
Preparing Grids 22
Fusing Designs 25
Piecing Square & Rectangular Panels 25
Piecing Triangle Panels 26
Piecing Block Panels 28
Squaring Panels 28
The Quilts
Blooming Hedges 29
Two-Color Blooming Hedges 34
Twined Vines Runner and Place Mats 41

Lacy Eight-Pointed Star Wall Hanging 46
Garden Sampler 51
Garland Irish Chain 59
Celtic Garden Maze 65
Four Vintage Baskets 72
Watercolor Nosegays 76
Quiltmaking Techniques 81
Rotary Cutting 81
Machine Piecing 82
Applique Techniques 83
Adding Borders 85
Finishing Techniques 88
Preparing to Quilt 88
Preparing a Quilt Sandwich 88
Basting 88
Quilting 89
Adding a Hanging Sleeve 92
Binding 93
Signing Your Quilt 95
About the Author 96

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Large Scale Prints

Wonderful 1 Fabric Quilts
CopyCat Quilts
by Dawn E Navarro
Book OR EQ CD
Karen Stone Quilts
Karen Stone Quilts

11 popular designs + 2 new New York Beauty
Modern Art With Fabric
Modern Art With Fabric
by Debbie Maddy
Purely Provence
Purely Provence
Designs by Renee Nanneman

 


Puzzle Quilts
by Paula Nadelstern

Quilt It Fab
Quilt it Fab
by Linda Sullivan

Rectangle Pizazz
Rectangle Pizzazz

by Judy Sisneros
Wonderful 1 Fabric Quilts
Wonderful 1 Fabric Quilts
by Kay Nickols

Large Scale Prints

How to Use by Pamela Mostek

Dazzling Quilts
Dazzling Quilts
by Pamela Mostek
Just Can't Cut It
Just Can't Cut It!
Quilts from Fabulous Fabric

by Pamela Mostek
Limited Stock
Out of Print
Scatter Garden Quilts
Scatter Garden Quilts

by Pamela Mostek
 

Large Scale & Floral Prints

Watercolor Quilts

9-Patch Pizzazz
9-Patch Pizzaz

by Judy Sisneros
Colorwash Bargello Quilts
Colorwash Bargello Quilts

by Beth Ann Williams
Diamond Quilts & Beyond
Diamond Quilts & Beyond

by Jan Krentz
Focus on Florals
Focus on Florals

by Terry Martin

 

Watercolor Landscape Quilts
Watercolor Landscape Quilts
by Cathy Geier
Swatch Box Organizer
Fabric Swatch Box
13 7/8" x 8 3/4" x 2"
(4) 2" Rows with 20 movable dividers to vary compartment section sizes for Watercolor & Quilted Photography Series
Out of Print
Impressionist Palette
Impressionist Palette
by Gae Perry
Out of Print
Watercolor Quilts
Watercolor Quilts
by Pat Maixner & Donna Ingram Slusser

Watercolor Quilts by Dina Pappas

Use with Fusible Interfacing

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More Quick Watercolor Quilts
by Dina Pappas
Quilter's Grid 1" on-point Fusible
Quilter's Grid
1" on-point & fusible
Out of Print

Quick Watercolor Quilts
by Dina Pappas

Tammie Bowser's Quilted Photography Series Using Chenille and Piecing Techniques

Software
Quilted Photo Xpress 3.0
Quilted Photo Xpress
Software

Demo Available
2nd Book

More Amazing
Quilted Photography

by Tammie Bowser
3rd Book
amazing chenilled qlt photography
Amazing Chenilled!
Quilted Photography
by Tammie Bowser
  1st Book
Out of Print

Simply Amazing Quilted Photography
Simply Amazing Quilted Photography
by Tammie Bowser

Recommended as helpful in Quilted Photography

Swatch Box Organizer
Fabric Swatch Box
13 7/8" x 8 3/4" x 2"
(4) 2" Rows with 20 movable dividers to vary compartment section sizes for Watercolor & Quilted Photography Series
Fusible Tricot Interfacing
Extra Wide
Fusible Tricot Interfacing

60" x 2 yds
Recommended for use in the Quilted Photography Series
Distance Viewer
Distance Viewer

Reduce Tool
Designed Soft Cover
Gridded Guides
Gridded Guides

1" & 1 1/4"
recommended in the Quilted Photography Series
steam-a-seam2
Steam-A-Seam2
& LITE Steam-A-Seam 2
Widths Available:
(12")(18")(24")
Fusible & Pressure sensitive coating on BOTH sides

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