Quick Watercolor Quilts: The Fuse, Fold, and Stitch Method by Dina Pappas

More Quick Watercolor Quilts by Dina Pappas

This book will be published in June 2001. You may order it now at www.Amazon.com. Just type in the title to get to this future releases page.

 

The author, Dina Pappas
Just a few fabrics, fusible interfacing, and a little time
Finding time to quilt can be challenging. With two small boys at home I need to make the most of those short blocks of time I have. Quick Watercolor Quilts shows how much fun you can have with just a few fabrics and some fusible interfacing. The watercolor, or colorwash, pattern will emerge from how the fabrics blend together.

These projects go together fast and accurately, even for newer quilters. The interfacing piecing will bridge any gaps between squares or absorb excess into the folds.  Your seams will match like a pro even if you aren't.

If you follow the fabric selection in the book and find a good “edge” fabric you can cut strips, cut squares, and get to the fun part. With the right spacing of floral fabric you can cut and run. The edge fabrics may not catch your eye in the fabric store: they are diluted compared to the full floral fabrics bursting with blooms.  But, train yourself to look for the fabrics with open spaces. These will build a bridge between the background and and that floral you love. Chances are you probably won't notice the fabric in the final design, so you don't have to love it, you just need it for the spacing and colors the resemble your full floral.

What fun to see how the fabrics cut up and how you can shape them, concentrate them, and paint with them. Believe it or not, I do most of the quilts with almost no fussy cutting. Play with the fabrics until you are pleased with the design then relax. The stitching is SO easy with interfacing. These are quilts you can complete in time for gifts, holidays, or fundraisers.

Since most of my students have just started quilting I wrote the book to take you from start to finish through your projects. There are even free-motion quilting exercises in the back to guide you along the learning curve people go through as they learn to stipple. For those who have done watercolor I hope you will find ways to add watercolor in areas you may not have thought about. I hope you enjoy it.