Glorious Patchwork: More Than 25 Glorious Quilt Designs

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Kaffe Fassett puts a new spin on some of the traditional quilt patterns and his creations are fresh and original. But making a Kaffe Fassett quilt in a class taught by the master of “Glorious Color” brings you up close and personal to his creative genius.

By the end of the class, everyone had a basic layout designed for their quilt that they were pleased with, though maybe not all the blocks were cut or put up. For more than two decades, Kaffe Fassett's sumptuously textured, vibrantly colored designs have thrilled readers and inspired them to pile on color and break the rules. He is a fabric designer for Rowan Patchwork and Quilting and the primary knitwear designer for Rowan Yarns.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Well worth the money, even if you only look at the book and don't actually make any of the designs - I was inspired! While some of his color combinations and business of the quilt tops could be offensive to some, I think that one has to see the brilliance of his work. Besides this quilting class, I have also taken and written about a quilt class with Empty Spools as well as the Judy Niemeyer Quiltworx class that I took at her retreat house in Montana.

I am a retired PhD chemist and traveling the world is one of my deepest passions which continues to add to my ever growing quilt of life experiences.The book will inspire you to make quilts that don't pretend to be antiques, but will instead enliven a room in a distinctly modern way.

The success of his work is in how he uses simple forms such as stripes and puts them together in exciting ways. He had made his mark as a designer in the knitting and fashion world when his very first ever knitting project was featured in the Vogue Knitting magazine. The book is divided into five chapters by colour themes: gentle Soft Pastels, bold and brassy Circus hues, fresh Leafy Gardens, alluring Antique Stone Colours and rich Renaissance tones.

Where we might just say shades of red, to him it was “flaming red”, or “pungent blue”, or “mustard green”. We finished with a show and tell as Kaffe and Brandon went around to each quilt and evaluated the final results. Whether it’s a sweater, a needlepoint pillow or quilting fabric, his uniquely colorful style is instantly recognizable. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage.

Not only is Kaffe exuberant in his tactile use of color he is also extremely passionate and erudite when he talks about color in his creative world. The quilt show week-long program included classes by big name quilters and that year, Kaffe Fassett was the keynote speaker as well as one of the quilting instructors. This would forever be a tangible reminder of the day we spent with the design genius for whom “color was like breathing”. It was interesting to see how at the end of the day a blue themed quilt was made by someone wearing a blue cardigan or a predominantly yellow quilt was put together by a student wearing a yellowish top.I gathered a new idea just this week from the book and even though the floral fabrics are dated - looking at the shapes and color ways i have a new quilt brewing in my mind.