Shadow Quilts: Easy-To-Design Multiple Image Quilts - Paperback

by Patricia Maixner Magaret (Author), Donna Ingram Slusser (Author)

Create multi-layer images of a single block!

Explore dramatic new horizons for traditional quilt patterns. Look closely at a Shadow Quilt, and discover the multi-layer images of a simple block. You'll love exploring this easy sleight-of-hand technique!

- 9 inventive projects with complete instructions from design to binding. Start with an easy Shoo-Fly block and progress to quilts using more complex traditional blocks.
- Shadow Quilts begin with a basic block and repeat the image in small and large scale to create a layered shadow effect
- The secret is in your fabric choices! Guidelines and hints from Donna and Patricia show how to choose the most visually effective blocks, determine a color scheme, and select fabric combinations that result in perfect value contrast

Author Biography

Patricia Maixner Magaret and Donna Ingram Slusser enjoy an active quilting partnership that has developed over a period of twenty years. They are the authors of several best-selling books. Pat and Donna both live in Pullman, Washington.