The design master plan: Creating motifs and borders - Paperback

by Fiona Schiffl (Author)

New edition. It's time for a new approach to creating quilting designs! The design master plan gets the most out of your design session by putting a motif through a series of steps. Whether you're new to quilting or have been quilting for years, you'll be amazed at how much the design changes. The design takes on a life of its own and creates a whole family of designs for you to choose from. If you've ever stared at a blank 12" square of paper waiting for inspiration to hit, this book is for you. Features include: where to find inspiration, what computer programs can do for the quilter (if you want to use one), the design process, aesthetics, how to create borders and getting the design quilt top ready. With around 900 illustrations, 125 concepts, 50 problems and 80 solutions, you'll never look at design in the same way again. Fiona was fed up with not being able to think of something wonderful to quilt on her quilts. An illustration computer program came into her life and that was the start of a beautiful friendship. She quickly developed a system for creating dozens to hundreds of designs from one idea. The system was so successful that she's decided to share it with you as well as hundreds of the designs that were created along the way. The great news is you don't need a computer program or to be an artist either. Many of the designs in this book are also available as patterns in From labels to whole-cloths: Volumes one and two.

After creating around 200 designs during the pandemic, she had to include many of them in new editions of all three books. With 12 new pages and hundreds more designs, it couldn't be more jam packed with ideas that will unleash your creativity.

Author Biography

Fiona began quilting as a young mum in 1994 and began teaching in 1995. She loves to inspire people to think outside-the-box and get them moving in the direction they want to take their quilt journey. She enjoys creating unique quilts-especially landscapes. She has never been one to follow the crowd when it comes to her quilts, she prefers to do her own thing instead. She is an avid domestic machine quilter, and loves analysing and designing colour schemes. Fiona has won state quilt show awards over the years in Australia.