The energy, bold accents, and contrasts speak for themselves in these 24 projects. In the friendly, you-can-do-it tone that is her trademark, German quilt designer Bernadette Mayr offers you new ways to think about freestyle colour piecing. These new designs offer you very colourful, playful, wild, and geometric quilts to make, or to make your own by experimenting with colour. A few smaller projects, like pillows and a silk evening bag, focus colour play into a smaller piece. This guide also serves as a complete resource for new quilters, offering 14 lessons on the important basic quilting skills like cutting shapes, freehand machine embroidery, and quilt assembly. AUTHOR: Quilt designer Bernadette Mayr specializes in the freehand cutting technique. She originally learned it from American quilt artist Nancy Crow, and has since made her mark with the unique designs and colour use of her creations. SELLING POINTS: ? 24 tantalising patterns bursting with colours, plus easy to follow directions for making them your own ? Includes 14 lessons on quilting skills, like cutting shapes, freehand machine embroidery, and quilt assembly ? The playful, can-do tone also focuses on using your stash and scraps effectively 330 colour photographs and drawings
