Welcome Home
Will be published approx. on 10. October 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-1-947163-00-3 (ISBN)
Description
Awaken your senses to a new appreciation of colour as you enter the studio of one of the world's leading fabric and quilt designers.Updated in a visually---exciting edition, Welcome Home Kaffe Fassett shows you how to combine rich colours and textures to create your own decorative accents including designer cushions and quilts and whimsical rag rugs.
Kaffe's passion for vivid and intricate design has inspired artistic knitting patterns, stunning needlepoint, unique fabrics, fantastic
mosaics and fabulous patchwork quilts. In these pages, he reveals the colour theory and sources of inspiration behind his visually
exciting work.
Kaffe's historic one---man textile---art exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Art has been photographed exclusively for this book.
Delight in nine projects, including a completely new project for a full---size snowball quilt. Each design comes with clear step---by---step
instructions, how---to---diagrams, and templates.
Kaffe's passion for vivid and intricate design has inspired artistic knitting patterns, stunning needlepoint, unique fabrics, fantastic
mosaics and fabulous patchwork quilts. In these pages, he reveals the colour theory and sources of inspiration behind his visually
exciting work.
Kaffe's historic one---man textile---art exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Art has been photographed exclusively for this book.
Delight in nine projects, including a completely new project for a full---size snowball quilt. Each design comes with clear step---by---step
instructions, how---to---diagrams, and templates.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Urbandale
United States
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 274 mm
Width: 209 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
537 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-947163-00-3 (9781947163003)
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Person
Kaffe Fassett is internationally-acclaimed as one of today's leading contemporary colorists and textile designers. Color and pattern are his obsessions, with his first venture into textiles being in yarns and knitting, and knit-garment design. Soon, his expertise extended to needlepoint, fabric, and quilt design. Kaffe Fassett's unique garments have been commissioned by Barbra Streisand, Lauren Bacall, Ali McGraw, Shirley Maclaine, Helen Frankenthaler, and many more. His fabric lines for Westminster Fabrics are highly sought after by quilters worldwide.