Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 143 pages
- Published by: Watson-Guptill Publications April 1997
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1571200274
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1571200273
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Book Dimensions:
11 x 8.6 x 0.4 inches
- Weighs: 1.3 pounds
Product Review
Once they become comfortable making various traditional quilt blocks, many quilters long to take their work a step further. But how do you make the leap from the old favorites to arrive at something new? Joen Wolfrom has been experimenting with that concept for years, developing innovative yet fairly foolproof methods for moving from standard patterns into bold new designs. Her lucid text and abundance of good color diagrams dissect the process clearly and in detail. Beginning with the anatomy of basic quilt blocks, Wolfram demonstrates how to give them a face lift by blending, adding, rotating, varying sizes, stretching, condensing, accentuating repetition, playing with color, and otherwise altering them to achieve dynamic, imaginative quilts. Dozens of gorgeous color photographs of quilts by many artists supplement Wolfrom's work to provide a gallery of inspiration.
--Amy Handy
From Independent Publisher
How about wrapping up yourself or your loved ones in a very special blanket - one designed by you? If that sounds like a charming idea, you can make it into a reality with this lovely guide to the art of quilt designs. The gorgeous photographs will inspire you, as will Wolfrom's fluid prose. Abundant patterns are provided, with information about each. There is also a section on creating group quilts, suggestions for follow-up activities, and details on inventing one's own pattern. The book includes sources of additional information, as well as sources for fabrics and patterns.
Reader ReviewsPATCHWORK PERSUASION by Joen Wolfrom is more art book than work book, but interesting nevertheless. If you've been making quilts for awhile you will find this book relatively straightforward. If you've never made a quilt or are not terribly practiced then it will prove less useful. Wolfrom provides an illustration of each of the quilts she discusses in the text (there are many of them) and for some, examples of the basic block used in the construction of the quilt. Some of these quilts are quite literally works of art--many of recent origin, such as "Layfayette Square" (1993) and "Georgetown on the Potomac" (1995). In fact, most of the quilts were recently made by contemporary American artists. Excluding the cover example ('Sunlight and Wheels' by Junko Sawada of Yokohama-shi Japan) my favorite is Carol Bryer Fallert's 'Oswego, Illinois' which shows a stylized idyllic fall river scene viewed through a garden lattice. Consider this book the next best thing to the annual quilt show (or better depending on the exhibits at the show).
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