Watercolor Quilts
Unlike traditional quilts in which the color scheme is the key element, watercolor quilts, often mood pieces intended to be hung on a wall, are constructed with more attention to the fabric design and to color values than to the actual hues used. Manipulating small squares of fabric into a flowing design--a "wash of color," so to speak--takes not only patience, but good design sense and thorough planning. In this remarkable, unusual book, Magaret and Slusser explain how it's done--including advice on everything from choosing appropriate fabric designs to stitching and binding--using lots of color photographs to ease crafters through the basics as well as to provide them with some specific projects and a gallery of gorgeous design possibilities. A book that calls out loudly to the artist lurking in every handicrafter.Stephanie Zvirin