Quilting essentials
Subtitle: from design to color and beyond
By: with Heather Thomas ; National Quilters Circle
Contributors: TN Marketing, LLC; National Quilters Circle
Series: The Great Courses; Great courses (DVD)
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 1145
ISBN-13: 9781629974187
Subjects: Patterns; Technique; Quilting
Notes: 30 lectures, 38 minutes each.

Instructor, Heather Thomas.

DVD.
Table of contents: title: Disc 1. Module 1. Quilt design: the basics & beyond. Introduction and block basics; title: Quilt settings; title: Sashing, coping strips & borders; title: Designing your own unique quilts; title: Becoming an artist; title: Disc 2. Color theory & elements of design; title: Technique, visual language & working in a series; title: Freestyle piecing: beyond the block; title: Guide to composition and freestyle piecing; title: Disc 3. Module 2. All about color. The color wheel & color scale; title: Value, texture, & the 12 colors; title: Interaction of color & principles of design; title: Color: it's all about the contrast; title: Color expanded: bold personalities; title: Broadening your experience and practicing; title: Disc 4. Module 3, Quilting techniques & more. Products & tools; title: Design, ergonomics, basting & doodling; title: Nine basic stitch-outs; title: Machine quilting design basics; title: Disc 5. New alternatives to free-motion stitching; title: Creating your design & tracing your motif; title: Free-motion stitching your design; title: Adding color; title: Final shading, squaring up & binding; title: Disc 6. Embellishing & bling. Paper clay, hot fixed metal & embellishments; title: Basing & quilting & the finishing touches; title: Unique embellishments, surfaces, & stitching; title: Playing with beads, bling & sheer fabrics; title: Module 5. Finishing up: borders & hanging options. Exploring edges & finishes; title: Displaying your quilts like a pro.