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Kaffe Fassett's quilts in an English village, Kaffe Fassett ; featuring Liza Prior Lucy

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Includes bibliographical references (page 144)

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non fiction

Kaffe Fassett's quilts in an English village

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Kaffe Fassett ; featuring Liza Prior Lucy

With his unerring eye, Kaffe has succeeded in finding the perfect location for his exquisite new collection of quilts, featuring both his scintillating new fabric designs and his classics, all in his unique colour palette. This time he has chosen the medieval English village of Lavenham in Suffolk, where the 19 quilts in this book are set off against the ancient half-timbered Tudor houses. They are displayed in all their glory in a sumptuous eye-catching quilt gallery. Included in this set of new designs are many very special ones by Kaffe, and several by his long-time friend and co-designer, Liza Prior Lucy. Kaffe's Starry Night, featured on the cover, fussy cuts some of his brilliant floral fabrics in deep rich colours to great effect, setting them off by surrounding stars in his Shot Cottons. Shards translates the traditional Broken Dishes design into deliciously soft and subtle blends of pastel fabrics, shown off to perfection against the pale plaster and weathered timbers of the Lavenham houses. In a quite different vein, the boldly contrasting background stripes in black and white fabric in Blooming Columns make a dramatic contrast to the huge fussy-cut flowers appliqued onto it. This book - the 23rd in the series - includes a range of quilts for all skill levels, from beginners to advanced. Shaded Squares is one such lovely quilt for first timers, with its cleverly shaded squares each made up from two large triangles, one plain and one striped in Kaffe's Shot Cotton and Wide Stripe fabrics. Flat shots, a practical know-how section and glossary, back up the fully illustrated, step-by-step instructions for each quilt

Trip around the snowball -- Paperweight checkerboard -- Starry night -- Dark watermelons -- Peach sunset -- Woodstock -- Cottage garden flowers -- Leafy diamonds -- Dark boxes -- Cotton candy pinwheels -- Shards -- Ancient glade -- Bright weave -- Marquetry blocks -- Blooming columns -- Opal crosses -- Mirror columns -- Tiddlywinks rosy -- Shaded squares

Quilts in an English village