Quilting Line + Color

Techniques and Designs for Abstract Quilts

Yoshiko Jinzenji

Looking to fuse Japanese design and modern techniques in your quilting projects? In Quilting Line + Color, you will explore color, shape, stitching, and fabric ideas from weaver, dyer, fabric artist, teacher, and quilter Yoshiko Jinzenji. Yoshiko brings a fresh, contemporary vision to the quilting scene with more than 30 gorgeous projects, accompanied by precise instructions and detailed illustrations.

From bed-size quilts to bags and pillows, you will learn to create innovative pieces while trying out new and traditional techniques, including:

• Layering transparent fabrics, appliqué, reverse appliqué, and handstitching
• Balancing white with colors and using white as positive space, along with graphic use of color for a fresh, painterly feel

Paperback • 192 pages • 8 ¼ x 10 ¼ in (210 x 260 mm)