THE WORLD NEEDS YOUR NEXT QUILT

Open to any page in this book and you’ll find a flexible framework designed to add intention and nuance to your next quilt. Unlike conventional how-to manuals, this book centers on the narrative of your quilt and offers practical step-by-step ideas to align every design decision you make to support the story your quilt tells. 46 pages. 6” x 8.25”

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• INTRODUCTION

• THE DISARMING POWER OF QUILTS

• INNER WORK

• THE WHAT & WHY OF FREE-WRITING

• THE NARRATIVE HEART

• NOTICING WHAT ARISES

• YOUR IDEAL VIEWER

• OUR ROAD MAP

• COLORS

• WARM OR COOL?

• ARRANGING YOUR PALETTE

• THE IMPORTANCE OF SATURATION

• FABRICS

• SOURCES OF FABRIC

• UNCONVENTIONAL MATERIALS

• SOLIDS OR PRINTS?

• COMPOSITION

• COAXING OUT YOUR SHAPES

• LITERAL OR ABSTRACTED?

• PLACING YOUR SHAPES

• NEGATIVE SPACE

• THE 80% RULE

• ASSEMBLY

• MACHINE OR HAND?

• APPLIQUÉ OR PIECING?

• FOR THE LOVE OF APPLIQUÉ

• HIDDEN SEAMS?

• THINGS TO WATCH FOR

• BATTING

• BACKING

• QUILTING

• A LOVE LETTER TO HAND-TIES

• MACHINE OR HAND?

• MICRO-POPS OF COLOR

• THE PERFECT WEIGHT THREAD

• THOSE THREAD-ENDS THOUGH!

• DENSITY & SCALE OF STITCH

• LAST THOUGHTS ON QUILTING

• SILHOUETTE

• BINDING

• CLOSED BINDING

• OPEN BINDING

• EMBELLISHING

• 26 WAYS TO EMBELLISH YOUR QUILT

• THE WHOLE BOOK IN ONE QUILT

• HOW TO KNOW WHEN YOU’RE DONE

• 11 IDEAS FOR SHARING YOUR QUILT

• CONCLUSION: CHANGE IS SLOW

• ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• GRATITUDES