Quilt Me! : Using Inspirational Fabrics to Create Over 20 Beautiful Quilts

An exciting new title from the leading quilt author, Quilt Me! celebrates Jane  Brocket’s liberated, joyous, colourful approach to quilting using wonderful  fabrics and simple shapes and patterns to create stunning effects.  Taking ‘inspirational fabrics’ as its starting point, the book explores not only the  designs available in cotton, made-for-the-market quilt/patchwork fabrics, but  also moves into a new realm of alternative fabrics that can be used to make  beautiful, practical, usable quilts. It is as if a quilt-maker has walked into the  haberdasher’s of her dreams and has explored the many possibilities that  traditional fabrics offer, fabrics such as ticking, linen, gingham, tweed, tartan,  suiting, shirting, velvet, silk and calico.  With clear instructions for a fantastic variety of quilts, Quilt Me! recreates the  excitement, known to all quilters, of rummaging through a new stash of fabrics.  The author describes the joy to be found in a wonderful colour scheme, design  or pattern, as well as the aesthetic and practical advantages of making the most  of what we find in traditional fabric shops and in our textile heritage, finding  alternatives to quilt cottons, and casting a new eye over fabrics made for other  purposes such as clothes, curtains, upholstery and interior decoration.