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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER 1: Thinking About Shadows
    • Tools and Techniques
    • Properties of Shadows
    • The Shape of Shadows
    • The Color of Shadows
  • CHAPTER 2: Using Color and Value to Create Depth
    • Color
    • Value
    • Project: "Bob and Weave"
  • CHAPTER 3: Pieced Shadows
    • Perspective Settings
    • Drop Shadows
    • Project: "Emerald City"
  • CHAPTER 4: Appliqued Shadows
    • Appliqued Drop Shadows
    • Sheer Shadows
    • Puddled Shadows
    • Project: "Wild Sky"
  • CHAPTER 5: Discharged Shadows
    • What is Discharging?
    • Selecting Your Design
    • Selecting Background Fabric
    • Discharging Chemicals
    • Discharging
    • Finishing Your Design
    • Project: "Botanically Correct"
  • CHAPTER 6: Painted Shadows
    • Products
    • Creating Puddled Shadows with Paint
    • Creating Implied Shapes with Paint
    • Creating Shadowed Shapes iwth Paint
    • Project: "Square Peg, Round Hole"
  • CHAPTER 7: Other Shadow Techniques
    • Quilting
    • Couching
    • Stamping
    • Markers
    • Etcetera
  • About the Author
  • Resources
  • INDEX

Title: Casting Shadows: Creating Visual Dimension In Your Quilts
Author/Designer: Colleen Wise
Format/Publication Date: TPB:2005
Publisher: C&T Publishing, Inc., Lafayette, CA
Language: English
Page Count: 112
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 11" x 8 1/2"
ISBN: 1571202951

SUMMARY- This book will blow your mind. I'm not kidding. She gives a very detailed and visual exploration of what shadows are, how they're created and the different kinds, then confidently and clearly shows you how to create them in your quilts. I am gobsmacked, and have no idea why this woman doesn't have ten more books to offer us. I demand an accounting. It is grossly unfair that this is the only book she has given us. You'd think that C&T Publishing, at least, could have cajoled a few more out of her, having gotten their foot in the door with this one. Someone has really dropped the ball in their editorial pen. Find a copy of this book. You will be so glad you did, and it will excite you to try new things all over again.