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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Looking at Light
- How to Use This Book
- Designing Your Quilt:
- Sources of Inspiration
- The Design Process
- Designing the Tiles
- Exploring Color:
- The Language of Color
- Mixing Colors for Painting Fabric
- Color Schemes
- A Different Starting Point
- Color and Perspective
- Selecting Fabric:
- Sky Fabrics
- Water Fabrics
- Foliage Fabrics
- Fabrics for Other Areas
- Creating Your Own Fabric:
- Dyeing Fabric Using Procion Cold Water Dyes
- Painting Fabric
- Constructing the Background:
- Drawing the Design
- Choosing Segments to Tile
- Making the Tiles
- Choosing the Base Fabric
- Placing the Tiles
- Stitching Down the Tiles
- Stitching Down the Rest of the Background
- Quilting the Landscape Details
- Using Tiles in Other Areas:
- Forests
- Waterways
- Mountains
- Tiled Foreground
- Whole Quilt
- Foreground Highlights:
- Silhouettes
- Trees
- Figures
- Boats
- Buildings, Bridges, and Other Man-Made Structures
- Reflections
- Finishing Techniques:
- Making a Faced Edge
- Making a Narrow Border and Wide Binding
- Making a Narrow Inner Border and Wider Outer Border Finished with a Facing
- Projects:
- The Baobab Trees of Madagascar
- The Cypress Trees of Florida
- The Pines of Norfolk Island
- Aspen Forest
- Resources
- About the Author