Create exquisite quilts in the Japanese style featuring cool, calming
taupe colors -- with tips, techniques, and inspiration from an acclaimed
textile artist.
The distinctive beauty of contemporary Japanese quilts in soft sepia
tones is known and admired by quilters the world over. These cool and
calm fabrics are easily combined, often with accents of brick red, olive
green, or yellow ocher, to create a style that is both new and evocative
of vintage quilts.
In Japanese Taupe Quilts, acclaimed textile artist Susan Briscoe
presents 125 patterns for patchwork and applique blocks that have been
drafted from a variety of traditional sources, including Japanese
fabric, paper, architectural designs, and kamon family crests. For
each block, Briscoe provides a photo, a clear instructional diagram or
template, a fabric palette, and cutting guide, as well as detailed
instructions for making the block. At-a-glance icons indicate skill
level (from beginner to experienced quilter) and techniques used.
The blocks can be mixed and matched, tessellated for allover patterns,
or combined into sampler quilts. Combination ideas appear throughout the
block directory, together with six simple projects: pillow, lap quilt,
tote bag, table runner, wall hanging, and satchel handbag.
