Kaffe Fassett uses the colorful Venetian island of Burano to
form the backdrop of another stunning collection of new quilt designs
from the Kaffe Fassett Studio.
In this 22nd installment of Kaffe Fassett's ever-popular series of
patchwork and quilting books, the quilts have been photographed on
location in Burano, a tiny island in Italy's Venetian archipelago,
famous for its lace making but also for its brilliantly painted houses
in a myriad jewel colors.
The colorful house walls, sometimes distressed and occasionally
decorated with murals, form the backdrop, along with the canals,
bridges, and boats of this special Venetian island, to another wonderful
selection of Kaffe's new quilt designs.
The collection of 19 quilts features both new fabric designs from
the Kaffe Collective and some of his Classics. Bali Brocade makes a
fantastic background to Kaffe's sumptuous Shimmer Star quilt
with its ripples of pattern in contrasting prints. His two versions
of a very simple quilt, comes in two very different colorways. Hot
Steps is a riot of color, whereas by contrast its sister quilt, Cool
Steps, in dusty blues, greens, and greys has an dreamy quality. Liza
Prior Lucy's rich and dark Turkish Coffee quilt, with its hint of
Eastern promise, fussy cuts Kaffe's new Turkish Delight fabric to
brilliant effect.
Kaffe Fassett's Quilts in Burano provides all the instructional
text, diagrams, and templates to make the quilts, plus a section on
basic patchwork techniques for less experienced quilters.
