Analysis of a whole-cloth quilt using The Design Master Plan
See how so many concepts in The Design Master Plan by Fiona Schiffl are used in creating a whole-cloth quilt. This book saves the world from a global chocolate shortage.
Play time with design!
Hello everyone! I’ve been having a play with the designs in From labels to whole-cloths: Volumes one and two to show you how terrific the…
Border basics
The simplest way to create a border is to take several base units, or parts of a block and join them together with some curved…
Merging blocks
Excerpt from The design master plan Here is another great way to merge two different blocks: lay one block on top of the other. These…
Going from frustrated to “Woo hoo, I can design!”
I thought you may like to read an excerpt from the design master plan about how my book and design journey began and things I learnt along…
The complete process of making quilting designs
Today I thought I’d give you an overview of the design master plan, the process I use to create hundreds of quilting designs. Some of…
What I learnt about formatting a book—part 7
Grammar and style sheets I get by when it comes to grammar and if I wasn’t sure about something, I checked online. I would check a few…
What I learnt about formatting books—part 6
Images and Illustrations—part 2 Today we’ll look at more issues affecting illustrations. Each image is different and may need a separate rule of thumb but keeping a…
What I learnt about formatting a book—part 5
Images and illustrations—part 1 The layout of the book depends largely on the images within the book. Will they need the full page to show detail…
What I learnt about formatting—part 4
Quilt book layout—part 2 Today we’re continuing on with looking at basic layout concepts if you’re writing or want to start writing a quilt book.…
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