Intuitive Color & Design: Adventures in Art Quilting - Softcover

You'd think after 27 books, Jean would run out of ideas. But for some reason, we think she's just getting' started! In Intuitive, Jean explores line and color a la art quilt style, and she seduces us into carrying our cameras everywhere. We've seen this before: the transition from strongly traditional quilting pioneer to raging freewheeling artiste (Gwen Marston and Joen Wolfrom come to mind). It's an absolute joy to see someone whom we think has set quilting down in narrow parameters break out and do so much more. And she cops to it! Intuitive isn't about breaking rules so much as bending them. We've always thought the testament of a real master is the ability to learn the rules and then manipulate them as his or her needs. Jean, we're on our knees, sister. Should you buy this book? When you're ready to break out of your Sawtooth Star rut, turn to Jean. She'll move you to quilt horizons you didn't now existed.--Quilter's Home, 10/1/10

Discover a whole new world of quilting with these fabulous exercises that teach you how to release your true creativity. Learn how to think outside the block. As expert quilter Jean Wells shows you how to use your own creative talent to design and piece spectacular free-form quilts. "Intuitive Color Design" features 11 creative exercises that teach you how to take your quilting in dramatic new directions - including 3-D 'off the wall' quilts - how to use photos and journals to find inspiration, innovative finishing methods that will show your quilts at their very best, and a whole host of proven techniques to make your art-quilt adventure easier than ever before.