!Caliente Quilts! Book
Item #: Z0103
Create breathtaking quilts using bold colored fabrics
Do colorful, hand-woven fabrics tempt you, but you can't figure out how to use them in your quilts?
Look no further! A Guatemalan quilt artist discusses how the inspiration of her native culture has led to her unique quilt designs and provides step-by-step instructions for ten quilt patterns incorporating the secrets for using vibrant fabrics to create beautiful quilts bursting with life and color.
!Caliente Quilts! includes:
• Instructions for quilting with ethnic, hand-woven fabrics as well as colorful commercial fabrics
• Instructions for creating 10 vibrant projects from wall hangings to bed quilts. An extensive gallery with more than 70 gorgeous quilts
• A fascinating history of Guatemnalan textiles, along with photos for inspiration
Colorful ethnic fabrics are just crying out to be used, and with Priscilla's help, you'll be quilting with them in no time.
The unique quilts you create will leave you breathless!
144-pages, soft color, full color
by Priscilla Bianchi
About the Author:
Guatemalan native Priscilla Bianchi, quilt artist, designer and international teacher, represents a unique personality in today's fiber arts world. Her one-of-a-kind art quilts and wearables combine American quilt-making with the richness and ethnic appeal of Maya Guatemalan hand-woven textiles, colors, patterns, and
symbolism, giving life to a myriad of designs that are fresh and innovative. She lives and operates her Maya textile export business from her hometown in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Her original artwork is exhibited internationally and has been acquired by the Museum of Art & Design (formerly American Craft Museum) in New York City and many private collectors. Priscilla teaches and lectures around the world.
