Fabulous Facades-Create Breathtaking Quilts with Fused Fabric (eBook)

Gloria Loughman's vivid landscape quilts depicting the Australian bush have won major awards internationally. She teaches quilting both in Australia and overseas. Her most recent body of work has been based on architecture. Gloria lives in Victoria, Australia.

Introduction How To Use This BookDesign Old Buildings ⢠New Buildings ⢠Choosing Your Facade Elements of Design Line ⢠Shape ⢠Texture Using the Elements of Design Editing ⢠Exaggeration ⢠Unity and Harmony ⢠Repetition ⢠Balance ⢠Focal Point ⢠Movement ⢠Contrast Finding an Image Cropping ⢠Backgrounds ⢠Scale ⢠Light and Shadows Color Color and Culture The Art of Color Color Combinations The Color Wheel ⢠Color Schemes Color Balance Working with the Original Color Scheme Color and PerspectiveFabric Dark Fabrics for the Base Fabrics for Walls Fabrics for Trims Fabrics for Glass Fabrics for Sky Fabrics for Foreground and Water Overpainting Commercial Fabrics Creating Textured Fabrics Steps to Prevent FrayingCreating the Pattern Drawing the Design Using Perspective Photocopying and Using Your Computer Photocopying and Tracing ⢠Using Apps Construction Preparing Freezer-paper Patterns for Bases Basic Construction Information Seaside Cottage Multiple Buildings Special Features Stone Walls ⢠Windows ⢠Wrought IronBackgrounds and Foregrounds BackgroundâSky Commercial Sky Fabric ⢠Painted Sky ⢠Collage Sky ⢠One Piece of Fabric Sky BackgroundâForest Printed Fabric Forest ⢠Abstract Forest Foreground Paved Footpath ⢠WaterDoorways Design Preparation Construction Special DoorwaysSkyscrapersOther FacadesâBoats and CarsFinishing Faced Edges Projects Old Doorway Italian Village CampervanAbout the Author