Patchwork Lab: Gemology - Andrea Tsang Jackson

From Andrea Tsang Jackson, Patchwork Lab: Gemology is a paperback quilting book that explores how the beauty and allure of natural stones can be translated into complex patchwork quilts. With a clear, step-by-step approach to colour work and fabric selection, it guides readers through creating the transparency and light associated with gemstones, paper-piecing their way to a jewellery box of blocks.

Designed with intermediate quilters in mind, the projects begin with nine traditional gemstone shapes, including teardrop, marquis and emerald cuts, then build in complexity to help develop skills as you progress. Once the blocks are complete, the book moves on to a series of projects in both large and small formats, from single-block makes to larger quilt samplers. Workshops and tutorials cover topics such as achieving effective transparency with fabric, cutting and faceting with fabric, and a speedy chain-piecing technique for paper piecing. A field guide approach, supported by watercolour illustrations of gemstones, offers further inspiration for sampler ideas and settings.

Key features

• Beginner-friendly workshop on achieving effective transparency with fabric
• Speedy chain-piecing technique for paper piecing
• Nine basic 12'' gemstone blocks with graded patterns for adjusting finished size
• Traditional and modern settings, plus gemstone groups with sampler ideas
• Field guide approach with watercolour gemstone illustrations
• Paperback format
• ISBN: 9781940655413

Specifications

• Author: Andrea Tsang Jackson
• Subtitle: Transforming Fabrics into Facets
• Publisher: Lucky Spool Media
• Publication date: 30 June 2019
• Pages: 144
• Illustrations: 120 colour illustrations

Sizing

203 x 254 x 18 mm

Rackhams Reference : GRLL9GCMHP