Whitework Quilting by Karen McTavish

Wholecloth ~ Trapunto ~ Applique ~ Pieced

Learn to use Architecture to inspire your designs.  Design an heirloom wholecloth and understand color and shadow trapunto.  Add these techiques to enhance your pieced quilts.

Whitework Quilting by Karen McTavish combines the best of how-to, history and art. This book is a fusion of two concepts: an artful, coffee-table lexicon of award-winning quilts, and a resourceful, knowledge guide structured to lead readers to their own wholecloth quilting success.

This book features some of the country's best quilters, showcasing 60 award-winning Wholecloth, Trapunto, Appliqué and Pieced quilts. Never before has so complete a collection of wholecloth quilts been amassed. Images of the quilts fill the pages and include incredible, detailed shots. Viewing the quilt in person with a magnifying glass would not render better views of the stitching.

Karen's humor and quilting knowledge make the book a joy to read. In very little time you will understand the core concepts of creating your own heirloom wholecloth quilt.

Whitework Quilting breaks the "Quilt book" mold. It is a book of art and practicality. It is comfortable on your coffee table or your work table. This is more than a quilt book; it is an expression of love for the beauty of art in cloth.

This hardcover, square-backed book with a satin marker ribbon, features over 60 quilts, is 192 pages in full color.