Coming Soon!
Maverick Quilts, Using Large-Scale Prints, Novelty Fabrics & Panels with Panache
is winding its way through the corridors of C & T Publishing and can be expected
to hit the shelves in July 2011. Using her impromptu working style and exploring fabrics' relationship to design, color and pattern, Alethea has designed 10 new quilts for this book. With two versions of each design everyone will find a quilt that will be perfect for that cool fabric they have been saving for the "perfect" project.
Dream Chair Quilts - 7 Patterns for Whimsical Wallhangings is the culmination of Alethea Ballard's art quilt series, which explores the quintessential image of the chair. Basic how-to directions are accompanied by full-size patterns and make this pattern pack from C & "Quilting classes bay area ca"T Publishing a great project for quilters of any ability. Learn how to do raw-edge, glue stick appliqué; bead and yarn embellishments; and even paint on your chairs to bring them to life. Alethea's excitement and energy jumps off the pages and will get you making your own amazing furniture.
Innovative Fabric Imagery for Quilts is the encyclopedia for quilters and fabric artists who want to incorporate visual images into their quilts. Cyndy Lyle Rymer's wonderful quilts are joined by a huge gallery of inspiring visual works from quilters all over the world. Directions for manipulating your images will allow you to create just the right image for your photo image quilt. Alethea Ballard's Empty Nest quilt can be found on pages 52 - 55.
Alethea has designed 11 images for the Quilt Label Collective, Volume 1, For C & T Publishing. You can choose from Alethea's whimiscal labels or from her playful children's motifs.
*Fabrications Quilting for You did a write up on Dream Chair Quilts in their most recent issue. It's on page 73 of Issue 70 March/April 2011.*
*Look for Alethea in the Snippets section of New Zealand Quilter magazine in July.*