I’m so lucky to be Katie Pasquini Masopust’s Editor. It’s so inspiring working on her books!
Her new book, Inspirations in Design for the Creative Quilter: Exercises Take You From Still Life to Art Quilt is no exception.
Katie begins by explaining how to set up an all-white still life that is the starting point for the explorations in the book. The still lifes are easy to set up using every-day items that you paint white.
I was totally amazed by how many different approaches there are to using the still lifes as a starting point for a design: contour drawing, painting with shadows, repeat, and more.
Setting up a white still life
I think one of my all-time favorite Katie quilts is Dancing, created using the fast blind contour drawing method. And I love how she shows the steps she used to create the quilt.
Dancing by Katie Pasquini Masopust
Fast blind contour drawing
Selecting area of interest with L-shaped cropper
Simplified drawing
Playing with colors
In addition to Katie’s stunning work, the book includes many student works showing how successful anyone can be by following Katie’s instructions. Be inspired!
One lucky person will win their very own copy of Inspirations in Design for the Creative Quilter! To enter, leave a comment at the end of this post. Comments will be closed at 6:00 pm PST on Sunday, August 28, 2011—the winner will be contacted via email and their name will be posted here on the blog next Monday.
Increase your chances to win! Enter an extra comment for each of the actions you take below. Tell us what you did and thanks in advance for spreading the word!
- Place one of our blog badges on your own blog (make sure it links back here)
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- Tweet a link to this giveaway & mention @ctpublishing
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Congrats to Gil whose name was drawn at random from the comments on last week’s post! Gil won a copy of Felt Wee Folk by Sally Mavor.
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What an exciting book! Can’t wait to get a chance to see it in person.
Wow – this book looks amazing – and like one I’ll buy if I don’t win. But I hope I do! :)
Oh My! This book looks exactly what I’m looking for! thanks for the chance to win :o)
I would love to win this book! I’ve taken a class from Katie and own some of her books & DVDs. Her techniques are wonderfully creative.
I have Tweeted to my followers :o)
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I love her books! Can’t wait to see this one!
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I am a member of the Creative Troupe.
Wow, would love to win that book! Looks reallyinteresting.
Looks like a great book to inspire unique ideas–would love to win a copy!
I LOVE Katie’s books!
I am a Creative Troupe member, shared on FB and will share on Twitter.
I have shared this link on my Facebook page and added a link to your fan page :o)
And I subscribe to your email too!
Hi Lynn, It’s books like these that make me sad I always disqualify myself from entering book contests. I want my readers to get the chance, so linked to your giveaway here, http://quilting.craftgossip.com/?p=10717.
I still refer to many of Katie’s books, she’s a master in art quilting.
Warmly,
Scarlett Burroughs
Quilting Editor, Craft Gossip
I am a great fan of Katie’s work, and was so impressed when she visited my quilt guild.
I am trying to learn the principles of art quilts after years of being a traditional quilting, and I think this book would be a good reference.
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I would love to win it, the style looks like a lot of fun to play with.
Would love to win this! Thanks for the nice giveaway!
I would love this book.. looks fantastic!
What an amazing book! Would love to win it and work on those projects and some of my own! Thanks for the give away…
Love Katie’s talent and technique would love her book!
Hey, that sounds like a fantastic new approach for quilts! I’d love to win this book!
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This book looks very intereresting! I would love to win it.
She’s one of my favorite quilters. I’m trying to get my local guild to have her speak.
Yes this looks like another great book from Katie PM. Thanks for the info!
I’d love to learn more about Katie’s quilt-making process. I NEED THIS BOOK!
I love Katie’s work. Took a workshop from her years and years ago — continue to be inspired by her. Thanks for the giveaway.
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I’m always looking for a new technique to try. Keeps my work fresh.
Love Katies work, she is a wonderful artist, would love to have her new book
debi
Awesome giveaway…this book will head you in the right direction to make awesome abstract art quilts! I’m a Creative Troupe member!
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I have a number of your blog badges on my blog!
I subscribe to you email newsletters too!
And for one last opportunity, I also subscribe to your YouTube videos! Can you tell I’d love this book for my library?! Thanks so much!
I NEED this book!
I would love to win a copy of Katie’s book!
I would love to win this book — her books are so inspiring!
I’m a creative troupe member.
This is my kind of designing!
Looks wonderful!!
Oh my, how I need and want to have that book to improve my quilting!
What an interesting looking book. Thanks for a chance to win.
Wonderful book, I love how she made the piece into an abstract, really stunning piece.
Debbie
Would love to win this book!
Katie’s the best! I was lucky enough to take a workshop with her at the National Quilt Museum earlier this year. Came home bursting from the seams (no pun intended) with ideas! The book looks like great fun.
I love her work and would love to win this book!
I am a member of the Creative Troupe.
Yep, I also get your e-mail newsletters. This is one book I really need!
That book looks interesting…
I’d love to win a copy of teh book!
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Katie is a favorite of mine, and this looks like a really interesting new book that I’d love to have!
thanks!!
Amazing book! Sure would need some inspiration and creative ideas!
I would love to win!
Wonderful looking book. Would love to see all the pages.
Looks interesting!
I’m a member of the Creative Troupe
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I’m also a subscriber to the C&T newsletter
I’d love a chance to enter!
Thanks :)
I subscribed to the email list – Thanks!
This books looks great….Pick me, pick me, please
I would love to have this book…I learn so much from this artist….
Love Katie’s style and her sharing spirit… would love to have this book to go with her colorwash book I already have!
Kat
I own several of Katie’s books and have always found them inspirational. I would love to win a copy of this latest book.
I’ve always admired Katie’s work. Thanks for counting me in, Lynn.
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Simple and stunning. Love this technique.
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Looks like an interesting technique–would love to learn more about it!
So very glad I found this @ 4:20 in the morning, maybe this was the reason I couldn’t sleep. Oh well, even if I do not win this book, I will put it on my personal wish list. It looks as if it needs to be in my life!
That looks like a really interesting technique – one I would love to try.
Awesome book, I would love to add this to my quilting supplies.
I already have several quilting books; however, I do not have this one and would love to win it. I feel like I am ready to expand on my quilting skills from general quilting to more elaborate quilting. From the description of this book, I believe it would be a great asset.
Also … Although my website is still under construction, I do plan to add an additional website about general crafts, sewing and quilting. I just have to get past setting up my jewelry website … which is alot harder than I had anticipated.
Thanks for the fantastic giveaway and best of luck to everyone.
This sounds like a fascinating book that is very different from more traditional quilting books I’ve read. Please enter me into the drawing. Thanks for the chance.
I already subscribe to your email list.
Appears to be a book that I would be very interested in having. I am just delving into the designing field and am still very apprehensive of my skills. I have CTPub badges on my blog
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I have tweeted your giveaway @jeannegwin
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I am already a Troupe member
I love the work of Katie Pasquini Masopust — to win her new book would be wonderful!
Sounds like a great book. I have others by the same author. Thanks for the opportunity to enter.
I love all of Katie’s work. I was lucky to see one of her art quilts in Nebraska while visiting the International Quilt Museum in May. Fabulous and inspiring.
I need a good starting point and an all white one sounds awfully nice. Katie’s quilts are terrifyingly advanced and amazing, but her class and techniques are skill building and doable for beginners. Crossing Fingers!!!
I love to quilt and I can remember the great memories of my great grandma making hers while sewing all by hand!! Sandra
I love to doodle. I never thought of doodling in fabric. What fun.
A book to look forward to…I have her others and they are wonderful and inspirational. She’s a fun teacher.
I was thrilled with this blog! I just got home from the APWQ in Tacoma where a group of quilters had made a series of quilts based on drawings like Katie’s. Since I am in a small art quilt group, we may use this to explore uses of color (complementary, analogous, primary and secondary triads etc), value and so on. I am ready to dive into it once our guild’s quilt show is finished in October. Lots of new ideas to explore during the gray months of winter!
I’ve posted, copied, twittered and entered.
wow guess I can leave many posts…just figure they will be one after another?
I LOVE Katie’s books and her constant change in her designing. I would love to win her newest book.
sure would love to win the book….hooked up to utube…have blog badge…get your emails
hope it all brings me luck…
Katie is a fabulous teacher and creates marvelous quilts.
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Interesting looking book – I’m always looking for new techniques.
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I think a lot of quilters who wish to expand themselves into art quilts do not know how to get there. I know people who have some art, drawing, painting background seem to have an easier time with the transition. This book looks like a great one to achieve the transition. Some quilters are happy sewing blocks and making quilts, but there is a time when they may say I have enough blankets and I want travel a different path.
These are wonderful projects!
Thanks for the great giveaway.
Hello Katie! Took your color theory class when you were in Augusta for the Maine Quilts 2011 Show. For the first time, when I was putting fabrics together for a project where I needed light, med light and medium (beige colors), I found myself saying “what are the tones of these fabrics on the scale of one to seven?” I’d lay one next to the other and say, “This is perfect or this one is too close like a 3 & 4 what I need is a 3 and 5.” Thanks for a fantastic class Katie! I think this is just the beginning of my inspiration….
I have all of Katie’s books, can’t wait to see this one!
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I love Katie’s work, and took her first still life class. It would be wonderful to have the book and see how things developed and what other students did
only one entry – but its one opportunity to win …
I want to win.
I am with you on youtube
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You inspire me:)
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