Kay Capps Cross - Quilted Panels in Black and White: Fast and Friendly Techniques for Using Fabric Panels and Large Prints

quilted panels
IN black & white

Easy Techniques for Using Fabric Panels and Large Prints

Kay M. Capps Cross

Quilted Panels in Black & White. Copyright 2010 by Kay M. Capps Cross. Manufactured in China. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review. Published by Krause Publications, a division of F+W Media, Inc., 4700 East Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45236. (800) 289-0963. First Edition.

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Cross, Kay M. Capps.
Quilted panels in black & white : easy techniques for using fabric panels and large prints / Kay M. Capps Cross.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-4402-1133-1 (alk. paper)
eISBN 13: 978-1-4402-1612-1
1. Patchwork Patterns. 2. Quilting Patterns. 3. Black in art. 4. White in art. I. Title.
TT835.C74896 2010
746.46041 dc22

2010008610

Designer: Geoff Raker
Production coordinator: Greg Nock
Photographer: Al Parrish
Stylist: Lauren Emmerling

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Dedication

This book is dedicated to fabric-aholics everywhere. You know who you are, I know who you are and we are lucky to be who we are.

I cannot offer you a twelve-step program, but what I can offer you is a book with oodles of ideas for utilizing those panels you bought years ago that are still stuffed in the back of your closet. Dig them out, rev up your sewing machine and lets get quilting!

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank:

F+W Media for allowing me to create, write and share my ideas with you.

All the individuals at F+W that had a hand in showcasing my work. I so appreciate that you get me and celebrate the quilts in such a striking way.

Baby Lock For the Love.

Bali Batiks, Inc.; Island Batiks, Inc.; Marcus Brothers; Red Rooster Fabrics; Avlyn; Exclusively Quilters and Northcott Silks; Lyndhurst Studios and Andover Fabrics for supplying me with inspirational fabrics.

My four incredible children for their patience, adaptability, character and daily inspiration. I am thankful each day that I get to live with them.

My He-man for providing house, home, a studio large enough to store lots of wonderful fabric and mostly for creating a family with me.

My goddesses, my friends and my students for encouraging, teaching and supporting me.

The quilting world for recognizing that there is beauty and value in all types of quilting even when it is wonky!

My Grandma Angels for visiting me and reminding me they are never far away.

Contents

SECTION 1

SECTION 2

A wall hanging that features an Asian-style batik panel.

A childs quilt that combines a vintage Annie panel with the Fibonacci sequence.

A toddlers nap quilt that turns a sweet, whimsical character panel into a broderie perse machine appliqu.

A quilt that incorporates text panels containing quotes from Harriet Tubman.

A quilt that adapts a traditional pattern to accommodate large-scale prints and preprinted fabric in stripes and squares.

A bright wall hanging that teaches how to cut large-scale floral prints to use in piecing.

A quilt that demonstrates how to use a large floral in the body of a quilt, as well as in the border.

A quilt that uses fabric preprinted in strips to create a contemporary Trip Around the World.

A large quilt that uses a stretched log cabin block to frame fussy-cut toile squares.

An easy wall hanging that builds a pieced frame around a rooster batik panel.

A wall hanging that utilizes a no-stress technique for flying-geese blocks around a 1920s-style fabric panel.

Introduction

In an effort to go green like the rest of the country, I went digging through my old totes of fabric for inspiration. In the recesses were many, many panel pieces for dollhouses, books, aprons and many other things already printed and ready to sew together. Not only can I now make all these items, but I can also buy new, high-quality, interesting and artistic panels from almost all the manufacturers of quilting fabric. This book is an effort to give you inspiration to find uses for all those beautiful new panels now available and also for those panels that have been hidden in the back of the closet for years. Whether kitschy, fun, memorable or just wacky, these panels can star in all types of quilts. They can be layered on a baby quilt, a full-sized quilt or incorporated in any type quilt you want. This book will offer you ideas in different sizes utilizing different techniques and will help you reduce that stash!

I knew the walrus panel was going to come in handy some day. I also thought the adorable