Past meets present in this dazzling collection of new quilts from design genius Kaffe Fassett. Drawing inspiration from the textile treasures of the Victoria & Albert Museum, Londons world-famous decorative art museum, Kaffe has created 23 gorgeous new patchwork designs that fall into three categories: Utility Quilts, Traditional Quilts and Showpiece Quilts. Each is a sympathetic interpretation of an antique source, using updated color schemes and contemporary sewing techniques. All the designs are easily accessible to todays quilters.

Each design has full instructions and easy-to-follow colored piecing diagrams. All the basic techniques are covered, from start to finish, including simple appliqu and quilting methods, and the book is lavishly illustrated throughout with close-ups of each quilt, gorgeous photography on location, and clear color design templates.

Introduction

Utility Quilts
Patchworks inspired by classic V&A quilts with simple, large template formats that are relatively quick and easy to stitch up.

Traditional Quilts
Heritage-format patchworks based on V&A quilts, hangings and embroideries and requiring a medium level of quilting skill.

Showpiece Quilts
Showstopping designs drawn from V&A appliqud quilts as well as V&A porcelains.

Making the Quilts
Full instructions and easy-to-follow coloured piecing diagrams for all the new Kaffe Fassett patchwork designs, including a clear flat shot of each.

Patchwork, Appliqu and Quilting Techniques
Basic techniques for making patchworks from start to finish, including simple applique and quilting methods.

Templates
Actual-size patch templates to trace for each design, and and reduced appliqu templates to enlarge for tracing.

Kaffe Fassett Fabric Collection
Swatchbook-type samples of Kaffes patchwork fabric collection

Acknowledgments and Index

Kaffe Fassett is a bestselling author and designer who passionately believes that anyone can participate in and enjoy creative crafts. He regularly shares his vision of the decorative arts in his lecture tours, exhibitions all over the world, workshops, television appearances, and books. His work formed the basis of the first one-man show of a living textile designer ever to show at the V & A in London. Designing for companies such as Designers Guild and Rowan Yarns, Kaffe has launched a luscious new collection of cotton fabrics specifically for quilting.