Grace Errea

‘Impressionist Applique’ by Grace Errea and Meredith Osterfeld is a unique book, where the quilts are centered on value rather than color, and three different appliqué techniques are used to stitch the fabric onto a thin foundation.
Impressionist Applique centers on the use of color values, the same color of fabric family, with a difference in how light or dark a fabric is. Using tone-on-tone fabrics, Errea and Osterfeld lead in exercises in making quilt fabric charts for fabric shopping and organizing.
Several projects are demonstrated throughout the book, and Errea and Osterfeld take you on a journey in making these quilts. These are very beautiful small, art quilts with a lot of fabric choices included. After fusing or gluing these pieces to a foundation, the book teaches three different appliqué methods. They have chosen to teach raw edge appliqué, turned edge and free edge appliqué.
After completing your art quilt, Errea and Osterfeld, help you finish the quilt with assistance in adding your backing, and how to quilt your art. It is very comprehensive.
I like this book because it goes so much into learning about fabric value, and the quilts are really beautiful! If you would like to learn a new technique, and aren’t concerned about what color your swan or parrot is, this is a great book!
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