Have you yearned to make a landscape quilt that captures your memories of a special place? It might be a holiday destination, a special place from your childhood, or even the view from your kitchen window. Where do you start? What are the key steps to making your landscape an achievable project?

The process of creating a beautiful landscape quilt requires making decisions about design and color, as well as accurate construction techniques and embellishing.

We all see the world around us in a different way. Even when we look at the same scene, we see it differently. Previous experiences, differences in how we physically perceive color, and our personal taste influence the way we view a scene. When you make a landscape quilt, you should try to capture not the actual landscape, but your personal perception of the scene. You may decide on true-to-life details or a more abstract form. Thus, a wonderful variety of interpretations of landscapes are possible.

Having worked as a special education teacher for fifteen years, I know that we all have different abilities, talents, and skills. I have endeavored to make the information in Luminous Landscapes easy to understand but still informative and detailed for those who enjoy the challenge of creating their own designs.

--- excerpted from Luminous Landscapes by Gloria Loughman

About the Author
Gloria Loughman trained as a secondary school teacher and worked mainly in literacy and special education faculties. Her initiation into the world of patchwork occurred approximately sixteen years ago, when she was recovering from a rugged course of chemotherapy. After completing studies in design and color as part of a Diploma of Art in 1996, she began to make her large vivid landscape quilts depicting the Australian bush. These quilts have won many major awards in Australia, Europe, Japan, and the United States. Her work has been featured in many books and magazines. Gloria lives in Australia with her husband and three daughters.

Luminous Landscapes
Quilted Visions in Paint & Thread
by Gloria Loughman

Let your inner artist out! Capture the glory of a sunrise or sunset, the stark outline of a tree against the sky, the placid surface of the ocean. Gloria has assembled a repertoire of techniques to give all your pictorial quilts breathtaking impact, from working with photographs to painting fabric, creating silhouettes, constructing backgrounds, and embellishing with stitching. Try one of three projects, or use the techniques in your own designs.

• Create unique and impressive landscape quilts from photos you take - includes tips on taking good pictures, how to combine elements of several photos into one design, and how to use color effectively
• Yes, you can create stunning pictorial effects using step-by-step techniques!
• Learn how to paint your own fabrics and create striking silhouettes

$28.95, Product Code: 10476, 96 pages + pullout, color, softcover, ISBN: 978-1-57120-366-3