Cultural Fusion Quilts

A Melting Pot of Piecing Traditions

Sujata Shah

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C & T Publishing
01 November 2014

Quiltmaking, patchwork & applique

Bold, vibrant, striking - and amazingly easy to make! This collection of 15 quilts draws on handmade crafts from three continents to create a style that's at once traditional and modern, artistic and practical. A simple stack, cut, shuffle, and stitch technique makes the sewing fun for quilters of any level. Perfection is not required! Author Sujata Shah provides alternate setting suggestions for each project, plus an inspiring photo gallery of the crafts that shaped her style.

By: Sujata Shah
Imprint: C & T Publishing
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 280mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 7mm
Weight: 404g
ISBN: 9781607058090
ISBN 10: 160705809X
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 01 November 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sujata Shah is an award-winning quilter and designer who finds inspiration in the rich handmade tradition of her home country, India; the quilts of Gee’s Bend; and African textiles. She lives in Chester Springs, PA. therootconnection.blogspot.com

Reviews for Cultural Fusion Quilts: A Melting Pot of Piecing Traditions

I love everything about Indian design and color and this book rocked me from the opening and short show-n-tell of hand embroidered wallhangings, and printed fabrics. I love the techniques that the designer shows us in her book although they are not totally unfamiliar to me, as American free-form quilters have been using, teaching, and writing about these techniques for years. Yet, for some reason, the work and process spelled out in this book is speaking to me now. Wow. Maybe it s because the focus and simplicity of both the quiltmaking and the process of patchwork, has been unabashedly simplified and not used as a mere precursor for some kind of unattainable museum-worthy free form fabric masterpiece. All of her piecework is so liberating and freeing and, it had occurred to me, this freedom in cutting and free-form sewing might be just the thing a bored quilter might need to get out of her/his creative rut. I also want to give Shah props for including the additional layer of fiber-interest for including photographs that inspired her individual projects, like pottery, textiles, carved wood, African textiles, etc. I really enjoyed reading and learning the effortless techniques Shah teaches us in the book that are used to achieve the different patchwork patterns --Mark Lipinski 11/24/14