First, best-selling author Rose Hughes shared her Fast-Piece Appliqué technique in Dream Landscapes. Now, she takes quilters of all skill levels to new creative heights. Explore the five basic design elements: line, shape, texture, color, and space - Try quick sketchbook exercises that get your creative juices flowing - Find a terrific quilt pattern for showcasing each design element; 11 projects are included Rose Hughes is a fibre artist based in California, and she has written several books about her clever Fast-Piece Appliqué technique. Her art quilt designs are striking and do have a unique style; the aim of this book is to encourage the reader to learn how to build their own similar quilt designs. Rose dissects her own designs, gives lot of practice sketch exercises and includes 10 step-by-step projects to help you on your way. Her five basic design elements - line, shape, texture, colour and space - are explained thoroughly and illustrated with the accompanying projects. This isn't a general quilt design book as it is very much focused on creating art quilts based on Rose's own, but there are many helpful hints which could be applied in a wider context. -- Popular Patchwork, December 2013 Design fabulous quilts! Rose Hughes, best-selling author of Dream Landscapes, presents lessons on the basic design elements, plus easy exercises and 11 beautiful quilt patterns. After 20 years in the corporate world, Rose Hughes jumped into her quilt art life in 2003 and has never looked back. Rose loves to share her quilting passions and travels the world providing entertaining and educational lectures. Her teaching topics include Fast-Piece Appliqué (of course), but her lineup of workshops also covers design, fabric painting, color, and all forms of embellishment. As Rose continues to pursue her art, you may find her quilts in juried exhibitions throughout the world, and you might also see her sharing her work and methods on television and online. She enjoys membership in numerous quilt- and art-related organizations and finds joy in sharing her love of quilting through her blog, ravenspeakquilts, and her Facebook page.