Kaffe Fassett Quilts Shots and Stripes ─ 24 New Projects Made With Shot Cottons and Striped Fabrics

In Kaffe Fassett Quilts Shots and Stripes, quilt master Kaffe Fassett and coauthor Liza Prior Lucy present 24 projects—small and large, beginner and advanced—made with iridescent solid-colored cotton fabrics (called shot cottons) and woven striped cotton fabrics, all photographed in and around his weekend home on England’s southern coast. Inspired by worldwide travels and a plethora of ethnic textiles, including Amish quilts in America, Japanese indigo patched work clothes, and African weavings, the projects featured include full-size bed quilts as well as smaller pieces that can be completed more quickly, such as throws, wall hangings, table runners, and pillows. With Shots and Stripes, Fassett answers the current call for quilts that make bold graphic statements but are not necessarily as time-consuming as some of the work for which he has been previously celebrated.

Kaffe Fassett, widely acknowledged as a visionary in the use of color, is a fabric designer for Rowan Patchwork and the primary knitwear designer for Rowan Yarns. He is the author of 16 books, which have sold over a million copies worldwide, including STC Craft’s Kaffe Fassett’s Simple Shapes, Spectacular Quilts and his biography, Kaffe Fassett: Dreaming in Color. He lives in London. Liza Prior Lucy is an expert quilt maker and the owner of Glorious Color (gloriouscolor.com), a source for fabrics designed by Kaffe Fassett and friends. She works with Fassett on his fabric lines and books. She lives in New Hope, Pennsylvania.