Optical Illusions for Quilters

Learn how to unravel the mysteries of creating space, depth, and perspective in your quilts - textile pictures that play tricks on your eyes!

Author Karen Combs reveals these secrets by examining masterpiece quilts created by well-know quilt artists and explains their use of optical illusions.

Each section explores different visual illusions. Hundreds of illustrations and traditional quilt block designs are used to show how dimension and movement can be added to quilts and wallhangings. Chapter 8, Illusions of Color contains information helpful in producing all types of illusions.

This book contains full-size patterns for 12" quilt blocks showing illusions, and complete instructions for the cover quilt using isometric perspective.

About the Author: Karen is known for taking a traditional pattern and giving it her own unique twist. She has always been intrigued with quilts of illusions and has been designing quilts with the illusion of depth for the many years.

She loves to share her quilt knowledge, teaching for quilt guilds and conferences nationwide, and was nominated for Teacher of the Year by "Professional Quilter Journal" in 1995. She is co-founder of Maury Quilter's Guild, has served several terms as president and vice-president and published their newsletter.

Her quilts have appeared in major quilt shows and her articles and patterns have appeared in many quilting magazines. Karen is also the co-author of "3-D Fun with Pandora's Box" published in 1997.

Karen grew up in Michigan and in 1990 moved to the rolling hills of middle Tennessee where she lives with husband Rick, daughter Angela, son Josh, two cats Gizmo and Benjamin, and at last count, four fish.