Focus on Features

Following her popular Faces & Places, the creator of one-of-a-kind pictorial quilts addresses her Appliqué-for-Realism techniques in even greater detail.

In Focus on Features, the actual drawing process is emphasized, including tips on shaping realistic details of features such as eyes, noses, mouths, ears, and hands. Charlotte Warr Andersen leads us beyond basic shapes of facial features, exploring subtle variations in shape and combination that make us all individuals. Detailed photographs show step-by-step construction sequences for an eye and a mouth. Charlotte covers the roles of color and value and demonstrates how those who prefer machine appliqué can also utilize her technique.

“Creating representational quilts, especially of real people, requires many different skills, from drawing and understanding color relationships to appliqué methods. Charlotte is a master of them all, and this thoughtful discussion of the techniques involved will reward any quilter’s study.” —Jeannie M. Spears, Senior Features Editor, Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine