Kaffe Fassett's Quilts in Burano: Designs Inspired by a Venetian Island

In this 22nd installment of ever-popular series of patchwork and quilting books, the , a tiny island in Italy’s Venetian archipelago, famous for its lace making but also for its . The colorful house walls, sometimes distressed and occasionally decorated with murals, form the backdrop, along with the canals, bridges, and boats of this special Venetian island, to another wonderful selection of new quilt designs. The collection of 19 quilts features both from the Kaffe Collective and some of his Classics. Bali Brocade makes a fantastic background to Kaffe’s sumptuous Shimmer Star quilt with its ripples of pattern in contrasting prints. His two versions of a very simple quilt,comes in two very different colorways. is a riot of color, whereas by contrast its sister quilt, , in dusty blues, greens, and greys has an dreamy quality. Liza Prior Lucy’s rich and dark Turkish Coffee quilt, with its hint of Eastern promise, fussy cuts Kaffe’s new Turkish Delight fabric to brilliant effect. all the to make the quilts, plus a for less experienced quilters.