A quilter's color and design reference from the author of the popular quilting guide, Landscapes & Illusions. Joen Wolfrom follows up her landscape quilitng book with a textile craft guide exploring luminosity, highlights, reflections, and transparency in both traditional and contemporary quilts. Joen Wolfrom discusses the color wheel, explains various visual effects, and encourages observations of nature. Wolfrom also provides information on pattern drafting and perspective to help quilters create their own designs. Crafters also get a history of some of the leading quiltmakers of our time.