Posts from ‘October, 2006’

Now that you are training your eye to see color more observantly and have started keeping a color journal, you’re ready to start creating color palettes with your fabric.

Select one of the magazine photos with colors you absolutely love and can’t wait to work with.
Identify the major colors in that photo.
Go to your stash, and [...]

Most people have their own intuitive color style, but simply aren’t comfortable or confident using their own preferences in a quilt. Starting today, you are going to look at color differently, more observantly. By recording your likes, dislikes, and color observations, you are coming one step closer to recognizing your own personal color [...]

The best way to approach anything new is by taking small steps. So for your first lesson, you are going to outfit yourself with a Color Kit. That’s it. Don’t worry about what you’re going to do with it. Just gather the supplies. And you thought this was going [...]