I put together a list of the many resources I’ve created over the Color Mastery journey and put them into one place for you. Wow. No excuses not to have outstanding color in your quilts any more!
Color Tips for Quilters by Maria Peagler
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All Dressed Up . . . .
The cupcakes were baked, decorated, and ready to be nibbled on in a ladylike manner. My studio was sparkling, ready for the Mom & Me Quilter’s Tea guests to take a tour. Their parents won the experience at a silent auction for my son’s school. Books autographed, check. Camera, check. All done a day before.
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Behind the Scenes
After I shot this video at Dragonfly Quilt Shop in Watkinsville, GA, I gave a lecture to the Cotton Patch Quilt Guild in Athens, and drove home for a late-night arrival. The same day, my elder son attended a workshop at the local Apple store on how to use iMovie.
I’ve been the computer expert in [...]
Georgia Quilt Council’s Fall Convention
Last weekend I attended the fall convention of the Georgia Quilt Council in Carrollton, GA. After all the years I’ve been quilting, this was my first time attending the council’s meeting, and I was impressed. These ladies know quilting and know Georgia. I met many wonderful quilters, appraisers, shop owners, historians, guild officers, and teachers. [...]
A Real Book’s Lasting Value
I want my work to last. Longevity is one of the three main goals I have for my books. The other two? A post for another day.
I realized long ago that it took just as long to write a book that was trendy and out of print after two years as it did to write [...]
Color Mastery Gallery Talk
Ann Litrell, a local painter in Woodstock, Georgia, invited me to speak at her gallery event to raise funds for charity. Here are the details from Ann:
Gallery Show and Fundraiser – The Colors of HOPE: Author and quilter Maria Peagler, with local quilter Mary Litrel, will show selected quilts from their collections at the gallery [...]
Magical Moments
Sketching mesmerizes people. When people learn I’m a quilter, they often offer comments such as, “Oh, my grandmother did that,” or “I’ve always wanted to learn how to do that.”
But tell them I sketch, or even better if they see me sketching, and they are truly facsinated. They stop what they are doing to watch [...]
February Newsletter Hot Off the Press
February’s Quilts & Creativity newsletter went out this week, and I can’t wait for you to see it. It includes last-minute details on my book launch this Friday, an opportunity to win a color consultation with me, the scoop on fresh, innovative spring color palettes, a sneak peek at a new product I’ll be [...]
Everything You Wanted to Know About Color . . . .
Ok, well maybe not everything. After all, it’s only an hour. But what an hour it will be. I’ll be chatting with Morna McEver Golletz in the Professional Quilter Cafe, and of course the topic will be my favorite: color in quilts. What an artist date!
What I’m most excited about is having a one-on-one where [...]
Holiday Goodies in My November Newsletter
The November issue is out, and I included some incredible articles:
how to keep a color journal
how to orchestrate the colors in a “blended-type” quilt
a fabulous source for free machine quilting patterns
my favorite cranberry sauce recipe
details on my Twelve Days of Christmas giveaway
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The December issue of Mary Engelbreit Home Companion arrived in my mailbox, and my favorite part of the magazine is the artist profiles. But I had to share with ya’ll how much this magazine is now about quilting and fiber arts. Almost this entire issue is about fiber art of one kind or another, profiling [...]
Quilt Project Runway: Color Trends
Color trends are a dichotomous lot. They seem to diverge in different directions, with no rhyme or reason as to why they came about. 2009 will be no different, but here are the color predictions from Michael Miller Fabrics:
black & yellow color scheme (look for these in Vera Bradley handbags)
grey
orchid (a dull, [...]
Quilt Project Runway: Katie Pasquini Masopust
Katie Pasquini Masopust has a new book on creative quilt design called Design Explorations for the Creative Quilter: Easy-to-Follow Lessons for Dynamic Art Quilts. All about taking inspiration from photos and artwork and using them as a source for your quilts. Katie professes not be good at drawing realistically, so she takes her photographs and [...]
Quilt Project Runway: Jane Sassaman
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The highlight for Quilt Market for me was meeting Jane Sassaman and attending her session. Her quilts are always dramatic and graphically so well-designed, and here she shows off a super easy medallion quilt with almost no piecing, just a center piece of fabric and then added borders [...]
Quilt Project Runway: Stack-n-Whack
Here’s Bethany Reynold’s newest quilt from her book Stack-N-Whackipedia. Sounds like she’s made lining up the fabrics and cutting easier than it was before. I’ve never done her stack-n-whacks, but she sounds like she’s a great teacher. If you can take a class from her, do it.
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Lights – Camera – Showtime!
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Ready? Set? Go!
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Ever wonder what happens before all the glitz and glamour of Quilt Market? Here are two wonderful and generous ladies, Eileen Sullivan of The Designer’s Workshop, and Jennifer Armor of Jennifer Armor Garments, setting up their booth.
And here we are later [...]
Behind the Scenes at Fall Quilt Market 2008
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I’m in Houston, TX this week and I’ll be giving you a behind-the-scenes look at the giant trade show to the quilting trade: Fall Quilt Market. From this show come the new fabrics, books, patterns, and designers you’ll be seeing in your quilt shop in 2009. And you’ll hear about them [...]
Don’t Miss My Guest Post Over at All About Applique!
Kay Mackenzie, author of the upcoming book Easy Appliqué Blocks: 50 Designs in 5 Sizes (Martingale) invited me to be a guest over at her fantastic All About Applique blog. I reveal my top three tips for getting great color in applique quilts, as well as some storyline about me. You can read my post [...]
A Quilt with a View
All quilted and ready for facing. Sometimes I love the backs of my quilts even more than the front, because I can see the quilting so much better. I don’t want the quilting to overwhelm the design and colors on the front, but I sure do love the machine quilting detail you can [...]
Chatting about Color with Fabric Designer Elizabeth House
Today we have a special guest here at Quilts & Creativity: Elizabeth House, student and designer of the newly-released LizzyDish from Andover fabrics. I’ve always wondered how a fabric starts from an idea to actually making it onto the printing press, and Elizabeth shares her thoughts on design, color, and how she envisions using LizzyDish [...]
Get Some Perspective in Your Quilting
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In class this week, Patsy wasn’t sure if she had enough contrast between her bird and the background elements. So I shared one of my favorite and easy tips: take a photo of your work and look at it with your digital camera. You get distance from your work, [...]
The Aha Moment for Fiber Artists
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My favorite insights as an instructor are when I see the actual moments my students really get it: that singular moment when they realize they’ll never see color, fiber art, or quilting quite the same way.
We had lots of those moments in my Color for Fiber Artists workshop at [...]
New Monthly Email Newsletter
You can now sign up for my brand new monthly email newsletter and have it delivered directly to your Inbox. Each month I’ll be covering quilting techniques, news, and opening up the world of creativity and color to my subscribers. Note this is different than subscribing to this blog: the blog I update several times [...]
Making a Mark: Gold medal art – lessons from the Olympics for Artists
Over at Making a Mark, Katherine Tyrrell has seven pointers for getting to the gold medal standard in your art – her steps are a thought-provoking way to get to the next level in your quilts. Here’s the link:
Making a Mark: Gold medal art – lessons from the Olympics for Artists
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From Sketchbook to Art Quilt
(You’re gonna want to scroll down for this one.) So what does all this stuff about sketching have to do with quilting? It prepares you for the single moment that inspiration strikes. I want to make a quilt of a house, a bird, a cup of coffee. I want to make [...]
