One of the questions I’m most often asked is “Where do you get your inspiration?”
My short answer? ”Everywhere.”
That’s usually not the answer people are looking for. They want specifics, like publication name, date, and page number, so they can see it too. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way.
I don’t rely on any one source for [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Color’
Colorful Quilt Inspiration
Love Apple Table Runner
Creative Quilters, I’d like you to meet Love Apple, the February update to my new Color-of-the-Month pattern series:
Love Apple Pattern Update: $5.95 (free to pattern subscribers – keep reading)
Learn by Doing
This month’s color lesson is all about value, and you’ll learn how to work within a single color palette and still get enough lights, [...]
Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks: Old Glory is Mine!
When Carolyn Beam from Quiltmaker asked me to participate in their 100 Blocks issue I was thrilled to contribute, as Quiltmaker is the magazine I recommend most to my students. It’s a great learning tool, and their 100 Blocks collector’s issue does not disappoint. It’s packed with appliqued, pieced, and mixed-technique blocks, so no matter [...]
Do I Need an Excuse to Visit a Quilt Shop?
More photos from my trip to Athens and Dragonfly Quilt Shop. As you walk in the shop you’re surrounded by gorgeous fabrics and samples that you can’t wait to make! Love the beautiful white armoire filled with goodies. The shop had a Kaffe Fassett table to get quilters excited about his workshop at Dragonfly. Deb [...]
Color and Inaugural Fashions
Did you notice the colors our presidential families wore to the inauguration? Among a sea of black wool coats, both men and women accessorized in bright, vivid colors. And the most popular?
Yellow. And that wasn’t an accident. Michelle Obama’s yellow dress and jacket were the most highly-contrasting color she could choose to be visible next [...]
Terry Atkinson’s Keeping a Color Journal!
Terry Atkinson over at Atkinson Designs got inspired from Color Mastery and is starting her own color journal. Read the details here.
Interested in starting your own color journal from Color Mastery? Email me photos of your journal with the book and I’ll post them to the Color Mastery book blog! Send them to info [at] [...]
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 [...]
Color Mastery Now Available for Pre-Order!
It’s a big day in the Willow Ridge Press studio. Color Mastery is now listed on my distributor’s website at AtlasBooks.com. You can pre-order your own copy and be one of the first to hold it in your own hands. I decided to use a distributor for book sales and fulfillment so I can concentrate [...]
Noticing the Beauty in the Everyday
It’s apple-picking time in north Georgia. Aren’t these apples gorgeous on a sunny day? Imagine these colors worked into a quilt. There’s so much light on the red that they look orange, like peaches.
I took these photos with my camera phone, and they turned out much better than I imagined. In reality, these apples [...]
