Category: Color

  • Munsell Color Wheel

    Munsell Color Wheel

    Color wheels fascinate me. I think they appeal to the part of me that loves organization. For the last couple of years, I’ve been making various color samples because I often teach color workshops or lectures to quilt guilds. If you like color wheels too and would like to make one of your own, I…

  • Push-up 2 completed!

    Push-up 2 completed!

    I’ve been quiet this week because I’m trying to stay away from my computer and stay focused on sewing my new composition. I decided to play with tonal progressions a little more. Here was my basic thought process as Push-up #2 progressed. (Forgive the poor quality of the image. I just did some quick digital…

  • Tutorial: Using a gray scale tool

    Tutorial: Using a gray scale tool

    One thing I’ve learned about myself is that I need things to be organized in logical ways so my brain can process it all more easily. I started college when I was only 17, before I consciously realized this about myself. Even though I really liked my college textile art professor, I could never quite…

  • Nancy Crow workshop: Lines, Curves, Shapes; days 4 & 5

    Nancy Crow workshop: Lines, Curves, Shapes; days 4 & 5

    By Wednesday afternoon I wanted to totally leave behind everything I had done so far and I was eager to start the final project. Nancy gave us our final assignment, and once again I just couldn’t wrap my head around all of the variables. I will definitely sleep all day and all night for an…

  • Nancy Crow workshop: Lines, Curves, Shapes; days 2 & 3

    Nancy Crow workshop: Lines, Curves, Shapes; days 2 & 3

    A funny thing happened on Monday night. We went to bed, all tucked up in our little RV, when we noticed something terribly wrong with our very comfy, very reliable air mattress. It started getting rather flat. Sweet hubby valiantly tried to re-inflate the poor thing at 1 in the morning, but by morning it…

  • Nancy Crow workshop: Lines, Curves, Shapes; day 1

    Nancy Crow workshop: Lines, Curves, Shapes; day 1

    Monday morning started a little “late.” Technically, class starts at 9 AM, but during the week the classroom opens at 7 AM for people to work on their own before class starts. On Monday, the first day of class, everyone was there by 8:30, eager and ready to start. So, Nancy gave us our assignment:…

  • Thread color decisions

    Thread color decisions

    Decisions, decisions. Today I need to decide if I will quilt this with just one color thread, or if I will use multiple colors. For most of the quilts I make, thread color is an easy choice. Since I am usually depicting realistic objects, I usually pick a thread that blends in, and I change…

  • Fun with color

    Fun with color

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    I’ve been having fun with color this week. I’ll be doing a color lecture for a fairly large group of quilters in another month. A couple years ago, I made a series of 24″ square examples of the various facts I teach. That size is great for smaller groups, but I decided to create a…

  • Pinwheel variation #1

    Pinwheel variation #1

    I’ve been sewing the jelly roll pinwheel blocks bit by bit the last few days. Since I wanted to use up all my leftover Moda marble strips, I ended up with 78 blocks. I decided to separate the dark pinwheels from the light pinwheels and make two smaller baby quilts. I’ll still put a border…

  • Nancy Crow workshop: sets and variables, days 3, 4, and 5

    Nancy Crow workshop: sets and variables, days 3, 4, and 5

    Now for the second part of last week’s Nancy Crow workshop. We finished up the first assignment on Wednesday morning. Mine wasn’t complete, but after lunchtime I folded it up anyway and got ready for the second assignment. This time she wanted us to concentrate on gradations in size and color. We were supposed to…