Category: Color

Here’s another quick color doodle, this time using complementary colors. It’s fun to try to create in a different style for me. I’m usually so literal. I’m actually don’t do much doodling, sketching, or drawing. When I was in high school I filled lots of sketchbooks, and I loved my drawing classes in college, but…

Things have been busy here in our little home, but I still get to wander back to my studio from time to time. Short periods of time. Short enough to do a few color doodles. I have a supply of 2″ squares in a wide variety of colors that I’m using for my doodles. The…

Yes, other obligations and responsibilities have been gobbling up my precious quilting time. On the other hand, I did get all the presents wrapped and the Christmas cards mailed — no small feat since we mailed out 120 cards! I did manage to squeeze in a bit of time playing with fabric, so I thought…

Yesterday’s commitments were postponed because it was only 3 degrees outside, so I turned on the little space heater in my studio, popped in a movie, and went to work. I had so much fun pulling out hot colors! What a way to warm up. This first quilt top is all the colors I hardly…

Last night my quilt guild had its annual Christmas potluck and fabric gift exchange. This year, each person was supposed to get 1/3 yard of focus fabric and two 1/3 yard cuts of coordinating fabrics. It’s fun to participate in exchanges like this because so often someone else picks out some fabulous fabrics that you…

I really liked how the autumn-colored leaves quilt top turned out, so I decided to make another version of it using summer colors. I used an analogous color scheme again, but just used brighter, high intensity colors. Although the photo doesn’t have the best lighting, it’s interesting to see how to colors interact differently with…

I finished off the analogous wedges this morning. The two outer columns use all of the colors. In the second column I concentrated just muted oranges, in the middle column just muted yellow-oranges, and in the fourth column are muted yellows and yellow-greens. It’s nice to be able to compare the various browns and identify…

Look what I just finished! I made a color wheel pin cushion. It was fun to do and it makes me smile 🙂 I’ve been going through some storage areas and I came across a pile of 4″ and 5″ squares. For a while I subscribed to a service through Hancock’s of Paducah, and every…