![]() I use mine constantly when designing quilts or fabric collections. Neutrals - black, white, gray, and sometimes brown and beigeĪ color wheel is essential part of any quilters toolbox.Tone - made by adding gray to a pure color.Shade - made by adding black to a pure color.Tint - made by adding white to a pure color.Value - Darkness or lightness of a color.Then we'll start to train our eye with an activity that has been HUGELY helpful in growing my own color intuition and discernment. So let us start this journey of exploration and play with a lesson on the basis of color theory - the Color Wheel. And the primary tool in fabric's arsenal - color! Side note, how lucky are we as quilters that our medium, unlike messy paints or clay, is one we can (and do!) squeeze, drape ourselves and roll around in? ![]() Let's play with this delicious medium we have- fabric. ![]() do these prints go together? Something seems off, but I'm not quite sure what." to approaching fabric selection with confidence, joy, and playfulness: Confidence in knowing what you've selected looks good because you understand color theory and have trained your eye for color harmony The joy, pleasure, and delight that comes from pulling that palette that makes you ache a little and dance around And playfulness in trying new things, and getting out of color ruts. You'll go from a place of wondering, "Hmmm. My goal, then, in this series is not to hand you a bunch of rules and rigid formulas for fabric selection, but rather, to give you a firm foundation in understanding how color works, then provide tools, strategies, and practices for developing your "eye for color". Picasso famously said, "Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist." Now, if you've ever taken one of my classes (or played me in a game of Clue), you know that I treat rules as. Most quilters haven't taken a ton of art classes and, in turn, often lack confidence in their color sense, which makes fabric selection tricky! We get in color ruts, going back to the same few colors over and over, or we only feel comfortable making quilts from a kit, jelly roll, or a single fabric collection.įortunately having an "eye for color" is not just something you are born with - it is something you can develop! This is the first in a series aimed to help you train your eye for color, which will make choosing fabric for your next quilt so much easier and more fun! I teach workshops all over the country and I've noticed so many of my students struggling with - color.
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