Category Archives: COLOR & COLOR THEORY

Black and White with a Dash of Spice

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Gina

With Black and White It’s Value That Makes The Quilt Value supplies a sense of texture to a quilt. Value is the relationship of one fabric to another fabric, and one group of fabrics to another in the quilt construction. … Continue reading →

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Poetry of Color, bright ruby red

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Gina

On DMC Embroidery thread, color 498, ruby red written by Stephen Beal, The Very Stuff, poems on color, thread, and the habits of women Okay, all right, I confess: I would dress as a woman to wear this red. I … Continue reading →

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Formal Art Training and Creating Art

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Gina

No Art Degree?  That may be an asset Judy Choate and Tom Fedro are artists with no formal art training. Choate and Fedro are both making sales in the difficult art market of 2010. Sieglinde Schoen Smith, with very little in the way … Continue reading →

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Antique Amish Quilts and Modern Art Styles

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Gina

Creativity Unleashed Were some of the well known and widely admired artists of the 20th century subconsciously influenced by the graphic impact created by Amish quilters from the 19th and 20th centuries, many whose work was not recorded and who … Continue reading →

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Amazing Amish Stereogram Quilt

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Gina

Quilting Traditions: The Art of the Amish is showing at the Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens, OH until Sept. 6, 2010. The 60 quilts are from the collection of Tom and Marsha French and showcase the design and sewing … Continue reading →

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Aerial Perspective Effect – Telling Up from Down

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Gina

Shade Values in Quilt Making Positioning the “light source” from the upper left corner is a standard convention among map makers. (Odd, because the sun almost never shines from this geographical position.) Even following this standard, sometimes the eye gets … Continue reading →

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DMC Embroidery Thread # 3607

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Gina

the lipstick chorus line I have to admit, I’m suspicious of this color. Wary, even though I’ve come to use it a lot. For one thing, if my daughter were going to the prom, I would not select this fuchsia … Continue reading →

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Create Harmony and Balance with Lemon and Magenta

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Gina

Experiment with Maverick Colors in your Art Quilts Choosing prints and solids to construct balanced blocks of the palette colors- Part 3 of 3 Part 1 -Maverick color palettes and “mother fabrics” Part 2 – Unrestrained colors pack drama into … Continue reading →

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Unrestrained Colors Pack Drama into your Art Quilts

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Gina

Experiment with Maverick Colors Unrestrained Colors Pack Drama into your Art Quilts – Part 2 of 3 Color Blocks – how much of which colors do I use? In part 1 of this article I discussed Maverick color palettes, the … Continue reading →

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Experiment With Maverick Colors

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Gina

Unrestrained Colors Pack Drama in your Art Quilts Part 1 of 3 – “mother fabrics”,  and accented analogous color palettes Say you want to work with magenta, tangerine and lime green fabric. How do you effectively harmonize these colors in … Continue reading →

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