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Aerial Perspective Effect – Telling Up from Down
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
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
Create Harmony and Balance with Lemon and Magenta
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
Unrestrained Colors Pack Drama into your Art Quilts
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
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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Women Link Math and Science in their Fiber Arts – always have
Math Inspired Quilts Gerda de Vries, a quilter and mathematician at U. Alberta, Canada, recently said in a seminar at the Redpath Museum in Montreal, “The connection between textiles and mathematics is intimate but not often explored, possibly because textiles … Continue reading
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How Light Damages Fabric
Light damages textiles, but how? Light, especially ultraviolet light can fade colors, turn whites to yellow, and even weaken the molecular structure of the individual fibers in some delicate fabrics. Over long periods of time, fabric will turn to dust, … Continue reading
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Tagged Childrens Quilts, Info you should know, Quilting
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Neon Lights – Bright Inspiration for Art Quilts
Jewel tones Crisp edges Bold Contrast Geometrical Shapes Surprise These are the qualities that describe most of my art quilts. These are the design elements I frequently post about on “Your Inspiration Zone” blog. You can see how I make … Continue reading
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Quilt Artists making Series Quilts
Signature Style in Art Quilts – Part 1 Now here I go out on a limb… For commercial reasons, I am changing to a new signature look in the art quilts I make for sale. There are 3 reasons, and … Continue reading
Poetry of Color -burgundy wine
3685, a poem about the DMC embroidery floss color, burgundy red 3685, by Stephen Beal, The Very Stuff *, Poems on color, thread, and the habits of women. (It seems appropriate to celebrate burgundy at harvest time.) Say you see … Continue reading