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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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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

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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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Quilters’ Rules of Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation

From a 16th Century French etiquette manual, transcribed by George Washington, and embellished here at Contemporary Quilt Art, (spelling all George’s) When you meet with one of Greater Quality than yourself, Stop, and retire, especially if it be at a … Continue reading

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Communicate With Color

It’s essential your website have great colors another article in the Internet Skills series Since web surfing is now such a part of everyday life, every opportunity must be taken for your website to be distinctive. Color is the best … Continue reading

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Cancer Quilter’s Horoscope

Cancer, June 22, July 22 Cancer, you are the most perplexing of all the signs. Your symbol, the crab, with its claws represents the dual nature of your personality – loyal, caring and energetic on the one hand versus overly … Continue reading

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Encouraging Art Purchasers

Virtual Auditions of Your Artwork Follow up article to Encouraging Corporate Clients, April 27, 2010 Sometimes, when people are looking in art galleries to select art for their home, the opportunity for a sale is lost because the potential buyer … Continue reading

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Encouraging Corporate Clients

Novel tip for encouraging art sales to corporate buyers, part 1 When a potential business client is sitting in a waiting room or corridor, the art already in place will be enhanced by displaying art work created by younger clients … Continue reading

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Knowing My Goals Before Building My New Website, Quilts For Special Kids

Revising my Quilts4U website to improve marketing of the Children’s Quilts another in the Internet Skills series of posts Recently I created a new website for the sale of my children’s quilts. I wanted to focus just on quilts for … Continue reading

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