Do you, like me, always think about color combo’s? I certainly have my favorites and have to work hard to include other colors. To that end I have a Pinterest page just on color combos. You can view it by clicking on color combos. I use it as inspiration for upcoming projects. I love Pinterest mainly because…
Category Archives: color
My favorite way to work with color
I enjoy all color. And I love working with color. One of my favorite ways to work with color is in an analogous color combination; the colors next to each other on the color wheel. If you don’t own a color wheel I highly recommend you get yourself one. I have a great sense of…
Working with color
I love working with color. I have been thinking about that lately. Why do I want to work with such bright and bold colors? Why aren’t I attracted to brown, beige and wheat? I think it stems from growing up in the 70’s when psychedelic colors were so popular. My bedroom as a girl had…
Quilted Naturescapes
Frieda Anderson 2014 “Frie-Style” Quilted Naturescapes Retreat Frieda Anderson 2014 “Frie-Style” Quilted Naturescapes Retreat December 7-10, 2014 Frieda Anderson: “Frie Style” Quilted Naturescapes ($495) Dec. 7–10Using collage techniques and raw edge fusing, you will achieve beautiful effects on your landscapes or nature scenes. Also learn free form machine quilting without marking or templates to develop…
Fabric – what is your favorite color?
What is your favorite color of fabric? We all have one. Mine varies from limey green Limey Avocado to purple Purple Pulp to orange All of which look great together and of course with other colors too. Sometimes it is a good idea to work with colors that we don’t normally work with. To stretch ourselves…
DEUX returns home
I am a juried artist member of SAQA. I have mentioned this before. I think this is a great organization. One of the reason’s that I think this is such a great group is that it runs juried exhibitions for it’s membership ALL the time. There is a call for entry opportunity ongoing. Studio Art Quilt Associates…
Fall Color
For all you folks that don’t get to enjoy Fall Color. George and I took a few photos of it for you. Enjoy.
Color is better than sadness
I saw this sign today on Facebook. It really appealed to me. I struggle with sadness. I think many of us do, but we are afraid to talk about it. My sister and I talk about it often on the phone. It helps to have someone to talk to and understand. …
EMERALD
I love to see what the color of the year will be and guess what it is GREEN. You can go to the Pantone website and check out all kinds of great color stuff. I am always thinking about color. Bubbling UP Emerald is working in lots of my work. Hidden World – detail Prairie…
This is COOL
Think about the colors you use in your art, life, home and clothes. My wish for you in the new year is to try some new COLORS. Happy Quilting
A guide to color talk
Talky talky talky – words always come out of my mouth mangled. I wonder if I have a disconnect in my brain. BUT images stay there a long time. I try to connect an image with a word when I really need or want to remember it. Here are some of the words used for…
Fun and Games
I found a really fun and I think useful new website. When I say new I mean new to me. Go to Color Scheme Designer three and check it out. I had a ball just moving the little dots around inside the color wheel and looking at the color schemes change on the right side…