Download or read book The Quilter s Field Guide to Color written by Rachel Hauser and published by Lucky Spool. This book was released on 2019-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forget the dry color theory! This guide is fun, conversational, practical, and beautifully inspiring. The one-of-a-kind resource for modern quilters includes hands-on exercises with a true workbook approach to help evaluate color choices. A 150-color swatch card is included.
Download or read book A Field Guide to Fabric Design written by Kimberly Kight and published by C&T Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2011-11-16 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, step-by-step resource for fabric design and printing—including tips from top designers. If you’ve ever dreamed of showing your designs on fabric, textile aficionado Kim Kight, of popular blog True Up, is here to teach you how. Comprehensive and refreshingly straightforward, this impressive volume features two main parts. First, the Design and Color section explains the basics with step-by-step tutorials on creating repeating patterns both by hand and on the computer. Next, the Printing section guides you through transferring those designs on fabric—whether it's block printing, screen printing, digital printing or licensing to a fabric company—and how to determine the best method for you. Includes extensive photos and illustrations
Download or read book Color Magic for Quilters written by Ann Seely and published by Rodale. This book was released on 1999-01-15 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helps quilters to choose colors that work well together.
Download or read book Color written by Christine Barnes and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses language of color, color combinations, special effects, fabric, color stories, quilt stories, avoiding the pitfalls, quilters on color, a color gallery, a color workshop, color studies, notes about the author.
Download or read book The Quilter s Practical Guide to Color written by Becky Goldsmith and published by C&T Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that the biggest struggle for quilters of all types is color selection? Unlock the secrets to winning color combinations from best-selling author Becky Goldsmith of Piece O’ Cake Designs. Learn how every quilt has a foreground and a background, how to use clear versus gray colors—plus other essentials that will shake up your design process. Quilters of all skill levels will appreciate Becky’s practical, easy-to-understand advice. Put your newfound knowledge to the test with 10 pieced and appliquéd projects designed to focus on specific aspects of color. Includes visual examples to explain all color topics.
Download or read book A Field Guide to Color written by Lisa Solomon and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2019-08-27 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Play with paint, get creative with color, and discover your personal palette--a joyful, interactive workbook for creativity, self-expression, and deepening your understanding of how color works. Color is one of the most profound ways we have to express ourselves. In this lively workbook for artists, graphic designers, hobbyists, and creators of all types, you will journal your way through fresh and enriching ways to develop a more personal connection to color in your art and life. Using watercolors, gouache, or any other water-based medium, dive into color theory and explore your personal style while playing with a balanced blend of experiments and color meditations. Discover a personal color wheel while exploring tints and shades. Experiment with color mixing while you make as many of one color as you can - and then name them all (honeydew green, avocado green, mint ice cream...). Through playful prompts and inspiring examples, and with lots of room for painting, this book will guide you to a new or expanded relationship with color and deepen your understanding of what color can do for you.
Download or read book Creative Guide to Color and Fabric written by Jane Townswick and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2000-01-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creative Guide to Color and Fabric (Rodale's Successful Quilting Library) Edited by Jane Townswick Achieve color success in every quilt you make! This book will give you the know-how and the confidence to make just the right choices for your very next quilt, with more than 250 color photographs and expert advice from the pros. You'll discover how to do more with a favorite palette, and you'll be challenged to try something completely new and exciting. Here's a sampling of what you'll learn: * How to make one-of-a-kind quilts and add texture with novel fabrics * Ways to convey emotion and mood with color * Why value can often be more important than color * Ideas that will change the way you make scrap quilts forever * Fun and easy techniques to design your own fabrics * Trade secrets for decorating with quilts And so much more! The perfect book for fabric lovers!
Download or read book A Fiber Artist s Guide to Color and Design written by Heather Thomas and published by Landauer (IL). This book was released on 2014-01-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to everything colorful, A Fiber Artist's Guide to Color & Design is a must-have for artists, quilters, students, and anyone fascinated by the languages of color and design. Beginning with a study of the color wheel and color theory, the book then takes a detailed look at each individual color. From there, you'll understand how colors work together before learning the elements and principles of design, from line, shape, and form to contrast, balance, and unity. Rounding off with 12 workshops for hands-on learning and experimentation, each lesson is presented in such a way to help you reach the project's goal and ultimately become a better artist!
Download or read book Color Your Cloth written by Malka Dubrawsky and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning artist Malka Dubrawksy presents a bold, modern take on dyeing, geared especially to quilters and fiber artists. She’s whipped up a variety of easy patterning techniques--including resist, discharge, and overdyeing--for creating one-of-a-kind fabrics, as well as more than a dozen simple projects that use the vibrant cloth. How-to photos accompany the text, which focuses on sources of inspiration, tools and materials, dyeing recipes, and the surface design techniques themselves. Stunning images from the author’s sketchbook and photos of her workspace provide quilters with additional motivation.
Download or read book The Quilter s Color Club written by Christine E. Barnes and published by C&T Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Gain the color confidence you’ve never experienced before . . . This book is perfect for teachers, bee groups or individuals.” —American Quilter Christine Barnes’s quilter-friendly approach provides new and exciting ways to apply simple color concepts to your work. This book reveals successful color combinations in action with an inspiring gallery of eye-catching quilts. Chock full of hands-on exercises, this book teaches how to use value, temperature, and intensity to make quilts luminous and full of movement. “A practical approach for using color to bring quilts to life . . . Eight projects accompany twelve hands-on exercises in this top pick for quilters at all levels.” —The Needlecraft Shelf
Download or read book The Quilter s Palette written by Katy Denny and published by Quarry Books. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is an everyday challenge for crafters of all types to make choices about color, pattern and texture for their projects. The range of options makes this challenge nearly impossible and often the end result can be disappointing. Fear not! The Quilter's Palette offers readers more than 400 color swatches and a library of 60 different color palette combinations to help guide quilters in their choices for each project. The Quilter's Palette is a comprehensive guide to the myriad color and texture choices available and offers inspiration and instructions for getting the final results you want with each project. Each chapter tackles a new technique, along with palettes and swatches. Each palette illustrates variations on effects, patterns, and designs. Whether you are a beginner or intermediate quilter, this instructive guide helps you choose successful fabric combinations and define your unique project style. The Quilter's Palette is perfect for exploring color and texture combinations in a visually appealing and instantly understandable way. Each palette offers a specific theme that allows you to see what the result will be before jumping in. With over 150 fabric combinations arranged in 52 palettes and divided into easy-to-understand chapters, each revealing a different aspect of color or pattern, this book will provide you with eight full quilt designs with illustrated step-by-step instructions and 50 quilt block patterns with templates.
Download or read book The Quilter s Color Scheme Bible written by Celia Eddy and published by Chartwell Books. This book was released on 2012-01-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique book features over 700 stunning color variations for a wide range of traditional and contemporary quilting and patchwork designs, from nine-patch and fan blocks to applique, stars, and octagons. This hardcover book with internal wire-o binding is 6.5in x 8in, a perfect size for readers to keep handy and reference often. The stylish design of this book, along with the interior photographs, illustrations and diagrams, make the learning process simple and fun for beginners and provides useful tips for more advanced readers. What you'll find here is a brief introduction to the theory and language of color, with the basics of color theory explained in a down-to-earth and user-friendly way. Having that information under your belt will make it easier to decide why certain color combinations work and others don't, and allow you to mix and match colors to achieve the finish quilts you're aiming for.
Download or read book Quilt Colour Workshop written by Tacha Bruecher and published by David and Charles. This book was released on 2014-05-09 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes a brilliant color combination? An inspiring, idea-filled guide to color theory and how to use it in your quilting projects! This useful guide shares the secrets of successfully using color in your quilting. Discover more about color theory and how to use it in the context of quilting, then apply this theory to practical projects, from quilts and cushions, to wall hangings, table runners and bags. Featuring six color-themed sections with block ideas for every color theory combination, it offers plenty of inspiration for you to create colorful projects! Contributing members of the quilting and sewing e-zine team at Fat Quarterly include Brioni Greenberg, John Adams, Tacha Bruecher and Lynne Goldsworthy.
Download or read book Color Play Second Edition written by Joen Wolfrom and published by C&T Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New and improved! The essential guide to the art of color Color. It has the power to set a mood, make a statement, bring a design vividly to life. Now Joen Wolfrom’s classic guide to creating with color has been completely updated to make it easier than ever to enhance your creative work with the beauty of well-chosen colors. Joen covers it all, from color combining basics to how to use nature’s tricks to create an illusion of depth, reflections, shadows, and highlights. Learn the emotional meanings of colors, their physical effects on people, and much more - all richly illustrated with photos of nature and of beautiful quilts. • A feast for the eyes - over 100 new quilt photos show how to use color effectively • A must-have reference; includes swatches of tints, shades, and tones for all 24 colors in the Ives Color Wheel • A spark for your imagination: Try out five different color schemes for each of the 24 colors
Download or read book THE QUILTER S PALETTE written by Tracy Rehbein and published by . This book was released on 2023-12-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dive into the vibrant world of quilting with 'The Quilter's Palette, ' a comprehensive guide that unlocks the secrets of color and its profound impact on quilting artistry. In this meticulously crafted book, author invites both novice quilters and seasoned artisans on an enriching exploration of the captivating realm where hues, tones, and shades converge to create stunning masterpieces. Chapter 1: Introduction to the Quilter's Palette Embark on your color journey with a warm welcome, laying the foundation for an inspiring adventure through the vast spectrum of quilting possibilities. Chapter 2: The Basics of Color Theory Delve into the fundamental principles of color theory, demystifying the complexities to empower quilters with a solid understanding of the palette. Chapter 3: The Psychology of Colors in Quilting Uncover the emotional and psychological dimensions of colors, discovering how they can breathe life and meaning into your quilting projects. Chapter 4: Creating Contrast and Balance Master the art of creating visual interest and harmony as you learn techniques to infuse your quilts with striking contrast and balance. Chapter 5: Fabric Selection Techniques Navigate the world of fabrics with confidence, understanding how different materials contribute to the overall aesthetic of your quilt. Chapter 6: Tools for Color Exploration Equip yourself with a toolkit for color exploration, featuring practical tips and techniques to experiment with various color combinations. Chapter 7: Seasonal and Theme-Based Quilting Celebrate the changing seasons and thematic inspirations as you explore the dynamic interplay of colors in your quilting projects. Chapter 8: Color Challenges and Solutions Confront and overcome common challenges in working with color, turning obstacles into opportunities for creative expression. Chapter 9: Advanced Color Techniques Elevate your quilting skills with advanced techniques, pushing the boundaries of color usage and composition. Chapter 10: Collaborative Quilting Projects Embark on collaborative endeavors, discovering the power of shared creativity as you work on quilting projects with fellow enthusiasts. Chapter 11: Quilting Trends and Innovations in Color Stay ahead of the curve by exploring the latest trends and innovations shaping the world of color in quilting. Chapter 12: Personal Style and Signature Palettes Define your unique style and create a signature palette that sets your quilts apart, reflecting your personal artistic vision. Chapter 13: Quilting Across Cultures Explore the rich tapestry of quilting traditions from around the world, drawing inspiration from diverse cultural expressions of color. Chapter 14: Beyond the Basics: Art Quilting and Fiber Arts Take your quilting to new heights as you delve into the realm of art quilting and fiber arts, pushing the boundaries of creativity. Chapter 15: The Future of Color in Quilting Peer into the future of quilting, anticipating emerging color trends and innovative techniques that will shape the quilting landscape. With 'The Quilter's Palette, ' elevate your quilting experience as you unlock the power of color, transforming your projects into breathtaking works of art. Whether you're a beginner seeking guidance or an experienced quilter looking to expand your horizons, this book is your essential companion on the colorful journey of quilting excellence."
Download or read book Visual Coloring written by Joen Wolfrom and published by C&T Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2010-11-05 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Color Inspiration to Make Every Quilt a Knockout. Develop a keen color sense with Joen’s easy visual coloring technique. Learn to use this foolproof technique to select your quilt’s colors and fabrics. Do you get stuck when choosing colors and fabrics for your quilts? Joen comes to your rescue with this amazingly simple, practically foolproof technique. Using visual coloring, you’ll learn to select colors you love in nature and duplicate the effect in your work. You’ll find tons of photographs, fabric-swatch examples, and gallery quilts using this color selection technique, plus 5 simple and beautiful quilt projects.
Download or read book Creating with Color written by Patricia Knoechel and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
