Announcing the Color Mastery Georgia Book Tour! I’ll be visiting ten locations across the state April 21 – May 5, so save those dates. Come out and see me at your local quilt shop, guild, or bookstore. Here are the dates and locations:
April 21: Apple Country Quilt Guild, Ellijay
April 23: East Cobb Quilt Guild [...]
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Extreme Quilt Makeover Video
I have so much fun making these videos! Short, quick, and satisfying – just like candy. I took advantage of all the gorgeous light coming in from the windows in my studio and I shot this video today. It’s all about remaking a quilt if you could do it all over again. I call it [...]
Color Journal CD Now Available
Early adopters of Color Mastery loved the charts and miniature color wheels I included in the book. In fact, they couldn’t get enough of them. I heard from Liz, one of my readers, who just can’t bring herself to cut the mini color wheels from the back, and since color copying never gives [...]
Susan Shie Reviews Color Mastery
Susan Shie, Professional Quilter’s 2008 Teacher of the Year, art quilter, and owner of Turtle Moon Studios, joins us today to review Color Mastery. Susan’s work is well-known throughout the art quilting community, with her painted and stitched narratives of her daily life. She’s just completed a series of Obama Quilts that have been on [...]
A Night to Remember
Standing room-only last Friday evening at Sew Memorable for the Color Mastery book launch party. Jeanne’s team was so sweet and excited! They made homemade baby chocolate eclairs and weekend employees took off their day jobs to work in the shop all day to help Jeanne set up. Friends, quilters, even both [...]
Color Mastery for Bee Groups/Book Clubs
Are you a member of a bee group or mini-group? A book club? I’m a member of both, and I love the inspiration, friendship, and intimate setting of the small groups that meet in our homes. I’m offering an opportunity for your small group to have me visit, chat about color, quilting, and creativity. It’s [...]
NQA’s Quilting Quarterly: All About Color
The National Quilting Association’s (NQA) Winter issue of their publication, The Quilting Quarterly, is all about color. They did a lovely review of Color Mastery, and have articles on color that really get you thinking. This issue does not disappoint: it’s filled with excellent articles, quilter profiles, gorgeous photography, and the latest events in quilting. [...]
Round Up of Color Mastery Winners from Blog Tour
I had so much fun on the Color Mastery blog tour over the last two weeks. Thank you to the bloggers who participated, and to the readers who so enthusiastically bought the book, downloaded the sample chapters, color wheel chart, and homeschool unit study, who watched the Color Mastery videos, listened to Annie’s Smith’s [...]
Developing Your Unique Color Vision in a Journal
How can you achieve your own color style, unique and stunning every time? Know yourself first. Don’t be disappointed by using other people’s color choices in your quilts. And rote practice of color theory without combining it with your personal preferences results in quilts that look like a color study.
To use color effectively, you need [...]
Reader Color Wheels from Quilting Gallery – Both Winners!
Last week I stopped by Michele Foster’s Quilting Gallery blog and premiered my Color Wheel video, offering a giveaway to those who made their own color wheels and sent photos to me. Only two Quilting Gallery readers took advantage of the offer, so guest what girls? You both win!!! Just like on Ellen DeGeneres’ [...]
