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. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Color Mastery’
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’ [...]
Color Mastery Visits Going to Pieces Blog
Day Nine of the Color Mastery Blog Tour finds me at Diane’s Going to Pieces blog. Diane is a multi-talented lawyer, art quilter, mom, avid reader, and owner of the Art Quilters web ring. Today Diane reviews the book, and tomorrow we chat about how color is essential for art quilters and the one tool [...]
Color Mastery Hits Local – and Annie’s Winner!
This week the local papers did articles on the book. The first is print edition only, but their website offers a photo of me, and more importantly, you can see my stash in the background (scroll down and it’s on the left sidebar). It’s well organized, but not huge by any means.
And here’s the [...]
Color Mastery Visits All About Applique Blog
Day Seven of the Color Mastery blog tour finds me at Kay Mackenzie’s All About Applique blog, where we dish about writing, quilting, and artist’s secrets of achieving outstanding color. Kay is an author of several books on applique, and has an upcoming book from Martingale on applique to be released next month (ssh – [...]
Color Mastery Visits Harper Homeschool Academy
Day Six of the Color Mastery blog tour finds me at the Harpers’ Homeschool Diary, home of Laurel Harper, prolific Twitter communicator, homeschool mom, PhD candidate, and college professor – oh yes, she quilts too! I homeschooled my own boys for several years, and found the most effective way of teaching them so they [...]
Color Mastery Video Premieres at Quilting Gallery Blog
Day Five of the Color Mastery blog tour includes the premiere of my second video over at Michele Foster’s Quilting Gallery blog. The Create Your Own Color Wheel video is a great color exercise, and the first I do with my students in class. Check out the video, the downloadable chart, and the chance to [...]
Chatting About Color on Annie’s Quilting Stash Podcast
Color Mastery has really gone multimedia! Yesterday I chatted with Annie Smith, of Annie’s Quilting Stash podcast about the book. Annie has a background in teaching and technical writing, and we had a fabulous discussion about color and how to teach it in a quilting class. Annie just completed a cross-country tour and has photos [...]
