Confident Color

5 days - All Levels

COLOR is the most striking feature of any quilt. Learn how to use it confidently and fearlessly and discover how to put life back into your work.  After a discussion of color and a close study of the work of selected artists, students will experiment with small studies before making a larger piece.  We will consider color combinations, contrast, moods, value, and intensity, limiting color, unusual juxtapositions and the role of neutrals to sharpen sensitivity.

Taught by:  Rosalie Dace

Supply List

• Sewing machine, cleaned, oiled and in good working order. Bring manual and knee lift if you have one. Zig Zag machine is required.
• Extension cord with appropriate adaptor/multiplug.
• Normal feet for your machine.
• Optional: embroidery or specialized feet.
• Machine needles. Choose according to your fabric. Universal (Schmetz 80) for cotton fabric, 90 for heavier fabric, 60 for silk or thin fabric.
• Optional: specialized needles eg metallica, embroidery etc.
• Thread: neutral sewing thread of your choice. Optional: specialist threads eg, metallic, embroidery or heavy thread.
• Pins
• Rotary cutter with sharp blade & cutting mat
• Plastic rulers of your choice
• Glue stick
• Notebook/Journal with your choice of writing materials
• Optional: tracing paper, appliqué paper, stabilizer of your choice.
• Books or pictures as discussed below.
• Look at color around you, in your home, surroundings, magazines, shops etc. Select the work of artists and quiltmakers whose color combinations please you or those which set your teeth on edge. Bring what ever illustrations you can to class. Become obsessed with Color!

Fabric:

Bring as big a variety of fabrics as you can, in  a wide range of warm and cool colors that include primary, secondary and tertiary colors of your choice in hand-dyed and commercial fabrics, in solid colors, subtle and/or strong textural prints, tone-on-tone prints, related colors and contrasts. Make sure you have a good range of lights, mediums and darks. Include neutrals in whites, creams, grays, beiges, browns and blacks. 100% cotton is advisable but you may choose to bring some specialist fabrics like silks or sheers that might ass subtle differences and enhance how a color is perceived.

Remember the greater the choice you have, the more exciting the possibilities for your work!

I will bring a color wheel and a large variety of visual material