{"id":4168,"date":"2016-07-18T18:04:50","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T01:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=4168"},"modified":"2016-07-18T18:04:50","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T01:04:50","slug":"quilting-and-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/18\/quilting-and-color\/","title":{"rendered":"Color and Quilting"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t2017 Road Teacher<\/a>, Michele Crawford<\/a>, knows a lot about color and quilting. A quilt designer since 1989, Michele presented a $5.00 lecture at Road 2016 on The Value of Color \u00a0<\/em>which explored the use of color value to enhance quilt design.\n[caption id=\"attachment_4175\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"368\"]\"Photo<\/a> Photo by Brian Roberts Photography[\/caption]\nMichele began her lecture talking about the psychology of colors which often dictates what a person wears, lives with, and puts in their quilts:\n\n\n

Red: action, confidence<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

Pink: romance, tranquility<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

Orange: close relative to red; sets apart from surroundings<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

Yellow: happiness, optimism<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

Green: soothes, relaxes<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

Blue: calm, cool, trustworthy<\/p>\n\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4177\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"336\"]\"Photo<\/a> Photo by Brian Roberts Photography[\/caption]\n\n\n

Purple: uplifts, spirituality<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

White: hope, purity<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

Black: power, authority<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

Grey: knowledge, wisdom<\/p>\n\n\nWhen creating a quilt, color provides the basic design principles: Movement,<\/strong> Repetition, <\/strong>and Variety<\/strong>. Michele gave some added tips for repetition and variety. \u00a0She said a Resting Spot<\/em> should always be included in a quilt including a different color or value or border. She also warned about not having the quilt be too busy.\u00a0 If a quilt is too busy, it\u2019s not pleasant to view because the eye is constantly wandering. And because variety is the spice of life, a zinger color<\/em> (something not even in the quilt or border) can \u201cmake the quilt\u201d sparkle.\nThe color wheel is divided into 3 categories that are considered the pure colors:\nPrimary colors<\/strong> – red, yellow and blue with (*Yellow being the most dominant pure color)\nSecondary colors<\/strong> – orange, green and violet\nTertiary colors<\/strong> – red\/orange, red\/violet, yellow\/green, yellow\/orange, blue\/green and blue\/violet\nComplimentary Colors appear on opposite sides of a color wheel \u2013 red\/green for example. Black is the mixture of all the pure colors. White is the absence of color. The true neutrals are the achromatic colors: black and white plus grey. The rule of thumb to remember when working with pure colors is that LIGHT ADVANCES ON DARK and DARK ADVANCES ON LIGHT<\/strong>.\n[caption id=\"attachment_4176\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"336\"]\"Photo<\/a> Photo by Brian Roberts Photography[\/caption]\nColor Value<\/strong> refers to how light or dark a color is. Michele said that understanding this concept is vital in making effective scrap quilts<\/strong>. Quilts will be more interesting not if the colors (or fabrics) do not match, but rather when different colors work together when they are in the same color value.\n[caption id=\"attachment_4173\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"336\"]\"Photo<\/a> Photo by Brian Roberts Photography[\/caption]\nEvery fabric in a certain color can be divided into three main groups: LIGHT, MEDIUM, and DARK. Within these groups, they can be subdivided again into three separate areas of light, medium and dark (i.e. light-light, medium-light and dark-light).\nLight<\/strong>: Fabrics in these colors (white, cream, ecru, etc.) are effective as backgrounds, for contrast and to soften the look of a quilt.\nMedium<\/strong>: Fabrics in these colors (medium blue, red, green, etc.) provide a rich look as a blender or contrast between light and dark fabrics.\nDark<\/strong>: Fabrics in these colors (black, navy, forest green, etc.) create a strong bold contrast. These are the colors that are going to pull together all the rest of the colors or \u201cpop\u201d in a quilt and are good for borders.\n[caption id=\"attachment_4174\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"364\"]\"Photo<\/a> Photo by Brian Roberts Photography[\/caption]\nWhen deciding on the colors for a quilt, Michele recommended starting with the block design first and pull the colors to the outside of the quilt. Whatever colors are used in the center of a quilt should be the border fabric\/color.\nTo learn more about Michele and her quilt designing, please visit her website<\/a>.]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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