Color Play for Quilters

[Pearl]

(You can't imagine how much it pained me to omit the 'u'.)

Yesterday, I treated myself to this Craftsy class and a couple of fat quarter bundles.  Has anyone else done it?  It is very thorough and I am enjoying it so far.  Hopefully, it will help me with my strata for the Jan Hazzard workshop and I won't have to be mithering you so much.

[wrenkins]

I ordered a cartload of stuff last week so it hasn't even arrived yet and my basket is full to overflowing again with bargains!  No classes though... 

[Lowena]

Glad you exonerated yourself @Pearl  I was just reaching for the   
I've had several Craftsy courses over the years but never stuck with them. Not their fault. I can only access t'internet on a desktop computer in the studay and all my crafting is done in the workshop, in another building  Add in the fact that I am not a visual learner and it all becomes a waste of time.......... give me a good solid book 
Hope you learn something from it and more importantly, enjoy yourself 

[Pearl]

I've never bought fabric from them before, @wrenkins , and I really don't need any more but...


I can only access t'internet on a desktop computer in the studay and all my crafting is done in the workshop, in another building 

Sounds as if you live on an estate, @Lowena  - stately home, not council. 

[Lowena]

Ha ha @Pearl  I wish I was born and brought up on a Council Estate in Dagenham so I'm half way there. No, we have very thick granite walls which Broadband can't penetrate, so we have the computer in an extension at the back. The workshop is in a converted garage to the front and side of the house.....miles away in Broadband speak  Hoping to move somewhere more civilized soon 

[BrendaP]

I can only access t'internet on a desktop computer in the studay and all my crafting is done in the workshop, in another building 

If you've got a laptop in the workshop you need a broadband extender

Assuming that your stately home has just one electrical supply for the whole house and a broadband connection in the study, just plug an extender into a socket in the workroom and use an ethernet cable from the extender to the laptop.  Voila!   Alas it won't work for tablets and mobile phones as they don't have an ethrnet port.

[Lowena]

Unfortunately, we don't have a laptop @BrendaP  just one 5yr old  desktop computer..... nothing else 

[Iminei]

I have this class and the (physical) book.

The bit about mixing and painting the different shades of colours was literally like watching paint dry .. agonising! and I  even tried doing it in the greens and just found myself wallowing in green! ! ! (hahaha  )

BUT, listen to the class ... several times if you can ... and the theory is sound.
I particularly like the quilt she made with Diane Basch which they found glowing because of putting a pure colour next to a greyed out tone  !!!



Still trying to replicate that one!

You get the ebook with the class so although it is a bit of a yawn, no piecing going on, it is a valuable class to have.

If you look through the class projects Pearl, you might find a quilt you recognize.

[Pearl]

I'll definitely have to watch the class several times but I'm hoping it will help me to choose colours without the usual angst.   


I didn't spot that familiar quilt in the projects, @Iminei .  So impressive.   

[WendyW]

I watched the preview for that one and decided against it. I've had enough color theory classes in regards to other types of art that it looked like it would be a snoozer for me. A class about fancy stitches caught my eye though. I've never really used that aspect of my machines to full potential.