There’s a color party going on at DippyDyes . . . For the start of a new year, why not treat yourself to new fabric? It ticks all the boxes: Non-calorie Fun Eye candy And for something really spooky – I will be picking the colors! Each year Nancy Crow teaches for two weeks at …
Can you help a teacher out? Would you rather play with charm squares or re-color quilt designs? Or both?
Why, dye fabric, of course! Since early March I have embarked on the latest edition of dyeing solid fabrics in colors not offered by commercial fabric companies. The picture at left shows the samples I dyed of 69 colors. They were all supposed to be shades – pure hues with grey or black added – …
Tints, tones, and shades are some of the basic terms used when talking about color. They can get confusing because sometimes other words are used to mean the same thing. Here’s a quick guide: Tints – a pure color, or hue, that has been made lighter. With paint, this is done by adding white; with …
In an effort to provide the best images of my fabric online, I finally learned how to set the white balance feature on my camera correctly. The photographs of solids and my virtual swatch book require the best color rendering possible. Turns out the camera has a super-quick way to set it up. While it …
Various pictures of the season. There’s color inspiration everywhere. The transparency samples are not an autumn colorway, but they are what I’m working with right now. I love seeing how the different backgrounds make the colors change.
Here’s my first picture from the class I took earlier this month at Pro Chemical & Dye. It shows a series of skinny quarters, each with an increasing number of layers and colors of dye. The last two have the same number of layers, but the top one was folded twice as much. Loved this …
Last week I was privileged to attend Carol Soderlund’s Neutral Territory class at Nancy Crow’s Art Barn retreats. With the work of our fabulous group of 15 artists choreographed by Carol, we came home with hundreds of samples of ways to mix three (or four) colors together. The results include a great palette of blacks, browns, greens, …
This week brings a new wrinkle to this blog – a guest blogger. Please enjoy the post, and learn more about her at the end. Thanks for writing, Nan! Color Your World by Nan Baker One of the most exciting things about starting school was getting a new box of crayons. Opening the box and …
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