Color Confidence for Quilters®

Fortunately having an "eye for color" is not just something you are born with -- it is something you can develop! 

​

Color has the power to be used for self expression, for evoking emotion, and for bringing pure pleasure. 

From the nightly spectacle that is a sunset, to a desert landscape, to a pair of hot pink tights, color has the ability to move us.

Someone with knowledge of color can use it as a tool to set the mood, to create contrast or emphasis, to surprise, or to tell a story.

But an artist who doesn't have knowledge of how color works will perpetually run into frustration.

In 2014, I began traveling and teaching Scrappy Appliqué and noticed a pattern: SO many quilters struggle with choosing fabrics for their quilts.

I started observing quilters in my workshops as they were choosing fabrics for their projects, and noticed 2 types of students. One type would agonize over which fabrics to choose, ultimately asking me or her neighbor. Many who fell into that same camp would eliminate that struggle all together by just bringing a precut or bundle to class. 

The other type of quilter I saw could pull together fabrics a lot more easily. They would add a fabric to the palette, step back and assess, then nod or shake her head and toss it aside. They approached color in a very intuitive manner-- going with their gut. However, sometimes their gut would tell them something was off with a palette, but they couldn't quite tell what.

The Problem 

\

 

And after YEARS of research, development, and testing with quilters from all around the world, it is simple, powerful, and customized specifically to quilters.

This full Color Curriculum Covers:

• understanding the Art & Science of Color

• The 4 Elements of Color

• Mastering the Color Wheel

• Understanding tone

• Working with Neutrals and Undertones

• Print & Pattern Mixing

• Classic Color Palettes

• How to define your "Color Style" and get outside your "Color Comfort Zone"

• Simple & Creative Color Formulas to make fabric selection a pleasure and a breeze

• How to use Color to affect the mood of your quilt

Color Confidence for Quilters™ is a popular choice for any guild or shop since ALL quilters, even the experienced artists, can benefit from becoming more confident in their color skills. 

The Color Confidence for Quilters™ curriculum can be mixed and match to build your own programs, workshops, or workshop series.

This allows you to offer many different workshops to the same few guilds.