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Fresh Quilting Episode 111 – Color Play!

Color· Palette to Fabric· teaching· video

3 May

Hey there!

Starting at noon on Friday, May 5, 2017, my second episode of Fresh Quilting can be seen on the Fresh Quilting website. It will run for 7 days.

You can also watch this episode as well as my first episode, Episode 104 on my new YouTube channel.

Did you know that you can watch all the Episodes of Fresh Quilting if you are a member of The Modern Quilt Guild? Each segment has a handout/download, so be on the lookout for those.

About Episode 111 – Design Play: Play with color, contrast and shapes to create modern quilt designs.  Color expert Rebecca Bryan pulls complimenting and contrasting fabrics from her stash to inspire her designs.  Fabric designer Luana Rubin and Heather Grant share ideas for charity quilts.  Using templates and a lot of creative sass, Jen Carlton-Bailly cuts and sews all sorts of curves with stunning results.

You can do a lot with color. In the episode I discuss color play using low, medium, and high value fabrics. By changing value placement in one block, in this case a block from my Flame quilt, you can create a lot of visual movement for you viewer to explore.

 

Subscriber Bonus: My newsletter subscribers get access to Flame Coloring Sheet for Free. Click this link to join and I will send the PDF directly to your inbox. The pattern also has 2 coloring pages. You can find the pattern on the Coloring Pages page under the BHQ Resource Library.

Watch the episode and let me know what you think?!

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  1. Ellie says

    March 10, 2018 at 3:31 pm

    Where to purchase Modern Rainbow for the Color Play Flame Quilt. Thank You. E

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👉 Find a community of quilters to connect with, learn from, and grow with. People who cheer you on, celebrate your blocks, and make you want to keep going!!! 

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It’s not that you don’t finish quilts…

It’s that you don’t have the right support or the right process yet. 🧵✨ Comment ‘FREE’ to take my free class, learn the freezer paper piecing technique, and get invited to join an amazing community. 💕

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It always amazes me, and it’s one of my favorite things about the technique. 

I save so much time not having to make a new foundation for every single block, and that’s not to mention the time saved from not having to rip the paper bits of those foundations out of the seams. ✨

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