Color Magic for Quilters: Absolutely the Easiest, Most Successful Method for Choosing Colors and Fabrics to Create Quilts You'll Love

by Ann Seely and Joyce Stewart

Book Overview

Color Magic for Quilters is the ultimate resource for anyone who has ever felt unsure about choosing and combining colors and fabrics. This goof-proof approach guarantees color success. Your color... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875969852
• ISBN13: 9780875969855
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Rodale Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.4" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Great Information Wonderful Examples Beautifully done

The book starts off with several sections on the Color Wheel, then jumps into six chapters on color harmonies. Each color combination example is a quilt block done in different color harmonies. These focus on a grouping of two, three, four or five and work within that color range. There is a Color Workshop chapter taking on value and texture to mood for harmony then taking us from the color wheel to fabric. There are a couple quilt patterns using foundation paper piecing. There are fun little stories sprinkled throughout the book, called; Crayonbox Memories, “Soft pastel colors, especially daffodil yellows, remind us of our Grandma Hazel. Her flower garden was brimming with daffodils, lilacs, begonias, roses, and other varieties, she tended with care. But all her hours were not spent in the garden - she also loved to quilt.” Then there are the Hints from Hazel; “…the first block could have light fabric for the back ground, and the second block could have light fabric…..” It’s very obvious that a lot of work and love went into creating this book, it’s a nice addition to my library. Con; the book can be a bit on the cartoon side with some of the graphics and some of the information is basic high school color work.

Great explanation of color theory

This is a great addition to any new or old quilter's library. Not only does it have the color wheel that is an easy reference, it also has broad examples of fabric that coordinate, accent, and compliment. The color wheel teaches the relation of solid colors to eachother. Rarely do we use a fabric that is one solid color. This book takes it one step further and teaches your mind to see the actual color of the fabric beyond the print/pattern/shade/tint/tone so that you can choose appropriate coordinating fabric for your desired affect.

Very helpful

Of the many books I have read on quilting, this was one of the most practical and directly useful. It helps those of us who were not art majors catch up with those who were.

Well laid out and action oriented

I have several colour books now and this is the one to which I refer most often. I like the way the author has laid out the colour wheel and as I work I leave the relevant wheel open so I can check what I am doing. her projects range from easy to thought provoking and I have found them very good instructions to use with my patchwork students.

Truly Magic

I have a number of quilt pattern books, but the quilts I made were "blah". This book helped me learn how to combine fabric colors, values and textures to make eye-catching quilts. Plus there were full-size patterns included that serve as examples of the principles taught in the book, and quilts range from quick-and-easy rotary strip quilts to complex paper pieced quilts. In addition, the "block makeover" double-page section gave me further insight in the difference the colors, values and textures can make in the finished blocks. I got hundreds of color combination ideas from this one book...it is now my favorite quilt book!

1st book for any quilter

I received this book as a Christmas Present a few years ago. This book is excellant for finding a color combination or a color change. I use this book first whenever I want to sew a new quilt. It is a basic and VERY good book to get the mind working for new color schemes.