Color: The Quilter's Guide

by Christine Barnes

Book Overview

Take the mystery out of color! Learn how to build a color scheme that works (or fix one that doesn’t) and find out why certain colors interact to create powerful--and sometimes surprising--visual... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564771644
• ISBN13: 9781564771643
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: That Patchwork Place
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.4" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Great resource book.

The book is a great resource not only for quilters but also for art students to use.

More then a Primer on Color use in Quilts

I purchased this book after watching a quilting show hosting the author and her specific knowledge about the importance of color in quilting. Before I took my first beginning quilting class, I STUDIED the first few chapters on color so that I could make proper fabric selections for the class project. I can tell you that my piecing and quilting were just "okay;" however, the quilt itself is beautiful because I great fabric combinations. I couldn't have made such a nice first quilt had I not carefully learned the importance of all aspects of color (value, intensity, etc...) as taught by this book! Its advanced in lots of ways...but if you stay focused on the crux of what it is teaching...you'll get so much out of it!

An eye opener

This is a beautiful book. I have read it over and over again, studying the various blocks and quilts. It has inspired me to try my own color schemes and improved my confidence in choosing the right colors to go together in a quilt. A big thanks to the authors !

A fabric-based book on color

If you want to know why some of the color schemes in your quilts work or don't (!) this is a great book to read. Unlike many other general texts on color, this book relates to the color and texture of fabric, making it easier to apply color techniques to your own quilts. I would have liked more examples of each of the types of color schemes and fabrics on the color wheel, but it has definitely changed the way I view fabrics and color in the world at large. I would definitely recommend it if you want to learn more about color interactions.