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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER 1: COLOR 101
    • Exercise: Color Families
    • Value
    • Exercise: Making a Value Scale
    • Exercise: Relative Value
    • Intensity
    • Exercise: Intensity
    • Warm and Cool
    • Exercise: Warm and Cool
    • Color 101 Review
    • Blocks for Mock-Up Exercises
  • CHAPTER 2: ONE COLOR FAMILY
    • Exercise: Monochromatic Mock-Up
    • Project- Blue Plaid Shirt
    • Project- Chinese Coins
  • CHAPTER 3: THE NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBORS
    • Exercise: Analogous Colors Mock-Up
    • Project- Twilight Zone
    • Project- Jumping In the Leaves
  • CHAPTER 4: THE FAMILY ACROSS THE ROAD
    • Exercise: Complementary Colors Mock-Up
    • Project- Rose Window
    • Project- Look Both Ways
  • CHAPTER 5: A FORK IN THE ROAD
    • Let's Talk About Yellow
    • Exercise: Split-Complementary Colors Mock-Up
    • Project- Hopscotch
    • Project- City Mouse
  • CHAPTER 6: THE TRIPLETS
    • Exercise: Triad Colors Mock-Up
    • Project- Copper Beech
    • Project- Midnight Stars
  • CHAPTER 7: THE FAMILY REUNION
    • Scrap or Multicolored Quilts
    • Two Plans for Scrap Quilts
    • Exercise: Observe and Practice
    • Project- Family Gathering
  • QUILTMAKING 101
  • ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Title: Color for the Terrified Quilter: Plain Talk, Simple Lessons, 11 Projects
Author/Designer: Ionne McCauley, Sharon Pederson
Format/Publication Date: TPB:2007
Publisher: That Patchwork Place, Woodinville, WA
Language: English
Page Count: 96
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 11" x 8 1/2"
ISBN: 9781564777225

SUMMARY- The authors do an excellent job of explaining color intensity and color values of fabric - and why it's important to understand this in quilting. If you're confused about why your pattern isn't popping - or worried that it won't if you're still in the fabric selection phase, this book is a good place to educate yourself.