The Quilter's Practical Guide to Color: Includes 10 Skill-Building Projects - Softcover

Goldsmith, Becky

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1607058642 ISBN 13: 9781607058649

Publisher: C&T Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

Learn how to make choosing colors fun!

Did you know that the biggest struggle for quilters of all types is color selection? Unlock the secrets to winning color combinations from best-selling author Becky Goldsmith of Piece O' Cake Designs. Learn how every quilt has a foreground and a background, how to use clear versus gray colors - plus other essentials that will shake up your design process. Quilters of all skill levels will appreciate Becky's practical, easy-to-understand advice on neutrals, value, and contrast. Put your newfound knowledge to the test with 10 pieced and appliqued projects designed to focus on specific aspects of color. With visual examples used to explain all color topics, this go-to guide will give you an edge when it comes to quilt design.

• Practical, visual guide to color written specifically for quilters
• 10 pieced and appliqued projects to apply your color knowledge
• Take the fear out of fabric selection with important, rarely discussed concepts
• Best-selling author Becky Goldsmith of Piece O' Cake Designs

About this title

About the Author

Becky Goldsmith has spent many years thinking, learning, and teaching color and quilt design. She and Linda Jenkins started the quilt pattern company Piece O' Cake Designs in 1994. She lives in Sherman, Texas, with her husband. pieceocake.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: C&T Publishing
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1607058642
• ISBN 13: 9781607058649
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112