Shannon Brinkley Studio Blog

Choosing a Fabric Color Palette -- using Science, Inspiration, and your Gut Jul 20, 2017

We can approach color selection from 3 different places: science, inspiration, and/or our gut (or eye).

We might start with the science, for example:  "Aqua,  turquoise, and gold are analogous colors...

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Color Confidence for Quilters-- Part 2: Monochromatic Color Palettes May 31, 2017

I teach workshops all over the U.S. and hear over and over from quilters that they struggle knowing what colors go together. They struggle to pull a color palette for a project and often only feel con...

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Color Confidence for Quilters -- Part 1: the Color Wheel May 17, 2017

I teach workshops all over the country and I've noticed so many of my students struggling with -- color. Most quilters haven't taken a ton of art classes and, in turn, often lack confidence in their c...

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