Shannon Brinkley Studio Blog

Color Crush: Cream, Aqua, Chartreuse Oct 31, 2017
Have you ever had that one fabulous piece of fabric that inspired a whole quilt? Well that happened to me recently, but it was a spool of yarn! 
 
In addition to my quilting addiction, I also love k...
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How to Build a Fabric Palette: Working with Golds Oct 24, 2017
Sometimes a fabric palette will start with one thread of an idea-- sometimes a literal thread. I saw gold embroidery on a dark cobalt fabric, and I knew I wanted to translate that into a quilt. My new...
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How to Create a Dynamic Color Palette for your next Quilt Oct 19, 2017
I wanted to share my thought process behind the fabric selection for my recent quilt, GLOBE. I often want to include both warm and cool colors in a quilt to create a really dynamic palette. There are ...
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