Shannon Brinkley Studio Blog

How to Create Depth with your Quilting Jun 22, 2021

I know you've been there. You finish a quilt top and are delighted with how it turned out. The next question, of course, is.... well, how should I quilt this?

A lot of quilters bypass this question b...

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Natural Fabric Dyeing with Cottons Dec 10, 2019

I've gotten more than a little bit obsessed with Natural Fabric Dyeing. I've been collecting acorns, flowers, and leaves from all over our small town and tossing them in the dye pot to create some rea...

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Mosaic Fabric Reveal Jul 24, 2018
I have something I'd like to share with you.
 
Her name is Mosaic .
 
She's dressed in 3 different moods. Cool, Warm, and Serenely Neutral. 
 
 
She's got some glitz. Each of these Mosaic...
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Color Inspiration: Blue, Mint, Orange, Magenta Sep 26, 2017

Here is a little color palette inspiration for you! The quilt is made up of all Northcott Solids, but for the fabric pull below, I included some prints so you could see how prints would look in this p...

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Color Inspiration: Greens, Gold, Magenta Sep 05, 2017

Have you ever tried to pair two colors that you know should go together based on the color wheel, but they just didn't look great to you? 

For example, with a little bit of knowledge of the color whe...

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