In this free class, you’ll discover:

1. Why color feels so hard (and why it was never your fault)

The myth of the “natural eye” — and what quilters with gorgeous, signature palettes actually do differently. Hint: it’s not talent, and you can learn it at any age.

2. The Color Fulcrum

The single dial hiding inside every palette that explains why your quilts come out “safe but samey” — and how sliding it just one notch transforms a pull from fine to unmistakably yours.

3. Your Color Style — named, in writing

This is a working class, not a lecture. You’ll leave with your personal color style named on paper — the starting point for every fearless fabric pull you make from here on.

Let's be honest about the fabric pull

You have a stash full of beautiful fabric. You love every piece — that’s why you bought it.

• And yet every time you start a new quilt, pulling a palette on your own feels agonizing — so you drive back to the shop (or scroll for a bundle) because someone else already made the color decisions.
• You text a photo of your pull to a friend — “Does this work??” — because you don’t quite trust your own eye.
• Or maybe you CAN pull fabric… but every palette comes out looking the same. The same blues and greens, quilt after quilt. Pretty. Safe. And if you’re honest — a little boring.
• You’d love to add a pop of something, but you’re afraid one wrong move takes it from “safe” to “bonkers.”
• You stare at a pull and think “something’s off…” — but you can’t name what it is, so you can’t fix it. So you walk away.

Here’s the truth, and it changes everything:

None of that is a talent problem. It’s a missing framework.

You were not born without an “eye for color.” Nobody is. Color is a learnable skill — and in this free class, I’ll prove it to you.

And for those that stay to the end will take home my printable Color Style Worksheet — keep it right by your stash for your next pull.

Hi, I'm Shannon Brinkley

I’m a quilt designer, teacher, author, and founder of the Meander Quilt Guild. For over a decade I’ve taught tens of thousands of quilters — in workshops all over the world — how to trust their own eye.

Here’s what I believe: every human is born an artist. Every child you’ve ever met proves it. Somewhere along the way most of us let that muscle go quiet — but it never disappears. Color, creativity, and design can all be learned, and when you combine those skills with the way only YOU see the world, you make quilts that are signaturely yours.

I won’t hand you rules to follow. I’ll hand you a framework to play with. Come see the difference.

P.S. Can’t make it live? Register anyway and we'll send you the replay. But the Color Style Worksheet and the live palette play are best in the room, so come if you can!