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Types of Color Schemes
Originally posted 2003-10-08 07:14:47. Republished by Blog Post PromoterTYPES OF COLOR SCHEMES Color schemes are so fascinating to me. You can spend a lifetime jiggling with them and still be surprised. Medium and technique change how colors work together and getting comfortable with the different types of color schemes can make your... »
Non-toxic Dyeing of Wool and Silk Yarns
Toxic chemicals, separate vessels, many precautions, like many people I look for alternatives to chemical dyes. Ideally they would be easy to do, safe around children and pets, and wouldn’t absolutely require me to use different tools and pots (because I don’t know where to put them). Inventive knitter and dyer Lee Meredith comes rushing... »
3-in-1 Color Tool – Product Review
Originally posted 2007-07-05 06:52:45. Republished by Blog Post PromoterC&T Publishing, http://www.ctpub.com, $16.95 Do you find yourself struggling with the question of whether these colors go together? Do you wish you could change the colors in a design and know they will go together? Then this tool, created for quilters, is for you. Unlike... »
Bargello and Mid-Century Modern Design
A few years ago, when domino magazine was still being published, my eldest DD called me about a picture in the current issue. She told me she wanted it. The picture? A white, contemporary couch full of colorful vintage Bargello pictures. I think I had even stitched some of the same ones back in... »
Color Selection
Originally posted 2008-10-04 07:12:05. Republished by Blog Post Promoter After my recent posting about selecting threads based on a choice of Watercolours, my friend Jan Fitzpatrick send me an email about her method of choosing thread colors along with this picture of a glorious Jean Hilton piece, French Perfume (available from Stitches from the... »