Introduction to Color Theory with Rachel
Learn about the basics of Color Theory, and create a fabric-based collage project that will stretch your concept of how to use color in your quilts!
Chroma, value, temperature, hue, harmony. Understanding colors can be confusing! Often, people feel overwhelmed by the sheer number of options available to them in a quilt store: patterns, fabrics, colors. What looks good together? What will make my projects sing? Why, exactly, did that one quilt just fall flat? Do you love quilting, but always feel intimidated by all of the options you have in fabric, pattern, and color? Learning about Color Theory can help! In this class, Rachel will begin with a lecture/demo, introducing you to the vocabulary and science behind what makes colors work together. You’ll get some handy visuals for understanding Color Theory, as well as Rachel’s tips and tricks for how to create visual interest in your quilted projects. Finally, we will spend the last half of the class creating two separate scrap fabric collages, with a focus on alternating color temperatures, and experimenting with our color choices.
Class Supply List can be found HERE!
| Skill Level: | Beginner |
| Skill Details: | This class is for anyone interested in learning more about colors, the science behind color combinations, and the unique challenges that sewists face when it comes to selecting fabrics. You do not need any sewing experience for this class! Just bring your curiosity! |
| Requirements: | Bring a writing utensil, and a pad of paper. We’ll be going through a LOT of vocabulary! (Don’t worry; you won’t be quizzed on it!) Fabric scraps: as wide a variety of scraps in as wide a variety of colors and patterns as you can manage! You will not need yardage, so even your tiniest scraps will work well for this project! Fabric glue and glue applicator Scissors Frixion pen or other fabric marker |
| Instructor: | Rachel Burke |
| Instructor Bio: | Rachel has been sewing since the age of seven. She began by stitching skirts and Halloween costumes with her mother, and quickly branched out into fiber arts of all kinds: cross stitching, weaving, beadwork, and bag construction. It wasn't until the Pandemic that Rachel discovered quilting, and quickly fell in love with the medium! She has now designed over 100 quilts, and has gained some national recognition after she won second place at the National Quilt Museum's New Quilts from an Old Favorite contest in 2022. Her style is modern and geometric, and shows off a true love of color! |
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