Understanding colour value for quilters

Description

In quilting, value refers to the lightness or darkness of a colour as seen in fabric. Understanding value is crucial for creating quilts with visual interest, depth, and definition. Do you find colour difficult? Do you struggle to choose which colours to put together? Do you want to make your quilts pop? Look better? Colour is the key. Once you understand this vital aspect of colour, your quilts will improve. This e-course explains colour value in ten easy steps. Follow the simple exercises from colour expert and quilt maker, Karen Platt, and start making better quilts today. Includes simple tool to use at home or in the fabric shop, a simple way to check value, making better colour value choices. Plenty of examples. For personal use only.

What's included in the price?

The full e-course as a PDF for personal use only.

What you will need

You will need a camera, phone camera, app or software to use for one exercise, but these can be found for free on the internet.

Maker

Karen Platt

with Craft Courses since 2015

Message the tutor

Karen is a fully qualified and experienced teacher of mixed media and quilting, for groups and individuals of any age. She is a hands-on designer maker of textiles, knitwear and quilts. She has been knitting for over 50 years, designing knitwear for over 30 years. She has designed her own textiles for over 20 years. She began quilting less than 10 years ago but designs all her own quilt patterns. Karen has been a teacher for over 40 years. Holding an Honours degree in Spanish and a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education, Karen develops unique e-courses in design, colour and texture.