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Color: The Quilter's Guide

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If you want to know why some of the color schemes in your quilts work or don't (!) this is a great book to read. Unlike many other general texts on color, this book relates to the color and texture of fabric, making it easier to apply color techniques to your own quilts.

I would have liked more examples of each of the types of color schemes and fabrics on the color wheel, but it has definitely changed the way I view fabrics and color in the world at large. I would definitely recommend it if you want to learn more about color interactions.

This is a beautiful book. I have read it over and over again, studying the various blocks and quilts. It has inspired me to try my own color schemes and improved my confidence in choosing the right colors to go together in a quilt. A big thanks to the authors !

I purchased this book after watching a quilting show hosting the author and her specific knowledge about the importance of color in quilting. Before I took my first beginning quilting class, I STUDIED the first few chapters on color so that I could make proper fabric selections for the class project. I can tell you that my piecing and quilting were just "okay;" however, the quilt itself is beautiful because I great fabric combinations. I couldn't have made such a nice first quilt had I not carefully learned the importance of all aspects of color (value, intensity, etc...) as taught by this book! Its advanced in lots of ways...but if you stay focused on the crux of what it is teaching...you'll get so much out of it!

The book will help with many projects when I select fabrics for quilts or even an outfit. The book arrived in a timely fashion and will be used frequently

The book is a great resource not only for quilters but also for art students to use.

I got my book promptly and it was as described in "like new" condition. I would definitely buy from this vendor again.

This book contains a lot of facts about hues, shades, tints, complements, split complements, triads, tetrads, luminosity, transparency, contrast, depth and intensity. If you really care about all these things, then this is just the book for you. The author explains this "color vocabulary" very well, using examples and exercises. But do we really need to know all that to make beautiful quilts? No, I don't think so. I used to think I had no color sense but this book made me realize that I choose my fabrics well without thinking about color theory.