Heather Thomas presents helpful techniques for determining what color fabrics to use when making your quilts. Learn how colors interact with each other and how to ensure the colors “make” your quilt rather than “break” your quilt. Find out how to utilize different colored shapes and fabrics without creating visual chaos. See what color interactions you enjoy and incorporate those techniques into your quilt.
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6:13Doodle Patterns and Quilting
In this video, Heather Thomas makes sure you are doodling with meaning. Learn about designs that use straight or curvy line designs and some that combine the two. She shows you free motion loops, swirls, circles, clam shell, geography/thumbprint, strait edge spiral, squares, making tracks, and a basket weave.
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10:39How to Transfer Images to Fabric
Heather Thomas talks about a hot new technique called image transferring. Learn to take a photograph or image and transfer it to fabrics, papers, or mediums that are washable. Discover different techniques that allow you to be creative with your quilting such as a cotton fabric with paper backing, lutradur, SewPaintable, Inktense, and digital ground…
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2:41Using Fabric Fray in Your Quilt Design
Heather Thomas provides helpful tips on how to utilize the fray in fabrics when making your quilt. Learn what fabrics fray better than others and see the many unique ways of incorporating fray into your pieces. Use these tips to add texture to your quilts.
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3:12Choosing Between Black and White Quilt Backgrounds
Heather Thomas demonstrates how to efficiently determine what color you want your quilt background to be. Find out how important that negative space is for your finished quilt. See what happens when you use black or white with certain colors. Use these tips to best choose the background color that will behave the way you…
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This was very interesting tell the truth I liked all the variations
Wow!!! This was great, l loved the fact she has several different quilt tops to look at and compare.
Wow that explained a lot thank you Heather!
After watching this video regarding Interaction of Color with Quilt Fabrics, I have to say that I understand where you are coming from regarding contrast.l However, in your second example, the row quilts, I personally prefer the softer pallet of the first quilt you showed. It is more “pleasing” to the eye from the standpoint that the colors flow together, blend well and the accent colors give it interest. My eye has a place to focus and rest on the designs in this quilt. Therefore it is pleasing and attractive. My brain accepts the color combinations without feeling like the eye has to search for a focal point. The second row quilt has more “action” with the contrast in colors and my eye is searching for a focal point and cannot find a place to rest. The blend is too jumbled up for my personal taste. I have viewed many quilts done in a manner where the eye has no place to rest and no focal point of comfort and will soon get a headache looking at these types of designs. This is where my brain does not accept the design or color combination easily and eventually it becomes agitated. Therefore, I much prefer the blending versus the definitive contrast and color combination in some pallets.