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After this Designing Quilts Webinar,
You Will Have the Keys to Success in Quilt Design
and Be Able to Design a Quilt Like an Expert!
From: Penny Halgren
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Dear Quilting Friend,
I wonder if designing a quilt is like the kid who picks up his first basketball at age 3 and immediately plunks it perfectly through the net like a pro. Or the 5 year old who just "knows" how to play the piano.
It seems like there are just some quilters who pick up fabric, cut it up, and instantly have an original design quilt.
Frankly, I've never been able to do that.
For years all I would do was buy a pattern and make the quilts - usually even copying the fabrics (or the colors of the fabrics) in the pattern I bought.
Baby quilts were the exception - I appliqued a bunch of hearts onto 4 inch square pieces of fabric and put them together in various ways - with sashing, without sashing, on point, etc.
Not all that creative, but it was the best I could do.
One day I bought a book with a picture of a wall hanging I really liked. It was a 3 dimensional type design - the floating boxes.
I made a bunch of boxes - using the colors in the picture of the wall hanging.
But, then I decided I didn't really like the way the blocks were set in the background, so I decided to create my own background.
That was a real departure, and I ended up happy with the quilt - although it was a one-time thing, and not a quilt using traditional blocks.
Out of frustration, I decided to take a workshop and learn how to design a quilt.
After all, that seems like the solution to many quilting problems.
It all sounded wonderful and so easy!
That, too, ended up being a very frustrating experience. But it started me to thinking about what goes into designing a quilt, really.
After years of study, it turns out that there are a few key components to designing quilts. And once you know your options, designing quilts becomes easy!
In our recent survey about webinar topics, Designing Quilts headed the list of topics quilters were looking for more information about.
After all, if you can take a quilt block or two and create a beautiful quilt on your own, you will be much more pleased with your quilts, and you (and your family and friends) will actually see how creative you really are.
Now You Will Hear Answers to Your Questions
About Designing Quilts
The truth is that really there are no "design rules" for quilts!
No law that dictates how wide your borders should be; whether to use sashing with certain blocks; which fabrics you should use for a particular quilt block.
And, therein lies the challenge of designing quilts.
Of course, the other problem is that - like other forms of art - whether your quilt is "loved" or just "accepted" is a matter of personal preference.
For years, a quilt that I thought was wonderful, quilting daughter, Stephanie, finally told me she thought it was ugly - a bad combination of fabrics.
On the other hand, a quilt she loves includes fabrics I would never put together.
However, there are key components to a quilt that can be easily changed. And just knowing the possibilities can make a huge difference in your confidence in designing your quilts.
And that's what this Designing Quilts Webinar is all about - showing you the options.
During this webinar, here are just a few of the Designing Keys we will discuss:
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These FREE, live webinars have been extremely popular with quilters, especially since they can ask their questions and expect answers based on experience rather than something just made-up.
Here are just a few comments from those who attended the Choosing Colors in Your Quilts Webinar last year:
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Penny - Color has been a big problem for me and prints has been another. I think I can look at prints a little different now. Thanks so!" Becky I enjoyed Penny's webinar very much. This is the second one I have attended and was very enlightened with the presentation. I do have trouble asking questions and would like to know how to use the microphone to ask a question, by the time I try to type a question I have missed some of the presentation. I do not have any questions at this time but she did answered why some colors just don't look right. color family is a big key. Thanks so much for the WEBINAR! Thank you for the free webcast. I found it very helpful. Im still quite new at quilting and am going out today to by material for a baby quilt. Thanks for your help. And thanks for making it FREE. You're awesome, Penny. Liza Penny- I had just finished reading Joen Wolfram's "Color Play" that day and this webinar did a very good job of bringing all that information together for me. The notes I took in the webinar are now filed in the book. The next quilt I start, I'm going to put all this into practice. I'm fairly new to quilting and have mainly relied on kits for helping me choose colors. But now I'm ready to put my own colors together! Thanks! Carol Hi Penny: Well……….you outdid yourself…….. the webinar was outstanding….I finally have a clear understanding of tones, shades, pure etc. amazing, I have been confused for a very long time. I have Joen Wolfrom’s 3-in-1 Color Tool…it is the older version as one of my grandkids gave it to me a number of years ago. I have never used it as it intimidated me….(tough to teach an old dog a new trick!!) I guess because I am all self taught I question myself and these webinars are such wonderful resources. I have never been able to afford classes in this area so have always wondered if I was doing them correctly. I am gaining so much confidence from your webinars…. I was able to combine 2-3 colors, but after that would break out in hives fearing I’d “create a monster”….. Thank you for sharing your knowledge I’m certain many others were treated to “the light going on”!!!!!! Between the Fabricalc and my Joen Wolfrom Color tool I just might live long enough to use up my fabric stash!!!!! Hahaha This Great Grandma (4 times) is soooooooooooooooo happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you again….. Hugs, Carolyn I really enjoyed the seminar, Penny. Hopefully, I will be more adventurous with color! Abby Thank YOU for the very interesting webinar. I enjoyed it very much. I had never heard of the Ives Color Wheel, but that answers a lot of questions I had about why colors were like they are. I can see I need to do a lot more reading! Diane I enjoyed it very much and learned some more on why you select certain colors together Thanks for putting it on. Phyllis Your choosing colors for your quilts was facinating to me. Never realized color was so involved. I'm looking forward to the books on color your recommended. It's impossible to remember all the info you talked about even though I took notes. Thank you, Sharyn Hi Penny, Thanks for the very informative webinar on choosing colors. I feel like I learned a lot about color in quilts! I liked the format better, with questions and comments not coming until the end. It eliminated the background noises, as we in the audience don't seem capable of muting ourselves. : ) Thanks again, Teresa Dear Penny, I really enjoyed this Webinar on colors. I have painted with oils and acrylics, and did understand the mixing for shades, tones and tints. Since I am a beginning quilter, small projects so far, This was so very helpful. I always thought the colors were hard to choose for a quilt. But happy to see you also understand a designers license to play with unusual matching of colors. Thank you for putting this class together for us. Cecilia I am a newbie only 2 months but I learned a lot about colors and hope I can put your info to good use. Thank u for a well presented seminar, I was not bored I quess I got the quilters bug bad all I want to do is buy fabric and sew. Monica Penny, I enjoyed the webinar and learned a lot. I’m a new quilter so I appreciate all the pointers and info I can get. Thanks, Chris Thanks so much for presenting your "choosing colors for your quilts" webinar. I love your webinars, and look forward to any that you may present in the future. Thanks so very much!! Diane Penny, I want you to know how much I enjoyed the webinar last night. I have in the last couple of months or so bought several of your packages of DVD sets and books. I have enjoyed them also very much. They’re down to earth so you can understand how to do things and if I forget something I can go back on the dvd and look again. I had trouble getting on at first last night so I missed the first 15 minutes so I wanted to ask you where to get the Tool Maker that you can carry in your purse and wasn’t there a book also that you could purchase. I think I would be interested in both. Thank you and keep up the great work you’re doing Glenda |
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