Win Your Own Exquisite Grape Escape Quilt!
The Grape Escape This stunning quilt was hand appliqued by MaryCarol Leithen, Jim Pilarski, Rita O’Connor, Georgia Cibul, Wendy Allenberg, Linda Yatzor, Sue Lechowicz and Donna Derstadt. It was...
View ArticleCreate your own color cascade (Playing with Color Series by Joen Wolfrom)
It’s true—-it’s time to bite the bullet and have some fun and let your imagination take you away to create your own color cascade in a project of your choice. In these past ten months, we’ve...
View ArticleHigh Value Colors Create Beautifully Subtle Designs (Playing with Color...
December Water Reflection in Florida As many of you mentioned in your comments and emails, value is a strong link to beautiful works of art. It is color’s most important silent partner. To clarify,...
View ArticleDark Colors (Low-value Colors) Need Value Contrast (Playing with Color Series...
Colors that are dark are considered low in value or low-valued. These colors are visually heavy. They weigh much more than those high-value colors that we discussed in the last post. Because...
View ArticleMiddle values—A Most Difficult Value Range (Playing with Color Series by Joen...
Greetings to you this beautiful fall day. The leaves are beginning to turn color—oh happy day! Before beginning a new fall project, let’s think about one more value concept—the middle value color...
View ArticleIntroducing Paula Nadelstern’s New Quilt Pattern Tower One
TOWER ONE QUILT PATTERN DEBUTS at the 2012 QUILT MARKET in HOUSTON, TEXAS We are really proud to announce that Paula Nadelstern is our newest pattern designer. Her first pattern commemorates the...
View ArticleViolet Costs How Much? (Playing with Color Series by Joen Wolfrom)
Some Fun Color History Since many of you are painting to your heart’s desire now, as you do the first lessons of my online Color Play for Quilters class at Craftsy.com, I thought you might be...
View Article2012 Quilt Market—And Here We Are
After much work, stress, and good spirits, we were relieved and happy to have our JWD Publishing booth finished before the start of Quilt Market. Whew! ALERT! We decided to begin our BIG sale at Quilt...
View Article2012 Houston’s IQA Show Exhibits Stunning Quilts (Playing with Color Series)
While at Houston for the 2012 Quilt Market, I had a chance to walk through the prestigious IQA quilt show at the George Brown Convention Center. Time was short, so I wasn’t able to see all of the...
View ArticleGreat Quilts—-Using The Tone Scale (Playing with Color Series by Joen Wolfrom)
Greetings to you today. In this post I have included a group of quilts from the 2012 IQA Show in Houston. You will notice that they differ in style, technique, subject matter, and coloring. Look...
View ArticleFabulous 2013 Houston Quilt Show (Playing with Color Series by Joen Wolfrom)
The 2013 Houston Quilt Show was fabulous! It featured the prestigious IQA Show (the International Quilt Association Show), as well as a wide array of other quilt exhibits. Included were quilts of...
View ArticleTiger—A Purr-fect Cat in Toned Colors (Playing with Color Series by Joen...
Tiger—– the purr-fect cat dressed in tones Tiger by Jeannie Moore There were many amazing quilts exhibited at the 2013 Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas. One quilt that caught my eye for a variety of...
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