For this week’s Creative Nudge, I am going to travel back in time a little bit, to the QuiltCon Modern Quilt gathering in February of this year.
In the center of this collage, I am featuring Katherine Jones’ quilt “Facets”, made with a 45 degree triangle and her collection of solid gray fabrics. Katherine is from Tasmania, Australia…and is in the Tasmanian Modern Quilt Guild!
Katherine was inspired by the idea of light through an emerald cut stone. The layout was designed in CAD, but the fabric (and value) choices were made as she pieced.
This is an excellent example of how *Value* can really make the piece! The brilliant juxtaposition of lights, darks and midtones, creates an illusion of translucent three-dimensional facets. She also plays with Cool Grays vs. Warm Grays, for further dimension and depth.
I’ve added some Gray and Charcoal fabrics, with some Ombre jeweltones as a backdrop. The trend of Ombre shading is going to continue strongly this year. I don’t know about you, but I am not tired of Ombre gradations yet!
I hope this collage inspires you to play with Grays, Values, and Ombre pops of COLOR.
Tonight is the deadline for the SAQA “Golden Hour” Call for Entries, so I’ll be jurying the artwork soon, in preparation for another fundraising collection for SAQA, with Andover Fabrics. I can’t wait to see what the SAQA artists have submitted!
sharing your Passion for Fabric…
~Luana
2016 Calendar:
May 1-31 – The Golden Hour – SAQA Call for Entries
July 20-29 – Seville & Granada
Sept 18-25 – Cuba Arts Tour #2 – details here!
Nov 15-20 – Luana’s Polar Bear Tour – 3 spots left!
