Crash Course: Colour

TUTOR: SHARON NICHOLLS THOMSON

Have you heard other quilters discussing colour confidently? They might talk about chroma, hue, saturation, tint, tone, shade, value, warm & cool and other terms you keep getting mixed up?  Would you like to learn what all those buzzwords refer to and be able to combine them confidently in your work? This is a crash course in Colour Theory for quilters.

Skill level: suits all levels

Useful for modern makers and traditional quilters alike and not as dry as it sounds; class will have fun playing with game-style resources specially prepared to help decode and define many colour theory mystery terms.

We will make a colour wheel quilt block from fabric as a take home reference illustrating the key terms, which could be made into a mini-quilt to hang in your sewing room as a reminder of what we’ve learned.

We will encounter methods to confidently develop colour schemes for your next project and you’ll leave with resources to repeat this process at home.

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CLASS REQUIREMENTS

Crash Course: Colour with Sharon Nicholls Thomson

One-day Class: Saturday, April 12
Class times:  9am to 5pm (2 hour lunch break)

Kit fee: $20. Kits will be provided with all the fabrics needed for our colour wheel block project. Please have the exact amount in cash in an envelope with your name on it.

Students need to bring: 

You will need your usual machine sewing equipment:

  • Acrylic ruler
  • Rotary cutter with sharp blade
  • Cutting mat
  • Fabric scissors
  • Pins
  • Neutral cotton piecing thread (eg. mid grey not white)
  • Fresh 80/12 Universal machine needles
  • An add-a-quarter ruler (if you have one.)

To complete your project at home you will need backing, wadding and binding should you wish to turn your colour wheel into a mini quilt. These won’t be needed for class.

Sewing machines will be used in this class.

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