First, Show & Tell
Sue brought two blocks from the recent Block of the Month presentation.
Twin Darts
Churn Dash
Marlene brought a quilt she made for her machine-obsessed grandson.
The back continues the theme.
Barbara finished her table runner. The back has beautiful cardinals.
Next Month
Preparation for June meeting: Gail and Sandra made kits for anyone who wants a head start on the June sew-in for donation quilts. The backing is included in the kit. Use your own batting. These are no-binding quilts; sew the batting to the wrong side of the back. Then sew the back to the top, right sides together, leaving a gap for turning. Options for quilting include stitching in the ditch, or diagonals, or all-over meandering. Bring your sewing machine to work on it, or bring the completed quilt, in June.
Sandra had an example of the top Gail's kits create.
Color Class, lead by Sue
Sue handed out Color Wheels intended for use by painters, sold by The Color Wheel Company. (This is the best portable color wheel I've seen yet.)
Vocabulary
Primary colors - red, yellow, blue; mixing these produces other colors
Secondary colors - orange, green, violet; each is made from two primary colors
red + yellow makes orange
red + blue makes violet
blue + yellow makes green
Tertiary colors - red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-green; blue-violet, red-violet; each is made by mixing a primary color with either of the nearest secondary colors, as their names suggest
"Warm colors" are the red through orange to yellow colors.
"Cool colors" are the green though blue to violet colors.
Tint - a pure color mixed with white
Tone - a pure color mixed with gray
Shade - a pure color mixed with black
Black - in paint, is made by combining all colors
Gray - in paint, is made by combining black with white
Hue - the name of a color
Value - the relative "brightness" of a color, along the grayscale. Quilters can judge the relative values of a set of fabrics by photographing them, then converting the image to grayscale (black and white). Lighter-value fabrics will appear lighter gray. Darker-value fabrics will appear darker gray.
Intensity (saturation, chroma) - the intensity or saturation of the color; think of a medium red that gets darker and darker until it appears black
Luminance - the amount of brightness or light in a color; think of a medium red that gets progressively lighter until it's nearly white
Harmonious combinations
monochromatic - when only a single color is used, along with its tints, tones, and shades
analogous - using 2 to 5 colors on the wheel that are adjacent. For example, blue-green, blue, and blue-violet.
complementary - using 2 colors that are opposites on the wheel
split complementary - using 1 color with the two on each side of the first's complement; for example, blue & yellow-orange & red-orange
triad - using 3 colors that are equally spaced around the wheel; for example, red & yellow & blue.
tetrad - using 4 colors that comprise two sets of complementary colors.
Charlene's friend made this color wheel. Notice how she used the scraps in the binding.
Deanna is working on this color wheel
Jean brought this needlepoint and asked for suggestions for a background color. She didn't want to use the cream color that the pattern suggested.
Sandra O. shared a method for treating fabric that has bled.
Step 1: Fill a bathtub with HOT water.
Step 2: Dissolve about 1 cup of Dawn Dish Soap.
Step 3: Completely submerge your quilt and swish it around.
Step 4: Let your quilt soak for 10-12 hours, or overnight. (Smaller pieces don’t require that much time. )
