Jinny Beyer's Color Confidence For Quilters 
asked by cannoli on November 1, 2006 10:02 PM
Drawn from her own experience in teaching and making quilts, Jinny Beyer's "Master Palette" system is great for quilters who want to develop color confidence quickly and easily without studying formal color theory. Quilters will learn how to create a smooth-flowing palette with no jumps from dark to light or one color to the next, and will also learn the secrets to "coloring" a quilt by shading colors and fabrics or scattering them throughout a quilt. Practice exercises help crafters combine colors again and again until they can confidently choose colors for any project. Includes eight quilt patterns and templates that encourage quilters to stretch their palette, handy eight-step guide to creating a multi-color, multiprint quilt, 128 color swatches, two master palettes, and eight-course outline and suggestions for color teachers. Jinny Beyer is one of the best-known and most highly respected fabric designers in the quiltmaking industry. Her signature line of fabrics, produced by RJR Fashion Fabrics, is sold throughout the world. Home: Great Falls, VA
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Excellent book on color theory, with lots of illustrations, exercises -- really stretches your mind and makes you see "outside the box".
reviewed by mags on November 15, 2006 4:08 AM
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I saw a video of Jinny's quilts and was impressed with her color coordination. The book shows many examples of "tumbling blocks" quilts which are really impressive. The book's color charts provide swatches that you can match at the store when buying fabrics. This makes it easy to coordinate colors to your home decor. (The original book I received did not contain the chart; but with a quick call to Amazon, a replacement was shipped to me within 2 days.)
reviewed by fazer on November 19, 2006 12:12 AM
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Colour theory has always fascinated me and I have read many books about it. This is the first I have come across which deals so comprehensively with the art of using colour in patchwork. Some things I discovered I was doing instinctively, but this book has clarified the process and broadened out my understanding of what works and why. The format is easy to read, the exercises are fun to do whilst stretching the quilter to do things differently to what they have been accustomed. The inclusion of the colour cards in the back of the book is a real bonus and an excellent tool for playing with. I highly recommend this book as a tool for anyone interested in colour; I plan to give it as a gift to others who enjoy the craft.
reviewed by reader99 on November 21, 2006 7:51 PM
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Wow! Jinny Beyer unlocks the secrets of color. This text provides a very clear, straightforward and logical approach to choosing color palettes. Anyone can take advantage of the ideas in this book and I recommend it to anyone looking for a source of inspiration.
reviewed by freedrink on November 24, 2006 6:46 PM
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This book is an excellent starting place for quilters in the study of colors to choose for quilting. The books approach is to choose your main fabric and use it as the bases for your other choices. This is sometimes called a color focus technique or decorator technique. I highly recommend it to anyone who is struggling with choosing fabric for quilts.
reviewed by iread on November 29, 2006 1:30 PM