This evening, we will be welcoming the fabulous Paula Doyle, who will be giving a talk about 'Colour'. Something we all need to be a little more confident with and I am sure this evening will be very informative. You may know Paula from her 'Mini Mosaics' book which shows how to make just a handful of different blocks to put together in an ingenious way to make gorgeously complicated looking patchwork.
You can find out more about Paula on her website:- www.greenmountainquilts.com
Please drop by for what promises to be a really good evening!
AFTER THE MEETING
If you weren't able to make it to this meeting, you really missed a treat! The comments afterwards were all glowing about how Paula's talk was so interesting and informative.She even gave a choice of one of her patterns to each of the people who held up her work during the talk - very generous. Paula also sells these through patternspot.com, which is a site set up for independent sellers to sell their patterns and books.
Paula had so many tips to give us to including using a quilting thread a couple of shades darker than your background fabric, to make the quilting really stand out and to make the pieces in a block that you want to stand out the most, in the darkest shades. But, there were many, many more tips covering how to choose your colourways for fabrics, tips for buying fabrics and many piecing tips. It was fascinating to see how to apply all her different colour choice methods in actual quilts. This evening was so useful and enjoyable - the hall was buzzing!
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