The Quilters Studio – Art Quilt Challenge 2nd Saturday of month 10:30 am
Challenge #15 COLOR TRENDS January 8th /due February 12th
For our challenge this month, we will get our inspiration from two of the 2011 Spring color trends forecasted by the international group of experts, the Color Marketing Group:
Natural Comforts
· Island Brights: inspired by tropical birds, fruits and flowers
· Calming and soothing water colors: soft aqua blues, periwinkle, weathered nautical blues
· Soft cool greens: glass green, mint green, honeydew and pistachio
· Rich chocolate browns: combined with any color-bright or muted. The more bizarre the color combined with brown, the better
Urban Nerds
· Black and white: with an unexpected color pop
· Pure white: with a surprising shimmer or texture
· Unusual color combinations: a traditional dark autumn color with a lighter and brighter spring shade
· Complementary colors: opposites on the color wheel – one clear and bright, the other muted or dusty
· Unexpected combinations: traditional or primary colors combined with neon brights or ambiguous shades
· Metallic shine: a spattering of metallic over the whole design, adding a magical sheen
Quilt examples
Island brights : Annette Morgan
Water colors: Katie Pasquini Mausopaut
Soft greens: Holly Knott
Rich chocolate brown: Pamela Allen
Black & White: Jane Sassaman
Pure White: Carmella Rother
Complementary: Catherine Kleeman
Unexpected combination: Jean Wells
Metallic shine: Jane Dunnewold
Time Magazine photo essay on street art: http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/street_art/1.html
Graffiti evolving into Urban Art - a trend that is influencing other artists - http://bit.ly/dWXIfd #cnn
Source of information: Fabric Trends magazine for Quilters Winter 2011 pages 72-73 and author Luanna Rubin’s blog
Call or email Cynthia if you get stuck: 303 545-9440 camorgan4@comcast.net
Oh! If you dress in one of the color trends above at our next meeting, you'll get a fat quarter of hand dyed fabric!
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