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Quilting and Value
by Nikki Willhite

Value can be confusing to
the new quilter, but choosing the right value can actually be more
important than the color you choose in some designs. Value is the
lightness or darkness of color.
Lavender, for instance,
would be a light value of the color purple. The reason value is so
important when selecting fabrics is that it provides the needed contrast
when building quilting blocks. When you add pieces to a block, you
want to see their shape. If there is not enough contrast, the
design will get lost.
Value can be difficult see.
You can move back and squint, or like me, take off your glasses, but
even then you don't always get it right.
There are instruments you
can look through to
see
the value, but I've found the easiest way to see the true value of
colors is to scan them, and then change the picture to gray scale.
Look at the picture in
color. Now look at it in black and white. It is very easy to
see the value in black and white, and see if the fabric are in order.
Good use of value will add
crispness, contrast, and interest to your quilt.
About the Author: Nikki Willhite,
mother of 3 and an interior design graduate, has been writing and publishing
articles on the topic of
frugal living for over a
decade. Visit her at
www.frugalhappyfamilies.com
- where you will find hundreds of frugal living tips and articles. Frugal
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