Getting Comfortable with Color Value

Working successfully with color value is an important skill to master as soon as you begin quilting, because contrast between fabrics is what defines our patterns and makes certain elements more noticeable than others. This easy primer walks you though a few methods you can use to understand color value and start experimenting with value placement in your quilts. Quilters are talking about color value a lot more than they did in the past -- that's a positive development.

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