Comments on: Joen Wolfrom’s Playing with Color: Elusive Shades Worth Capturing

By: Joen Wolfrom

Joen Wolfrom — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 01:33:40 +0000

Thanks, Kathy. I’ll be putting out a new post very soon. Joen

By: Kathy Tidswell

Kathy Tidswell — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:43:55 +0000

Joen,
I had not gotten on to your blog until now after you mentioned it while replying ( positively) to my request to use information from Adventures in Design for my professional development class at Quilt Canada. I have just had the most fun reading through your lessons on shades. Thank you so much for sharing all your knowledge.

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Dark Shades Create Strong Color Impact in Designs — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:41:47 +0000

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Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:47:02 +0000

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Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:05:50 +0000

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By: Joen Wolfrom

Joen Wolfrom — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:45:22 +0000

Hi Lisa,
Thanks for the good input about your dyeing experience. It’s all so helpful. Joen

By: Lisa Reber

Lisa Reber — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:04:31 +0000

Hi Joen – I’m a dyer and quilter and love the 3-in-1 color tool. Plus I’ve seen the work by Kay Bachkai that grew out of one of your classes – you’re both very talented artists.
I was fortunate enough to take ‘Color Mixing for Dyers’ with Carol Soderlund. It gives a very scientific, controlled method of dyeing an incredible range of solid colors. Since there is no true, pure black dye in the Procion MX family, she had us mix a small portion of a color’s complement to the darkest value of the main color. Great results! I do really like your idea of putting our shades side-by-side with a pure commercial black. It’s another to-do for the list.

By: Joen Wolfrom

Joen Wolfrom — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:04:49 +0000

Hi Stacey,
You may be the winner of who has the most shades in your fabric stash. Congratulations! You’re right about how shades and tones can affect the visual outcome of a quilt. Dark Christmas red shades are so beautiful but really hard to find.

By: Stacey

Stacey — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:56:07 +0000

Thank you. For the first time I understand why some fabric either sticks out like a shiny thumb in a quilt of more toned colors, and others look ‘dirty’ in a quilt of shades. I actually found quite a few shades in my stash. Well, maybe 10%, but it felt like a lot. They’re primarily in my blues, purples, and Christmas fabrics. I’d love to find some reds. Now that I look at mine they all look muddy. Thank you again.

By: Joen Wolfrom

Joen Wolfrom — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:25:11 +0000

Hi Anthony,
I’m with you. I have so few shades in my stash now…..it’s amazing. Perhaps 1 or 2. The hunt is on!I used to have more, but I guess I have used them all up. Have fun shopping….