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 Greetings Everyone!

First, before thinking about color, if  you are a quilter, I want to share something that excited me this week—-besides snow! A few days ago I clicked onto our JWD homepage  and found a SURPRISE awaiting me—–something I have been wanting for a very long time.  To celebrate my happy-day feeling that’s lasted all week long, JWD is giving  patterns to 5 happy quilters. If your’re interested, go to our homepage to see what I am so excited about—and see why I picked 5 happy quilters. Then let me know what you think of our new feature ……….and if you want one of those patterns, which one? I’ll announce the pattern recipients in the next post.   (By the way, if you are a quilter and want to receive all of JWD’s blogs, do become a fan.) 

Also, one more thing—-I’d love to hear what has made you really happy this week—-big or small.  Thanks for letting me share with you.  Happy smiles to you! 

Now on to color! 

Celebrating Shades

We have been talking about cool color shades these past two weeks. Now it’s time to explore a selection of these shades on your own.  Select  2-3 pure-colors that you really like—pure colors that fall within the cooler section of the color wheel.  So, any color from green to blue to magenta will work. Consider selecting pure colors that do not lie too close to each other on the wheel. For instance, you might choose a green such as aqua green, a blue like cerulean blue, and purple. By spreading out your choices, you’ll see how the shades differ throughout the wheel.

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