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Stumped about which colors to use in a craft project? Color Works by Deb Menz gives you practical, hands-on tools for using color in nine crafts including knitting, spinning, weaving, quilting, surface design and more.

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Color Works
The Crafters Guide to Color

Author: Deb Menz
Pages: 115
Page size: 8 1/2" x 11"
Publisher: Interweave Press
Cover: Hard
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Successfully working with color is a skill anyone can learn!

Stumped about which colors to use in a craft project? Color Works gives you practical, hands-on tools for using color in nine crafts including knitting, spinning, weaving, quilting, surface design (including stenciling and rubber stamping), hand and machine-embroidery, beadwork, and paper collage.

Color theory principles are demystified with clear explanations, examples, and more than 270 hand-crafted swatches that bring color palettes to life in all nine mediums. And use the handy back pocket to store all your ideas.

Master the color spectrum with Color Works and leave the guesswork behind.

A 32-page interactive section features:

  • A pull out color wheel
  • Two color value scales
  • Perforated hue cards (great for taking to the shop to buy supplies)

About the Author

Deb Menz is an accomplished artist and teacher, and is the author of the classic Color in Spinning (Interweave Press, 1998). She lives in Middleton, Wisconsin, with her husband and two teenage children.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
iv
Hexad Harmony
78
Introduction
1
6 Characteristics of Media
81
1 Describing Color
3
Spinning Fibers
83

Hue Family

4
Knitting Yarns
84

Value

6
Weaving Yarns
85

Saturation

8
Fabrics and Threads for Hand Embroidery
86
2 Basic Color Relationships
13
Beads for Embroidery
87

Learning Your Way around the Color Wheel

15
Fabrics for Surface Design
88

Complex Colors

16
Fabrics and Threads for Machine Embroidery
89

Warm and Cool Colors

18
Fabrics for Quilting
90

Undertones

20
Papers for Collage
91

Undertones and Neutrals

22
7 Choosing Colors and Design
93

Analogous Colors

24
Spinning
94

Complimentary Colors

26
Knitting
96
3 Understanding Value
35
Weaving
98
Major Keys
38
Hand Embroidery
100
Minor Keys
44
Bead Embroidery
102
4 Color Contrasts
53
Surface Design
104
Simultaneous Contrast
54
Machine Embroidery
106
Contrast of Saturation
56
Quilting
108
Contrast with Neutrals
58
Paper Collage
110
Contrast of Proportions
62
Suppliers
112
5 Color Harmonies
65
About the Fibers Squares
113
Split Complementary Harmony
66
Index
114
Double Split Complementary Harmony
68
8 Using the Color Tools
115
Triad Harmony
70
Color Wheel
117
Double Triad Harmony
72
Value Scale
119
Tetrad Harmony
74
Hue Family Colours
121
Square Tetrad Harmony
76
Color Harmony Overlays
133

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Color
Value
&
Color Influenced Perspective in Quilts, Beading and Crafts

An Amish Adventure
An Amish Adventure
by Roberta Horton
Batik Beauties
Batik Beauties

by Laurie Shifrin
Blended Quilt Backgrounds
Blended Quilt Backgrounds
by Jean Biddick
The Quilter's Color Scheme Bible
The Beader's Guide to Color
by Margaret Deeb
Casting Shadows cover
Casting Shadows

by Colleen Wise
Color and Compostion
Color & Composition for the Creative Quilter

by Katie Pasquini Masopust & Brett Barker

The Color Scheme Bible
The Color Scheme Bible
by Anna Starmer


Colour Explorations
Book 15
by Jan Beaney & Jean Littlejohn
Color Play
Color Play

Easy Steps to Imaginative Color in Quilts
by Joen Wolfrom
color works
Color Works
by Deb Menz
Dreaming In Color
Dreaming in Color
by Sonia Brown

Easy Pieces

by Margret Miller
French Braid Quilts
French Braid Quilts
by Jane Hardy Miller & Arlene Netten
Ghost Layers
Ghost Layers
by Katie Pasquini
Color Confidence for Quilters Book
Jinny Beyer's
Color Confidence
for Quilters
Neutral Essentials
Neutral Essentials
by Alex Anderson
Pat Sloans' Take the Fear Out Of Color
Pat Sloan's Take the Fear Out of Color
by Pat Sloan
The Quilter's Color Scheme Bible
The Quilter's Color Scheme Bible

Visual Coloring
Visual Coloring
by Joen Wolfrom

Color Tools

3-in-1 Color Tool
3-in-1 Color Tool

by Joan Wolfrom
Color Evaluators
Color Evaluators
Color Wheel
Color Wheel: Rainbow Selector
2 sizes, large and purse size
Color Wheel
Color Wheel
by The Color Wheel Company
Rainbow Tonal Color Wheel
Rainbow TONAL Color Selector
Rainbow Masking Tool
Over the Rainbow
Color Masking Tool
Pocket Guide to Mixing Color
Pocket Guide to Mixing Color
Watercolor Wheel
Watercolor Wheel
 
Create-a-Color Wheel
CMY Primary Mixing Wheel
CMY Primary Mixing Wheel
Web Wheel
Web Wheel
Interior Design Color Wheel
Interior Design Color Wheel
 CMY Primary Mixing Wheel & Workbook
CMY Primary Mixing Wheel & CMY Primary Workbook
   

Design & View Tools

Distance Viewer
Distance Viewer

Reduce Tool
Designed Soft Cover
Hand Held Reducing Glass
2x Reducing Lens Glass

3" diameter
3/12" Handle

Ez View Multiplier
EZ View Multiplier

rotate to view
on-point or straight layout

Colorscope, a mini kaleidoscope
Colorscope

Use to view fabric, thread and paint selection for color balance, value and contrast

 

Projector & Light Table

the Projector
The Projector

enlarge photos or drawing
Porta-Trace Light Table
Porta-Trace
Light Table

two sizes
  

Trace & Develop Line Ideas for Quilting & Appliqué

EZ Flex Design Rule
EZ Flex Design Rule
Mesh Transfer Canvas
Mesh Canvas Transfer
by Clover
See-thru material that allows simple tracing & transfer
Preview, Overlay
Preview Paper
CLEAR
Quilter's Preview Paper
by Quilter's Touch
use with quilting lines & appliqué
 
 Quilter's Vinyl
Quilter's Vinyl
by the Yard
EQ Printables

Clear Overlay

12 Sheets for use in
inkjet or laser printers
Mistyfuse Ultra Violet
Transdoodle

Transfer Paper for clean guidelines
 

 

Beader's Comprehensive Instruction & Overview Reference Books

bead directory
The Bead Directory
by Elise Mann
The Quilter's Color Scheme Bible
The Beader's Guide to Color
by Margaret Deeb
Findings & Finishings
Findings & Finishings
A Beadwork How-To Book

by Sharon Bateman
beaders companion
The Beader's Companion
Judith Durant & Jean Campell

Beading w/ Embroidery, Fabric, Quilts & Wearables

az bead embroidery
A-Z of Bead Embroidery
by Sue Gardner
Bead Embroidery
Bead Embroidery

Valerie Campbell-Harding and Pamela Watts
vBead Embroidery The Complete Guide
Bead Embroidery
The Complete Guide
by Jane Davis
  Beading on Fabric
Beading on Fabric
by Larkin Jean Van Horn
Beautiful Beaded & Embroidered Fabric
Beautiful Beaded & Embroidered Fabric
by Cindy Gorder

Beadlique
Pam Pryshepa Ronan
color works
Color Works
by Deb Menz
  Dazzling Quilts
Dazzling Quilts
by Pamela Mostek
Exploring Textile Arts
Embellished Mini-Quilts
Creative Little Works of Art

by Jamie Fingal
if its not embellished
If it's not embellished, it's not finished!
by Betty Blais
Ribons, Buttons and Beads
Ribbons, Buttons, and Beads

by Mary Jo Hiney

Beading w/ Mary Stori

DVD
Mary Stori Teaches You Beading on Fabric
Mary Stori
Teaches You Beading
on Fabric
All-In-One Bead Buddy
All-In-One Beading Buddy
by Mary Stori
Book
Beading Basics
Beading Basics

by Mary Stori
 

Beaded Accessories

brilliant beading
Brilliant Beading
by Anna Morgan

 

 

 

Jewelry in beading, (clay silver & gold) & Crochet Wire

Beadwork Creates Project & How-to Booklets


Beadwork creates Beaded Bags
Beadwork creates
Beaded Bags

edited by Jean Campbell
beadwork creates beaded beads
Beadwork Creates Beaded Beads
edited by Jean Campbell

beadwork creates bracelets
Beadwork Creates Bracelets

edited by Jean Campbell

beadwork earrings
Beadwork Creates Earrings
edited by Jean Campbell
 beadwork necklaces
Beadwork Creates Necklaces

edited by Jean Campbell
beadwork creates beaded rings
Beadwork Creates Beaded Rings
edited by Jean Campbell
Findings & Finishings
Findings & Finishings
A Beadwork How-To Book

by Sharon Bateman
 

Beaded Jewelry

Some of the books have Accessories also

100 beaded jewerly design
100 Beaded Jewerly Designs

by Stephanie Burnham
beaded adornments
Beaded Adornments
by Elizabeth Gourley & Ellen Talbott
beaded cords chains straps fringe
Beaded Cords, Chains, Straps & Fringe
edited by Jean Campbell
beaded embellishment
Beaded Embellishment
by Amy C. Clarke & Robin Atkins

 

beaded garden
The Beaded Garden
Diane Fitzgerald
Beaded Jewelry with Found Objects
Beaded Jewelry with Found Objects

by Carole Rodgers
Design Originals
Beading with Cubes and Triangles
Beading with Cubes and Triangles 2

by Alice Korach
Design Originals
Delica
Delica Beaded Jewelry

by Alice Korach

Beaded Jewelry

Stitch Specific

beading with peyote stitch
Beading with Peyote Stitch
by Jeannette Cook & Vicki Star
beading with right angle weave
Beading with Right Angle Weave
by Christine Prussing
beads in bloom
Beads in Bloom
by Arlene Baker
beading with herringbone stitch
Beading with Herringbone Stitch

by Vicki Star
 Netted Beadwork
Netted Beadwork

by Diane Fitzgerald
stringing style
Stringing Style
by Jamie Hogsett
   

Braiding for Jewelry & Accessories

Beautiful Braiding Made Easu
Beautiful Braiding Made Easy
by Helen Deighan
Beginner's Guide to Braiding
Beginner's Guide to Braiding,
The Craft of Kumihimo
by Jacqui Carey
   

Jewelry

Crochet with Wire & Beads

crochet with wire
Crochet with Wire
by Nancie M. Wiseman
    Out of Print
bead crochet
Bead Crochet
by Bethany Barry

Coiled, Wire, Soldered & Beaded Jewelry

Coiled Wire Beads & Jewelry
Coiled Wire Beads & Jewelry

by LeRoy Goertz
wire jewelry
Quick and Easy Wire Jewelry

by Dorothy Wood
getting started making wire jewelry
Getting Started Making Wire Jewelry and More
by Linda Chandler & Christine Ritchey
Making Wire and Beaded Jewelry
Making Colorful Wire & Beaded Jewelry
by Linda Jones

 

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