I just love your quilts Paula, especially your ‘hearts’ quilt, that’s my favourite.

This is brilliant! Thank you for writing such a detailed ‘how to’ guide. Always wondered how this was done and will be trying it very soon. The quilts are quite amazing and thanks for sharing.

What a fantastic blog post! Really clear, really well explained, and I already have some of the tools….
Thank you and well done ladies! A marvellous job.

Fabulous explanation & WHAT stunning quilts to show the colour concepts

What wonderfully useful information.

This article explains clearly, briefly, and with visual examples exactly what quilters strive to achieve. So often I hear people say, “ I don’t like that fabric”, but this shows that every fabric has a place: the skill is finding it. Thank you-I found it very helpful indeed.

Lovely ways of illustrating the points. I hear from quilt shop workers that quilters tend to make a beeline for the medium value fabrics, and not use enough of the darks and lights, or the neutrals, so it’s good to be aware of that tendency.

Tips I’ve heard include taking a photo of the fabrics and changing it to greyscale in an image editor, so that you can see the values better. I’ve never actually got around to that, but I find that taking a photo helps a lot on its own. You get a different perspective, and it frames it. Plus you can share it online and ask people’s opinions, of course. If you have a design wall, pinning the fabrics up (they tend to need a pin when you’re putting up a larger amount, especially if you’ve had to fold it up smaller) really helps. So much of this is about learning to look at it differently.

Great blog Paula..wagons ho!