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<\/a><\/p>\nThis is a picture of Dianne showing our Guild one of her many quilts during her trunk show the night before our class.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n <\/p>\n To give our triangle stash some variety, we brought five bags containing 20 triangles to swap with other class participants. \u00a0This was a good thing, as I soon discovered that my stash is predominately mediums. \u00a0I don’t have many fabrics of dark value in my stash. Dianne led us through a series of exercises where we worked with our triangles on our flannel boards. \u00a0This class was not about sewing, but about developing the skill of value placement in our quilts.<\/p>\n In the first exercise, we made Pinwheel blocks–one that was dark and light, one that was dark and medium and one that was medium and light. \u00a0We learned that using your camera on its black and white setting would help us see value easier. Lesson 2 was to make a Nine Patch from four sets of half triangles arranged in a Square in a Square setting. \u00a0If you look closely, you will see the star that is formed in the center of the piece. \u00a0If you put dark value fabrics as the star points, the star is a little easier to see. \u00a0 <\/p>\n Lesson 4 was an Attic Window arrangement. \u00a0Dianne told us that this would be the ugliest arrangement she would have us do. \u00a0She was right. \u00a0I guess mine was so ugly that I forgot to take a picture in colour! Lessn 5 reminded me of a Birds in Flight arrangement. \u00a0This arrangement was my favorite.<\/p>\n After working through the exercises with Dianne, I learned that value refers to how light or dark a color is in relation to surrounding colors. By using value rather than the colour of a fabric, I can decide how to arrange fabrics in my quilts to either make them blend or contrast with each other. \u00a0It is this varying degree of contrast which will allow the design to emerge, not the colour.<\/span><\/p>\n This was a great class. \u00a0I am anxious to put my new skills to use in my future projects!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Thursday, May 22, 2014, I attended a workshop led by Dianne Jansson of Pritchard, BC. \u00a0The class was a scrap quilt workshop where we learned to work with value rather than colour. \u00a0Dianne led us through a series of … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a>In lesson 3, we arranged our blocks so that a dark value square on point was visible.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a>These three quilts were Dianne’s class samples.<\/p>\n