Description
When you think of aqua blue and turquoise, do you think of clear oceans and jewelry? Join along in this live Color Me Quilter web seminar, as Mary Fons helps quilters understand the connection between aqua/turquoise, our emotions and our quilts. From learning how to use these colors in your own quilt to what colors they best pair with to the feelings that they make us think of, you will never be able to look at a piece of aqua fabric the same way again!
BONUS LESSON: In this live webinar, you’ll also get answers on how to get your quilt appraised – from the how’s to the why’s and more!
What You’ll Learn:
- How turquoise and aqua make us feel and what they make us think of (think: seashorses, jewelry and Katy Perry’s hair!)
- How quilters have used turquoise in their quilts (particularly in art quilting)
- What turquoise/aqua colors really are (blue-greens), their place of the color wheel and how to pair them with other colors.
- How to make brilliant aqua-centric palettes!
- Bonus: Getting your quilt appraised (how + why)!
Presenter Bio
Mary Fons hails from a prominent quilt mafia family.
A professional writer and performer based in Chicago, Mary co-hosts the nationally-airing PBS program “Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting” along with her mom, famed quilter and educator Marianne Fons.
In 2010, Mary began hosting Quilty, an online show offered weekly on QNNtv.com. Targeted primarily to the beginner quilter, Quilty offers instruction, guidance, and inspiration to those who want to learn to make a quilt, whatever their age or experience level. In 2012, Mary became editor of Quilty magazine (F+W, a Content and eCommerce Company), which quickly met with critical and commercial acclaim.
Mary holds a B.A. in Theater Arts from the University of Iowa. As a freelance writer, her work has been published widely in print and online since 2005. Mary believes that being a quilter means being a part of the coolest legacy in American history.
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