Creative Fabric Selection: Cheat Sheetwith Jeni Baker of In Color Order @ The Sewing Summit

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Traditional color wheel: inner ring - Kona solid color wheel: outer ring

The Color Wheel

12 colors in the traditional color wheel- 3 primary colors (red, blue, yellow)- 3 secondary colors (purple, green, orange- 6 tertiary colors (red-purple, blue-purple, blue-green, yellow-green, yellow-orange, red-orange)

Warm & Cool colors- Half warm colors (red-purple, red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, yellow)- Half cool colors (yellow-green, green, blue-green, blue, blue-purple, purple)

Analogous Color Scheme- 3 or more colors that are all next to each other on the color wheel (ex: red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, yellow)

Harmonizing Color Scheme- 2 colors that are next to each other on the color wheel (ex: green & blue-green)

Complementary Color Scheme- 2 colors that are directly across from each other on the color wheel (ex: red-purple & yellow-green)

Split Complementary Color Scheme- 3 colors, first color and the two colors directly next to it’s complement (ex: blue, yellow-orange, red-orange)

Triadic Color Scheme- 3 colors equidistant from each other on the color wheel (ex: red, blue, yellow)

The Color Wheel

FabricColor- Tone on Tone fabrics (1)- Color + White fabrics (2)- Muli-colored fabrics (3)

Accents- Small Accents (4)- Large Accents (5)

Scale (6)

Pattern- Geometric (7)- Organic (8)

Value/Saturation (9)

Basics- Dots (10)- Stripes (11)- Solids (12)- Solid-alternatives (13)

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*Pay attention to all these details when choosing your fabrics! Try to find balance in pattern, value, scale, color, etc.

*Keep your eyes open for great basics and alternative basics!

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InspirationPhotographs- Your own- Flickr- Blogs, Pinterest- Wedding & Decor blogs- Magazines, books (sewing & non-sewing related!)

Surroundings- Your life- Your closet- Environment- Collections- Shopping

Fabric

Color Palette Tools- Kuler - http://kuler.adobe.com/- Color Palette Generator - http://www.degraeve.com/color-palette/

Color Palette Sites- Design Seeds - http://www.design-seeds.com/- Color Collective - http://color-collective.blogspot.com/- Creature Comforts - http://www.creaturecomfortsblog.com/home/category/inspiration-daily- The Craft Begins - http://thecraftbegins.com/wordpress/content/inspiration-boards/- Photo Card Boutique - http://www.photocardboutique.com/blog/category/color-inspiration/

Don’t forget, when in doubt..- Walk away- Take a photo- Add a neutral or solid, give the eye a place to rest- Consider the pattern- It’s all in the details- Check the values- No rules, no wrong!

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