Red Glasses for quilting great tool
#11
I think they are worth $20 but I bought the glasses when they were a daily deal at Missouri Star Quilt Co. The color film works but the glasses make it easier, both hands are free. I really like how I can see my whole quilt top when I have the blocks laid out to see contrast. Also I use a peep hole to look at my quilt top and I can see the whole quilt in black and white with the glasses on. They fit over my regular glasses and are very lightweight. I'm glad I bought them. I bought extra for some of my quilt buddies. I knew they would want to use mine when we go fabric shopping! They love them. We look a sight in a fabric store together.
#14
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
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I have some of the 3D glasses, some all red, some red and blue and the new type are smoky looking lenses. Seems the grands leave all that stuff here. LOL. They don't work like the Red Glasses at all when looking at fabric.
#15
Do any of you remember when water color quilts were so very popular....they sold an item then called "the Ruby Beholder"....i never got one....i used a red butterfly sun catcher that hangs in my kitchen window !!! Still do when i want to judge contrast !!!
#16
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Morris Plains, NJ
Posts: 1,802
Do you mind me asking for some of the principles of value. I don't understand what you should be achieving with the glasses. Same number of each value (light, medium, dark) in a quilt. Should each value be next to eAch other in a quilt or should they be mixed up? Thanks in advance for the explanation.
#17
I have some red plastic stuff, and I use it when I am trying to arrange fabric for a Bargello quilt...where I want 8 or 12 shades of one color, from light to dark. It really helps, as does taking a black and white picture. I am not sure how else they would be used. Something similar, probably. It amazes me how I can one shade is darker than another and then when I look through the red or at a photo that it is obvious I am wrong.
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#19
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 4,783
Do you mind me asking for some of the principles of value. I don't understand what you should be achieving with the glasses. Same number of each value (light, medium, dark) in a quilt. Should each value be next to eAch other in a quilt or should they be mixed up? Thanks in advance for the explanation.
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