Bonnie Hunter Winter Mystery 2022-2023: Chilhowie
11-17-2022, 10:01 PM
#123
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Originally Posted by petthefabric
I like the black background/neutral idea. When I pulled fabrics, they were all mid to mid/light values. It would be very colorful but sorta boring value wise. The saying ‘color gets the credit, but value does the work’ stumped me. I think with a lot of value chug in one color, the pattern of that color will be lost.
If all the purples are dark and no teal/orange are dark, the eye reads the dark purple as a pattern. The orange could be medium, the eye would pick up all the orange for a pattern.
was this any clearer?
11-18-2022, 06:30 AM
#125
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Originally Posted by petthefabric
Some of the collections have had a full range of values (very light to dark) for each of the colors (purple, orange, teal). Since value is doing the work of making the pattern, the eye picks up a value, let’s say dark,. Doesn’t matter if it’s orange or purple, just that it’s dark, and tries to make a pattern from dark.
If all the purples are dark and no teal/orange are dark, the eye reads the dark purple as a pattern. The orange could be medium, the eye would pick up all the orange for a pattern.
was this any clearer?
If all the purples are dark and no teal/orange are dark, the eye reads the dark purple as a pattern. The orange could be medium, the eye would pick up all the orange for a pattern.
was this any clearer?
Edited to add: Also, if there is string piecing in the design, having a mix of values for the color adds sparkle. I have added a photo of my string pieced units for Grassy Creek (with blue instead of Bonnie’s suggested grey).
Last edited by SuzSLO; 11-18-2022 at 06:40 AM.
11-18-2022, 07:13 AM
#126
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Originally Posted by petthefabric
Some of the collections have had a full range of values (very light to dark) for each of the colors (purple, orange, teal). Since value is doing the work of making the pattern, the eye picks up a value, let’s say dark,. Doesn’t matter if it’s orange or purple, just that it’s dark, and tries to make a pattern from dark.
If all the purples are dark and no teal/orange are dark, the eye reads the dark purple as a pattern. The orange could be medium, the eye would pick up all the orange for a pattern.
was this any clearer?
If all the purples are dark and no teal/orange are dark, the eye reads the dark purple as a pattern. The orange could be medium, the eye would pick up all the orange for a pattern.
was this any clearer?
11-19-2022, 03:13 AM
#129
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Originally Posted by kristijoy
I'm thinking about joining this mystery! Do you think I could use something like this for the background? I have lots of the purple, aqua, and orange.
What fun fabric! I’d be hesitant to use it as a neutral though since she is known for smaller pieces you may end up pieces that are different colors. Perhaps save it to use for the border or part of the backing?
11-19-2022, 05:49 AM
#130
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Originally Posted by kristijoy
I'm thinking about joining this mystery! Do you think I could use something like this for the background? I have lots of the purple, aqua, and orange.
