This is a really short review that I may beef up later. Pat Sloan’s book on color is easy to read, though it will take more time if you go through the exercises.

Pat Sloan’s Take the Fear Out of Color by Pat Sloan

My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I liked this book, because:
1. she had the same quilt pattern made in different fabrics. This is a great technique, because it is easy to dismiss a pattern when a quiltmaker doesn’t like the fabrics. By showing different fabrics, the reader can overlook one of the colorways that may not appeal.
2. she didn’t talk much about value. It isn’t that I don’t think value is important, but I think that people can get bogged down by value if they are just starting out with color. Pat really gives the reader confidence to make color choices.
3. she didn’t bad mouth other ways of choosing color. All ways are valid and Pat shows her way and doesn’t bill it as anything different.
4. she encouraged the reader to start with colors that s/he likes
5. she uses an inspiration notebook to start.

It is bright and cheerful book as well.

There are projects included which I just used to expand my view of what the author was saying.

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