Ellen Anne Eddy's Thread Magic Studio: Practical Thread Magic: Building Beautiful Color

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Practical Thread Magic: Building Beautiful Color

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Posted by Ellen Anne Eddy |

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Most of the time when we think of mixing colors, we think of two colors becoming one.
Working with thread is so different. The machine work lays one line of thread next to each other. Our eyes mix the colors together, but they stay separate, clean, clear and beautiful.

This tulip has ten colors in it.
Why so many? Because real tulips have multiple streaks of red, orange and yellow. That large range of colors lets me shade from side to side, giving my flower real depth and detail.
Here are some of the process shots.

One layer of zigzag stitching after another builds us to a flower with dimension and full color range.

http://www.ellenanneeddy.com/store-detail.php?cat=1&ID=1

Want learn more about building flower colors in thread?

Thread Magic Garden has a whole chapter on color theory for flowers. Why?
Flowers ARE color. It's what it's all about.

Thread Magic Garden is available for sale now on Ellen's web page at www.ellenanneeddy.com

Labels: art quilters, art quilting, C and T Publishing, fiber art, flowers, Thread Magic Garden, zigzag stitch

2 comments:

bohemiannie! art said...: I'm having it sent to my son in TX so I can bring it home in April!; January 9, 2012 at 12:24 PM
Mobile App Developers said...: What you're saying is completely true. I know that everybody must say the same thing, but I just think that you put it in a way that everyone can understand. I'm sure you'll reach so many people with what you've got to say.; August 20, 2015 at 12:38 AM