Christmas is coming and the list is long. My list seems longer than Santa’s list! Why didn’t I start these projects earlier? “A Mad Russian’s Christmas” is playing on my Pandora station. It isn’t helping! At least my lights are up.
Ha! No, that is not my house. My lights are a tad bit more conservative. Maybe next year, not. Holidays have a tendency to make me feel like I’m leaning back a bit too far in my chair. You know that split second of panic when you know you’ve leaned too far and you’re about to go over? Yep, that’s how I’m feeling. You too? Deep breaths. We can do this.
Quilters’ Color Therapy Sew Along
Let’s look forward to the New Year when this hustle and bustle has subsided a bit. I will definitely be needing some Quilters’ Color Therapy. Breath in. Breath out. How about you?
Quilters’ Color Therapy, The Use of Color Psychology in Quilting is an informative Block of the Month Pattern Booklet by Lora W. Zmak and Lisa W. Norton, the Material Girlfriends.
Color Psychology is the study of color’s impact on human behavior. Color and its effects on the brain, and on an individual’s behavior, have been studied for years by various groups from scientists to marketers. Your personal feelings of color are rooted deeply in your upbringing, experiences, culture, age, gender, and situational factors. The meanings of colors are going to fluctuate and change as you do. With this QCT Sew Along, learn to use Color Psychology purposefully to help you feel and express your emotions through color and quilting. Follow the 12 monthly sessions with us to create an 87in x 87in colorful quilt or don’t. The booklet and quilt project are totally optional and the monthly Zoom workshops are FREE.
Each monthly session includes a lesson on a color, technique instructions for the blocks from the booklet, plus an optional Color project. These mini projects are for digging deeper into color therapy and encouraging quilters to develop self-care through personal small projects. For example, green is an anti-anxiety color. At this moment, green fabrics would be emotionally beneficial for me to work with.
Quilters’ Color Therapy is a Printed Paper Pattern
Final Product: Quilt
Finished Size: 87in x 87in
Technique: Standard Machine Sewing
Skill Level: Confident Beginner
Sign me up!
The QCT Sew Along Zoom workshops will be on the last Sunday afternoon of every month. Except the December 2022 Zoom workshop will be on the 3rd Sunday. We’ll be a little busy on the 4th Sunday. The time? Let’s go from 1 pm – 3 pm Pacific Time. We can talk about color and give block instructions for the first part and then anyone that wants to hang out with us can sew up their block until we log off. The Zoom links will be emailed every month.
- Last Sunday of every Month of 2022 (except December is 3rd Sunday)
- 1 pm – 3 pm Pacific Time
- Zoom link will be emailed every month
- Workshops won’t be recorded, attendance is optional
If you’d like to follow along with the book, click on the button below. Use coupon code MGShip4Free to receive free shipping off your entire order. The coupon is good for US orders only and expires on January 31, 2022. Yes, we have kits available; kits with black background and kits with white background. Quilters’ Color Therapy Kit, kit includes the booklet. (International friends will need to contact me directly at Lisa@materialgirlfriends.com – Our online store won’t process international orders but I’m happy to do it manually.)
I’m using my stash for this QCT Sew Along. I will use scrappy colors and scrappy white backgrounds. I don’t know what Lora chose to do. What will you decide? I can’t wait to see it!
What do I need for the first meeting?
For the first Zoom workshop, January 30, 1 pm, you will need nothing. However, The Quilters Color Therapy booklet would be helpful and if you’d like to sew the first blocks with us, you’ll need some yellow, gold, and brown fabrics. Invite your quilting buddies. This will be fun!
Christmas Freebie Fix
Merry Christmas! Lora and I want to give you a gift for Christmas. Enjoy a free pattern download, Bella Notte. The size of this quilt is 62in x 62in. Bella Notte is a panel-friendly pattern and is available FREE for a limited time. The download link will expire on January 31, 2022. Link expired. Those of us running around like the “Mad Russian’s Christmas” can download it now and save it for next year. 😉
I ran out of tape and I’ve only wrapped two presents! I’ve gotta run like a Mad Russian. I’ll catch up with you later!
Ho, ho, ho! Merry Christmas!
Lisa Norton
