Your suggestion to take a black and white photo is ingenious. I never would have thought of doing that.

Thank you, thank you! I've been sewing and quilting for almost fifty years and learned something new watching this video. I'm pretty good at putting colors together but couldn't figure out why some combos looked better than others. The grey scale is what did the trick! How could I not have learned this before. I got my phone and looked at the blocks of my current quilt and seeing it in grey scale showed me immediately which blocks were wrong and why! OH MY GOODNESS! Can't say thank you enough.

I am a color pro, and having practiced for 40 years i am now retired. You did an awesome job of explaining things and you were spot on. Well done.

I am so thankful that I found you! By the way my sister is also Karen Brown so it is definitely fate! I just got into quilting and I have been so overwhelmed that I was thinking of giving up and then I went on KZfaq just to learn how to cut straight and found you. I have literally spent 2hrs watching your videos, trying things, and learning. You are an amazing teacher and you explain perfectly! I started crying when I was telling my husband that I feel better about quilting now and it is thanks to you! Thank you for making me not give up!

I just want to sew something pretty. Now you have stuff on needles??? ohmyword!! I had no idea quilting was going to be so hard. Can't I just find fabric prints/solids that go good together and quilt them up?. I mean, for those that have sponges for brains these vlogs are a timeless treasure but for those of us that have no holes in our brains for this stuff to sink through is like trying to learn another language completely. I still love watching them and I think I finally got that taking a black and white picture thing. Love all your hacks. Very helpful. I use them. They're great!!

I have a lot of prints, and every time I'm working on another new project, I need some solid or tone on tone type fabric. So off I go to the fabric shop. Lately, to try to wart off the binge shopping, I started to pick up solids and tone and put them in a special place altogether. So far, it's working better, not perfect! But it's better!

I’m not even a quilter, I’m more a garment sewer but I’m a sucker for color theory and this sort of study. This is an invaluable video, thank you for sharing!

Brilliant video…I’ve seen for over fifty years (I started really young 😮😅) but colour has always been my downfall. I also love the template idea, how did I get this old and not know this stuff!😂 Thank you for this inspiration.

Brilliant video. Thank you. I am a very, very beginner and subscribing to your channel has been invaluable. “ This is what happens when you are in lockdown and discover you would like to learn how to quilt and you get the sewing machine out”. Greetings from the UK 👋🏻👋🏻

Oh my gosh~~I'm so glad I found you! 55 years old and just completed my first simple quilt. I have all my mom's tools and just didn't think I had quilting in me. It is so intimidating. I also have my first quilt my mom made me which I insisted on all blues in light and dark in a "Log Cabin" style She tried her best to steer me away. It never really worked (and now I know why) although I loved the colors at the time. I also have a few unfinished quilt tops from great grandma's and aunts that I have carried along with me. Can't wait to learn and grow and finish them!!

I just love how you take a subject that has been done over and over and find a totally new angle to talk about . Tks

I love your channel - I live in England and have cushings disease which makes me nocturnal... you have kept me sane for the last few months! Thank you my lovely ... hope you and your family are staying safe and your son is healing and my prayers are with you all - keep it up ! You’re a star !! Xx

That black and white photo exercise was incredibly eye opening!! Wow! I love that color tool you use. Definitely going to buy that! I am very much a beginner!

It's taken years, but I think I finally understand value. Thanks for your very educational videos.

Just what I've been waiting for! A few people are lucky enough to be able to put together a color scheme without knowing any theory. Theory can be boring and complicated. You've shown us with actual fabric what we can do to "sharpen our skills". At this time we don't have any excuse not to take a little time to do these exercises instead of trying to "drive a car with a blindfold on". Thank you so much for a great video, Karen!

I can't wait! I sent some quilt photos with color schemes, even scrappy, to a person selling fat quarters. Today I am picking up 100 of them so will be able to use your techniques with that "bundle." Thank you for making this video when you are supporting your son in his treatment. Hang in there!

Thank you for another wonderful video. You and your family have been in my prayers. You have been on my mind a lot. As a mother of 4 I can relate. Thank you so much for your clear, concise, informative videos. You are a natural teacher and you don't waste our time. I am so glad that I found you. You are one of the best! Please take good care of yourself and your son.

I love the way you show the difference in the way materials look when you held the templates up to the fabric.

This is incredibly helpful for picking fabrics. I’m pretty new to quilting style projects and have found it daunting to put different fabrics together effectively. I’m learning about Half square triangles and get my seams accurate. So now I will put that color wheel on my list and use your practice exercises. Thank you!

I have been thinking of you and so glad you checked in with us! I am sure you know how wonderful it is to have a friendly face , bringing us "fabric" and "quilt" vlog that make us smile. We Appreciate You.

Hi Karen, your videos on color are the best I've ever seen. For some reason my brain has a hard time retaining the details of hue, value, etc. so I'm watching them more than once. These exercises will help a lot and might even get me out of that color/pattern comfort zone you talked about. In February I went to the fabric store with a friend who was choosing fabrics for a quilt for her son. The ladies in the store helped her pick 4 fabrics that I would have NEVER put together and her quilt is looking great. Here's hoping I can learn to do that! Hugs & prayers to you and your family!

'Just get it done' has been my constant mantra to keep me going! Immensely thankful for your practical advice. 😘

Is it bad to like a video before you even watch it because I already know, 1. it will have good information, 2. it will be a quality video to watch, 3. Somewhere you will make me smile because I can relate to any mistake (first hand) that you will mention MAY happen. If it MAY happen, it already did to me. Love -Peace-Chicken Grease.

I’ve always struggled with finding the right colours/patterns for my quilts and I have ALOT of fabric. Your video really gave me a lot more ideas and inspiration to make something new and out of my usual comfort colours. Thank you!!!

Thank you so much for this video - I have to admit that I've returned to this video and re-watched it several times already. Great practical suggestions and reminders!!! Keep the fantastic lessons coming!!!!!

Thank you for simplifying the mysteries of color and fabric. You make taking those baby steps into color much less scary-almost like the training wheels on my first bike!

Karen, I want to tell you that you have changed my sewing! I'd always struggled with putting different colors and fabric together. After using the black and white photo trick l gained so much more confidence.

Always said : Fabric Speaks to me !!!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

I r an excellent teacher. This was so helpful.

I need SkillShare. I love water color. I like the batik fabrics too. Total quilting Newb here! 🙋‍♀️

Video is sooooo helpful, I am learning tons with these Videos

Karen. Thank you. I just found you and I think you just changed my life. (and yes, I did just binge watch for 3+ hours!)

Firstly I want to say how rested & good you look. The quieter lifestyle must appeal to you. At this point I don’t have that much fabric, I like the idea about taking a black s white picture and will give it a whirl. Always enjoy your videos. Stay safe and healthy 👍❤️😊

Take a black/white photo -- brilliant! Thanks...

Hi Karen, want to tell you how much I'm enjoying "the color wheel" theories.... There's hope! I'm adding you to my prayer list..... You're a great educator..... Don't stop educating! Blessings.

I don't know how I've found you but your clear explanations have built up my courage to possibly start quilting. I particularly love the idea of playing with fabric just for fun and learning.

Hi Karen, sending you a hello from Virginia. I am making a king size quilt as you go for my son and daughter-in-law. So as I sewed, I also used smaller pieces to make a quilt for me. So I tried using your color theory. I took black and white photos. What I found was astonishing. There were pieces that fell in a completely different place than I would have placed it. I'm still very far from being good at this color placement, but I'm learning. Stay safe.

You’re the best!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge freely. I’ve been binge watching while healing up from knee surgery. Sitting in my sewing room and playing with colors has made my days much more enjoyable

an important note about "black and white " photos or photo copies. its MUCH more accurate these days!!!! but back in my wayward youth i worked in a copy shop, and our copiers would turn anything red into jet black. so... pink? jet black redbrown? jet black if you cant seem to make this system work, you MAY have a camera filter or a photo copy system that is making a specific color "darker" than it really is. Also watch out for reflective bits in the fabrics, as they can mess up the photo sensor

Oh my gosh I didnt know the terminology for what I was already doing. I naturally see the harder to see colors, so when I pick colors I tend to find colors specifically to make them pop. I am new to sewing, and you have been such an amazing teacher!! TY and many blessings. #quiltthroughcovid

I love your mug at 13:16...the multi polka dot is so happy!

Wow, I’m finally getting it, but I sure need a lot more practice with this colour theory. Thanks for the help.

A great and informative video! I am a home ec major, have been sewing for almost 70 years (I started at a very early age :-) ) and have taught quilting since 1973. Still learned a lot and need to watch it again. Thanks!

Everyone should have a fabric boat! That was one of the most awesome fun things we did...

This is the exact content that I have been looking for. You are amazing and I love you. Thank you!

Bought the 3in 1 color wheel. Was so impressed with your video. By the way I watch all of them. You are so smart and I love how you present your info. Thanks for your hard work. You rock!

Very interesting and helpful. Hope all is well with you and your family. Good to see you again!

Karen, I took a workshop on color. I left more confused than I started. Then I found your tutorials. I am now understanding and this last tutorial was more than helpful than I have words for. Thank you. I appreciate you sharing your knowledge with us all. Take care

I’m so happy I came across your channel! Soooo much information delivered so well!

Your color lessons have taught me a skill that I thought was just a natural talent; you can do it naturally, or you just can’t. I’m still a newb but starting to figure it out. That color wheel looks valuable, I’m on it!

Really enjoying these lessons

I am not a quilter but love your videos. I have learned a lot, thank you so much! Love from Muscat💖

Hi Karen, I hope you and your family are well. My thoughts are with you. Thank you so much for this. I like the "exercise" bit. I am becoming more aware of how I do things and practice on what I have got. With your teaching I am taking my quilting to a whole different level! Thank you! x

This was an eye opener on color ! Love all your classes I agree with Meyrick Peterson you are a wonderful teacher ! You are truly gifted. My prayers continue for your family ! God Bless Y'all !

This is a very good lesson. I have a color wheel but haven’t used it much because I found it confusing. This is the only video I’ve seen that really explains it in a way that I can apply. Thank you so much.

I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!!! I have to tell you how I found you. I was actually looking for information on learning calligraphy to improve my writing on cakes. Far from fabric hah? That was at 7am this morning. Somewhere in there I saw your dollar store sewing video so being a crafter, sewer and quilter as well, besides my cakes, I had to watch. Well here I am, now at almost 11am, and the only thing I have watched are YOUR videos. There are so many wonderful videos that you have that I just can't seem to stop. The coffee pot is empty, I have made at least 3 different lists and as soon as I can tear myself away, I am going to go get started on redoing and fixing my sewing room. Believe me, it is a mess. All I can say is thank you, thank you, thank you, for all the time you have taken to make these videos and sharing them.

It is always a happy morning when I see you have posted a new video. I want to thank you for revisiting the use of templates to look at the pattern in different size squares. I hadn't remembered that tip from your template post. I also want to thank you for the free 2 months of Skillshare. It couldn't have come at a better time - although honestly I have no trouble filling my time.

What a lovely episode. I will definitely try these exercises. Thank you.

Thanks you, madam U explain very well.

Karen! I'm so thrilled! I bought this exact colour wheel after Christmas and wasn't quite sure how to use it. This is brilliant! Thankyou so much! I've learned so much from you - just finished using up all the scraps of a quilt top in the back; I now have a proper ironing technique and I sew with a ledge (and shared this with a new sewist recently!). You are a true gem. Thankyou for taking the time to make this video during what is a very demanding time for you. Sending much love to you & your family.

Video played fine for me. I just wanted to say that I enjoy these types of lessons about color theory because I struggle with picking fabrics. I find myself wanting to choose matchy-matchy fabrics which does not allow for enough contrast. I thoroughly enjoy piecing the blocks but I know when my project is done that I could have made better fabric choices. BTW, your hair looks very cute today! Thanks!

I definitely have a problem with color. I have a color wheel and now know how to get my fabrics in some kind of order.

I’m new to quilting so this was very helpful to me. Thank you.

Oh so happy to see you back. You sound energized. This was a great video and i really appreciate that you took the time to do itgiven everything you are dealing with. Hugs to you and your son.

Hi Karen, I've just ordered the colour tool you recommend, thank you! I've learned so much from you, I really value your videos. That being said, I hope you can take some time for yourself at this time and not feel pressure to please your followers, I'm sure I'm not alone in saying that you and your family are the priority here. Sending you love and very best wishes from Devon, England xx

So valuable. Taking the black and white photo was a great idea. Best wishes to everyone at your place. Better days ahead.

You are a wealth of information. I love this stuff. I thought I was pretty good at making those choices, but I see how you discovered the underlying hue, so I'm going to get one of those more involved color wheels. It makes choosing fabrics so much easier. Interesting about the classes at home. I like being along-ish, but learning something new is always a rush. Thanks for posting.

Love, love, love when Karen teaches about color! Always learn something new. Thank you

What a wonderful surprise this morning! This was fascinating and covers an area that I am almost clueless about. Thanks for sharing all of this information is such a palatable way.

Thank you! This video is so helpful, I plan on watching it over a few times. I’m new to quilting but not to sewing and have always loved fabric. I was just saying to my daughter it sure looks like I’m buying all the same colors of fabric, you can see my favorite colors. I love your videos, they are so helpful for a newbie quilter like me.😃

Thank you very much! There is a ton of good information here. You have made me realize that I do not use the colour wheel nearly enough. Stay safe, Karen.

Thank you. You certainly showed me things I'd never thought of. Can't wait to sort my fabric and take a picture:) So happy to see you are look much better today. Pray that means your son is doing well.

Good morning Karen! Thank you again for a wonderful video on colour, scale, etc. Prayers to you and your family. Virtual hugs.

Thank you for this video. I'm not too bad with the color wheel, but still need to work on it. Many years ago, my infant son had a onsie that was a red and yellow check. I used to put his red socks on with that because red goes with red, right? Then we had his pictures taken and when we got them back, I was so disappointed, as well as embarrassed. He looked like he was wearing an orange onsie with red socks and oh boy did they clash! That taught me to look at colors better. 😀 I wasn't a quilter then, but I never forgot that lesson. Thank you for the free trial at Skillshare. I signed up. Hope you have a wonderful day.

Hi Karen, this is so interesting. We think we know color until we start looking into it and then realize how much there is to learn. Thanks for your color, or colour, videos :)

Working on my third quilt ever right now and trying to pull from my stash as much as possible. This video and the color series has helped a ton in the process. Thank you!!

Thanks Karen. I love playing with colour. Today I pulled out my precious batik collection, washed it and am now ironing it all. Such beautiful colours and designs.

Love the education of Sewing. I will use some of this tips in my Sewing. Thank you Karen

Brilliant videos, Karen! Thank you .

Thank you, Karen! I so enjoy learning about color! Warmest wishes to you and family.

Another wonderful teaching video to get my juices flowing. I love color but always find it a challenge to choose fabrics for a quilt. Your videos help me look and think about things in new ways. Thank you! I'm adding my 2 cents on a comment from another viewer about moving too quickly between examples. I would appreciate you keeping an example on the screen for 5 seconds or so. Sometimes I hear what you are explaining but my eye needs more time to see what you are talking about. I try pausing the video but then the picture is grayed out and any contrast is lost. I think this is what Judi was trying to say. Our eyes need a little more time for new concepts to connect with our brain. I hope this is helpful and doesnt come across as critical. Thanks, Karen.

Your videos are amazing! Full of useful information given in the simplest way possible! Thank you!

THIS video needs to be added to your COLOR playlist ...once again it is great

Very interesting! I was really surprised when you showed fabric that we thought was one colour and it turned out to be another colour, and how it played so well with other fabrics from the same colour group. Great video!

I'm glad that things are going better I love your video as usual you always have very interesting topics an interesting ways of presenting them I hope your son and your family are doing well.

Love your videos You would be a wonderful instructor. I learned a lot of good hints, things I never paid much attention to before. Thank You

Dear Karen: so glad I discovered your videos! I wish you lived near me! Sending you hugs and good thoughts. ❤️

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and making it fun in the process! Your ironing video has made a huge difference in my piecing. And I definitely want to make that ironing cart. So smart. This color theory information is wonderful and I've requested the color tool as a Mother's Day gift. Thinking of your son and family, sending positive thoughts and prayers and hoping all is well.

Good to see you again, hope your son is doing well, have a good day, thanks

Thank you. I do need something like your color wheel cards to take shopping with me. I have such trouble picking out fabrics. I tend to forget what I'm doing a go for mostly medium sized prints. I go for mostly pinks and have very little to combine with anything. LOL. 😊

Good morning Karen! I have been praying for you and your son and family! You all were in my thoughts and prayers this morning! So glad to find a video from you. However when you get to the purple and green tulip fabric something goes wrong with the video. My phone has just freaked out and shut down twice. I thought it was me! But appears others r having trouble too! I really struggle with color and fear of using my fabrics in ways that I won’t end up liking and then worry that I’ll have “wasted” them. I really need videos like this thank u for everything!!

I was first introduced to the color wheel in cosmetology school (hair & nail colors). It blew my mind, but made so much sense. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

I love the color tool you shared in this video. I first encountered it in a fair isle knitting retreat with Janine Bajus. It's a great tool to have on hand for quilters, Knitters, crocheters, etc.

Wow! Great exercises! Like some of the others have said, I’m not a natural when it comes to colour. Your videos have been so helpful.

Thank you! I so look forward to seeing your videos. Sending healing thoughts and prayers to your family.

Thank you so much. Your videos are excellent. Off to watch the Quilts from Scraps video now. Stay safe.

OMG i LOVE that color tool! where was that when i was taking art classes?!

You do great on Visio and love your teaching. Thankyou

Choosing the colors/patterns is my favorite part :) but I've never used a color wheel. Now I have a new 'I need this' notion lol I take photos of my projects through out the process to help with color choices, block placement. It amazes me what shows up in the photo that doesn't necessarily show 'in person'.

Thank you so much! I have never used a color wheel, but I should.