Product Description

Create eye-pleasing color combinations with this indispensable tool for quilting, crafts, home decor, knitting, sewing, scrapbooking, floral design, fine arts, and lots more! Based on the Ives color wheel, the 3-in-1 Color Tool helps you choose or match colors with complete accuracy. It fits easily into your purse or glove box, so don t leave home without it. PICK a favorite color or fabric MATCH the color to one of the 24 Color Cards and 100s of individual swatches, numbered for your convenience CHOOSE a color scheme from the 6 options provided for each color FIND the Color Card for each color in the color scheme SELECT fabrics or other colored items that match the Color Cards

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #234333 in Books
• Published on: 2006-12-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Misc. Supplies
• 30 pages

Review
Diana Norris, beadwrangler.com - In my opinion C&T Publishing has come up with two winners. Along with the Quick & Easy Block Tool the 3 in 1 Color Tool should be a part of every quilter's basic supplies…a good fit for your pocketbook or glove compartment… This too takes the uncertainty out of planning for even the most color impaired among us. Think of the money you'll save by eliminating bad fabric purchases. Think of how much more beautiful one's quilts can be when the colors really work. --beadwrangler.com

Peggy Lathrop, INKnitter - This is an essential tool for fiber artists to use when selecting colors for their creations. It is compact, portable, and small enough to fit in most purses or craft bags. --INKnitter

Sewing Savvy - "The 3-in-1 Color Tool is a clever aid for creating eye-pleasing and flattering color combinations for home decor, a fashionable wardrobe or a masterpiece quilt. Sized to fit into purse or glove compartment, the tool consists of 24 cards that can be fanned out to help select fabrics. The cards contain hundreds of sample colors, and the tool includes two color value finders (in red and green) for judging contrasts and blends, plus a trio of preview windows to isolate fabrics as you audition them." --Sewing Savvy

About the Author
Joen began quiltmaking in 1974, after she left her career in the education field to become a homemaker and a stay-at-home mom. Her interest in color and design surfaced in the early 1980s. She has taught and lectured in the quilting field, both nationally and internationally since 1984. Her guest international work has included engagements in England, the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Canada, Germany, Holland, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. In the 1980s, Joen created commissioned textile art for many private clients and corporations. Her work is included in collections throughout the world. Joen is the author of nine books and products. Several were been bestsellers in the arts and crafts field. Her works include A Garden Party of Quilts, Color Play, Make Any Block Any Size, Patchwork Persuasion, The Visual Dance, The Magical Effects of Color, Landscapes & Illusions, Paper Crafter's Color Companion, and the 3-in-1 Color Tool. Joen's earliest bestsellers (Landscapes & Illusions, The Magical Effects of Color, The Visual Dance) will be available electronically in 2007.

Customer Reviews

The ONLY color tool that quilters need!
As someone who has always been confident in her color choices, I had never considered using this tool until I saw it demonstrated at a quilt guild lecture. At the guild they were selling it for 2 times what I bought it at [...], an Amazon website. Once you choose the color you want, hues, tints and shades are listed on the same side. On the back of that card are quick references to colors (with numbers for you to find the cards) for layouts that are complementary, triadic, split complementary etc. I use it for quilting and hand dyeing. It is the most useful tool that I have. Check out Wolfram's books too! Especially the one on visual coloring.
Johanna in Wisconsin

Useful tool or not?
This tool looks helpful in choosing and combining colors for projects. I like the color plan outlines. I haven't actually used it yet but will take it with me the next time I shop for fabric or yarn. At this time I can't really do a proper fair review.