Color of the Week... Smoke

Smoke...

Smoke is a great neutral... I love mixing warm and cool together in prints as well as in quilts. You just can't have equal parts or they compete with each other. This is one of my favorite Blueprint fabrics because I have always loved Queen Anne's Lace. When I was young my Grandma Clara and I would go out and pick wild flowers to put in a flower press to dry and then make cards. The delicate Queen Anne's Lace was perfect for flower pressing. Such a happy childhood memory! 

What is your favorite neutral?

I am inspired to use some neutrals today...

Have a Great Day!

XO

Valori

PS Remember to leave a comment to be entered into the pool for free Blueprint Basics fabric.... Thanks Robert Kaufman!!

Craftsy.....

I am so excited to announce my July Mystery class with Craftsy....

Come check it out......

I hope to see you in the class in July!!!

Have a great day!!!

XO

Valori

Color of the Week.... ORANGE

 

ORANGE

 

 

 

Orange...(Kona Cotton Orange to be exact)

Apricot, Cantaloupe, Carrot, Peach, Tangerine.... YUMMY! Not just a fabulous color...

I think that designing with Orange can be a challenge. As an accent or "poison" color Orange can make or break a good design.  My mom is an amazing teacher. One of the concepts of color that she teaches her students is to have a color in your quilt that is a poison, just a little to make the other colors sing! I think that orange can be one of those colors....

 

I used orange in Generous to make the other colors sing...and because I like orange!!!

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Have a great day!!!!

XOXO

Valori

 

Remember to comment to be entered to win.... I will email winners during the week for your address!!! 

 

 

Color of the Week.... Sunkissed

 

 

Sunkissed

 

 

 

 

Sunkissed.....reminds me of flowers....so many beautiful yellow flowers. The Sunflower is one of my all time favorite flowers...I love to grow them in my yard and watch my girls pick the seeds and re-plant them. To see a new sunflower grow. Yellow is so happy, it can brighten your day, make you smile. Its no wonder more people are happy when the sun is out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More bundle winners shipping tomorrow.... remember to make a comment and you will entered into the drawing.... I plan on giving away fabric for the entire year....

 

I love to see your interpretation of color....play along on Instagram  with a color of the week photo to be entered into fabric drawings, use hash tag #valscoloroftheweek #blueprintbasics and @valoriwells

 

I am so excited to give away fabric and inspire your life with color!

 

Have a Great Sunkissed day!

 

xo

Valori

 

Color of the Week...Royal Blue

  

  

Royal Blue

 

Bachelor Buttons and blue skies....

Love Notes and Quilts...some of my favorite Royal Blue things...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am in Pittsburg, PA for International Quilt Market this week. It is a wonderful time for me. My first market with Robert Kaufman...I am so lucky to be with such a great family.

Have a great day!!!

XO

Valori

Color of the Week

 

 

 

Grappa

 

 

 

 

Grappa....a yummy royal purple, dark and rich yet vibrant and full of life. What do you love about purple?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have more treats of Blueprint Basics Spring collection to give away... 

Leave a comment and you could win....

My friends at Robert Kaufman are posting photos on Instagram (@valoriwells) and Facebook (Valori Wells Designs) of their inspiration from the color of the week. Anyone who plays along will be put in the drawing for fabric. #blueprintbasics #valscoloroftheweek

Have a great day!!!

XO

Valori

Color of the Week

 

 

 

Iron

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What can I say as a black and white photographer I love this color... and there is something about gray that is calming and peaceful. Iron is a cool blueish gray that reminds me of the keys in an old typewriter.

Enjoy!

XO

Valori

 

Last week I accidently did a bad link to my new blog....

Here is a good link!

www.valoriwells.com/blog

 

 

Color of the Week

 White

(Kona Solid White)

 

 

I love, love, love white.....cool white, warm white, almost white, gray white, cream white....ALL white. One of my favorite quilts I have ever made is Trinity which uses my Wish collection and a variety of whites in the background....cottons and linens which gives a subtle color and textural change to using just a solid white.

   

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy all the subtle beauty of white!

Have a great day!

XO

Valori

The lucky 3 winners will be emailed.... not to worry I have lots more to give away over the year!!! Keep your eyes out....

One other side note Please bookmark my new blog address - www.valoriwells.come/blog

Color of the Week... Pink Nectar

 

 

Pink Nectar

 

 Pink Nectar.... I always think of spring when I see this color. The pink blossoms are an invitation to daydream of Summer and my garden in bloom.

 

   

   

  

  

 

Enjoy your spring day!

 I have some beautiful bundles of Blueprint Basics from Robert Kaufman looking for a good home.....

Leave a comment on this blog and you could win....

XOXO

Have a great day!

Valori

Color of the Week

 

Welcome to the first color of the week.

EMERALD...

Blueprint Basics - Stacked Books - Emerald

 

Not quite green and not quite blue....this is Emerald.

 

Images of the color Emerald as I see it...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This cute little pencil case is a free video tutorial....it is a great project that takes little time and there is even a slick technique to putting in the zipper.

 

Have a great day!

Valori

 

Please note I am moving my blog: www.valoriwells.com/blog

 

Blueprint Basics

I love color….

When I set out to create Blueprint Basics I made a color wheel of sorts. This was the beginning of separating the colors into seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. The designs came next. The designs in Blueprint Basics started with my sketchbook, simple drawings of inspiration. I planned the designs to mix throughout the seasons.

                         

My swatches and strike-offs covered a section of my inspirational wall for a year. The beginning of Blueprint was also the beginning of The Color of the Week idea…. One night when I couldn’t sleep, I was so excited to create a line of basics, I started thinking about how much I photograph color. Why not connect the two and create an inspirational blog once a week for an entire year. A year of color….mixed with inspirational photography, quilts and projects.

I am so very lucky to be working with Robert Kaufman and when I presented my idea they were excited and wanted to see what I could do with the project. Thanks to them my little idea is now a reality.

Let me introduce you to Spring Blueprint Basics…..

  

Leapfrog

   

 Royal Blue

  

Smoke

        

Sunkissed

 

Salsa

 

Pink Nectar

   

Emerald

      

Grappa

   

Iron

Mixed with these designs are four Kona Solids. I love to work with solids. Combining Blueprint Basics and Kona Solids was a given for this project.

  

Kona Solid Orange

  

Kona Solid Pomegranate 

  

Kona Solid Robin Egg 

  

Kona Solid White

  

For each season I have created a free pattern download. This is Spring...

We will be kitting this quilt at The Stitchin' Post.

Please join me starting April 10, 2014 for a year of color....

Color of the Week with Blueprint Basics and Kona Solids

XO

Valori

***Anouncement****

I am moving my blog to my website. www.valoriwells.com/blog

I will keep this one active for 6 months. And put teasers of my posts....

Thanks!

Quill photo shoot & look book

Good Morning.....

The response to Quill and Blueprint Basics has been amazing....I am so proud of these collections and to be a part of Robert Kaufman.

I thought I would share the look book I created from the Quill photo shoot.... I hope you like it! I will have new projects and patterns in the spring just in time for Quilt Market!

If you haven't checked out Robert Kaufman web site you should... they have my videos up also that give you a little insight into my work on these collections. We are getting the fabrics up on our web site, Stitchin Post, for pre-orders..... YEAH!

Have a great day...

XO

Valori

PS the free pattern downloads in the look book will be available in February.

Valori Wells + Robert Kaufman = LOVE!

So so so excited to announce that I am a designer for Robert Kaufman Company. My debut collections... yep 2 of them... were released today.

I thought I would give a little teaser of the collections and if you want or I should say need more check out Robert Kaufmans web site....I will also be posting lots of fun projects out of the collections on this blog.

The first collection is Quill...

This is the Journey Quilt made out of Quill and my other new collection Blueprint Basics. The dress is the Sondy dress.... out of Quill knit! Journey will be a free pattern this spring!

This quilt is Plume... it features Generous...my main design in the Quill Collection. The yummy pillows are out of the Quill Linen....essex linen! So wonderful to work with!

And now for the beginning of my basics collection.... Blueprint Basics....they will be released in four seasons...

This is Spring!

There will be more to come.... but alas I am waiting in the airport getting ready to fly to San Diego for the TNNA show - it is a yarn market. Should be fun to get out of town for a few days.... after all of this hard work and anticipation of the release of Quill and Blueprint.....

Have a great weekend!

XO

Valori