When: Saturday, May 15, 2027, 10 am to 4:30 pm (pacific)

Arrive at least 10-15 minutes early to settle in 

1 hour lunch break is scheduled around 12 pm

 Location: In Person

      Greenwood Senior Center 525 N 85th St, Seattle, WA 98103

 Cost + Registration Dates: (estimated costs)

Members:  $125-150+  (plus supplies)
Registration Opens: Sat, 6/5/27 @ 9 am pacific
Scholarship Available

Non Members: above price, plus $10 non-member fee
Registration available: Sat 6/19/27 midnight pacific (space permitting)

 Instructor:    Karen Bolan

Class: Special Effects with Color

Journey into color mastery by creating illusions and tricking the eye. Color is one of the most exciting things about quilting, and yet it’s easy to feel unsure about our choices.By understanding how we see color and then creating illusions with color, students can develop color confidence and giddy enjoyment.

In this class, learn to define and use basic color theory terminology; apply the principles of additive and subtractive color as they relate to vision, light, and the physical world; create mutable color illusions; create a color palette with afterimage effects; and create transparency illusions including a complex transparency illusion with more than two overlapping shapes and textures.

Class will begin with lectures, demonstrations, and exercises, then students will sew a sampler block.

Skill Level:  Everyone!

Participants should know the basics of quilting, such as cutting, sewing a straight line and how to operate their sewing machine.

This class will require:

Supply List [download list here]:

REQUIRED:

• Fabric: 

Bring 10-20 different solid fabrics, one 5” square or strip of each color, in a variety of different colors including lights, darks, mediums, bright colors, greyed-out colors, browns, and everything in between. 

Don’t try to find only colors you like; even the difficult colors will be useful here. 

Don’t bring anything precious; your colors will join the “community” pile to use during class, and you will not be taking home what you brought (you will be taking home your exercise sheets and sample block).

• Sewing machine in good working order, and your favorite sewing notions.

• Rotary cutter, cutting mat, and 6” square quilting ruler (the size is not that important; bigger is fine too)

• Fabric Scissors

• Glue stick

• Pen or pencil for taking notes

Lecture Offered? 

Yes, Hybrid, "See Color In A New Light"

If you are signing up as a non-SeaMQG member you are welcome to attend the lecture! Learn more here.