Karen Barbé is a textile designer, embroiderer, self-taught photographer and blogger based in Santiago, Chile. With a background in retail and marketing, she currently designs her own brand of home textiles and accessories, drawing inspiration from traditional crafts, folklore, textiles, handcrafting, cheap plasticware - anything simple and unpretentious. She is also a lecturer at the School of Design of Universidad Catolica de Chile and hosts embroidery workshops in her studio in Santiago. Her work has been featured internationally on media including Martha Stewart Living (USA), frankie (Australia), 101 Woonideeen (Netherlands), Kireei (Spain), VAV (Sweden), Nylon (Korea) and Milk (France).
"Equal parts embroidery reference and palette theory, this book
shows you to train the eye towards more fulfilling stitching
choices. From pink spoons to melon sherbets, it's a practical
approach to colour chemistry."
*Dressmaker*
"Barbé has assembled an accessible primer to color theory, useful
not only to embroiders but to any fiber artists working with
color."
*Library Journal*
"It is a pleasure to review this fabulous new book...analysis of
color palettes and how to develop them is very inspiring. I highly
recommend this book for all levels of stitchers, with a caveat for
beginners - the stitches and processes in the book are not simple,
but if you approach your work slowly and meditatively, you will be
rewarded for your time"
*feelingstitchy.com*
"Packed full of inspirational photos and easy to follow
step-by-steps, this is a handy companion."
*Popular Patchwork*
"Makes choosing colours and creating palettes an enjoyable part of
the sewing process."
*Sew*
“From pink spoons to melon sherbets, it’s a practical approach to
colour chemistry.”
*Dressmaker*
“I want to tell you about a book that makes me happy through and
through. I think it might make you happy, too! The book is
called Colour Confident Stitching by Karen Barbé.
It’s…good. In fact, it’s Really Good. The book is
primarily a book on colour theory and grouping and choosing
colours. That said, it’s not a complicated technical book on the
scientific side of colour theory. It’s a very practical book, it’s
easy to understand, easy to read, and eye-opening.”
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“If you are anything like me, you’ll know the feeling of rifling
through your yarn collection . . . not quite sure what is going to
work. Colour Confident Stitching has the answers.”
*Knitting*
"Expect stunning photography and a whole new perspective on the art
of hand-stitching."
*Love Sewing*
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