Category: Culture

Red – the color of love and death

From the earliest cultures, colors have had their symbolic meaning. What they represented and the way they…

CreateMixedMedia Contest: Numbers Challenge & Weekly Survey

This week we are re-featuring the pattern template contest we initially posted last Friday. The challenge is…

Colorful Answers by Leatrice Eiseman to Questions from Our COLOURlovers Scholarship Winners

For those of you following Leatrice Eisemen’s training schedule, her 4-Day Color Training Program is off to a…

Where the “Black” in Black Friday Came From

It’s here! Some consider it a plague, some consider it a shopaholics dream, and some people just…

Colette Patterns Gives Us Five Favorite Prints

Hi everyone, I’m Sarai, sewing writer and pattern designer for Colette Patterns. In honor of the release…

Four Days of Color with Leatrice Eiseman ~ Win a Full Color Training Scholarship + More!

Understanding color can be a daunting task with many dead ends. Have you ever taken a color…

Rebirth of Neon

Neon is one of those palettes that often finds itself on the wrong side of the high-brow/low-brow…

The Art and Style of Friendship Bracelets

There’s just something beautiful about a friendship bracelet. I don’t know if it’s the 454 gorgeous colors…

Halloween Colors: Where Did They Come From?

Pumpkin orange and midnight black—the predominant colors of Halloween combine the Autumn season with darkness and scary…

Get Your Spook On: Freebie Halloween SVGs from The Vector Lab

Halloween is approaching! What patterns, palettes and colors are you favoring as we get closer? We challenge…