As I was handing out the exercises in one of my color workshops, a student in the front row put her head on the table and cried, "Oh no! Not the color wheel!" The class laughed, of course, and I thought to myself that it would be a very long day.

It wasn't. It never is when I teach color. The time flies, and I am always amazed and delighted by what students create. "We are the sum of our experiences," the saying goes, and a good color sense comes from all that we see and do, in quilt-shop classrooms, mini-groups, guild meeting halls, and our own sewing spaces. My hope is that what you find on these pages will be yet another kind of color experience, motivating and encouraging you to "color your quilts" in exciting new ways. Welcome!