This is a Zoom event.
The zoom link will be emailed to registered participants a few days before.
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- Be sure your NSQG membership is up-to-date (click here to renew or join) before registering as a member.
- Non-members are welcome (based on availability) for an increased fee, as listed in the event description.
- All sign-ups are subject to availability; NO refunds unless the event is cancelled.
- Supply lists, if not already on the website, will be emailed shortly before the workshop
- Zoom link, if applicable, will be emailed to participants a few days before the workshop.
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Pay by check (payable to Northern Star Quilters’ Guild):
– EMAIL programs@northernstarquilters.com with your selection;
– NOTE on your check the workshop you want;
– MAIL your check to: Katie O’Brien, 71 Dorchester Ave, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706
CHRISTINE BARNES – Special Effects with Color: Transparency! Luminosity! Luster!
VIRTUAL via Zoom – This is a multi-day Zoom workshop of three 3 hour color study sessions
$75 members
Zoom 1: Thursday, 22 January 2026
Time: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm ET
— TRANSPARENCY—the illusion that one color is lying on top of another and where they cross, there is a third color.
Zoom 2: Thursday, 29 January 2026
Time: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm ET
— LUMINOSITY—the illusion of a light coming from beneath the surface.
Zoom 3: Thursday, 5 February 2026
Time: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm ET
— LUSTER—the illusion of a sense that light is sweeping across the surface.
Learn how to use the color wheel to create fresh, unexpected color combinations. See how color affects texture and pattern. Learn about “magic fabrics” that give a quilt light and vitality. Some effects suggest light coming from below the surface (luminosity) or bouncing across the surface (luster). Others imply that see-through colors overlap to create new color mixtures (transparency). They typically display variations in value—light areas among darker areas, or light-to-dark gradations—and they often contain warm colors.