Day 143 – Square Shell

LeahDay

Leah Day has been teaching online since 2009. She's the creator of the Free Motion Quilting Project, a blog filled with thousands of quilting tutorial videos. Leah has written several books including 365 Free Motion Quilting Designs, Explore Walking Foot Quilting with Leah Day, and Mally the Maker and the Queen in the Quilt.

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  1. Vicki says:

    If you haven't done your lighting yet think on this:
    -Fluorescent lights are not 'true' light and tend to change the way the tones in your fabric appear. It is possible put 2 fabrics together that seem to be fine, but when viewed in natural light or incadescent light, they are awful. Bet this has happened to you after picking out fabrics in a store with fluorescents and then not looking right when you get them home. I check my fabrics when buying them near a window or front door!
    -Florescent lights have a 'wave' pattern (ever seen one that is going out wave/pulse slow enough you can see it?). When they are working right, our eyes do not see that but it is still there. When you work under them for long hours, it can effect your vision and even cause headaches and other physical problems. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-illumination#Headaches.2C_fatigue.2C_stress_and_performance_effects
    – see http://www.fullspectrumsolutions.com/default.htm or similar sites for more explanations of this and what kinds of bulbs give 'true color'.

    I started looking at this when I realized that I only had migranes when sitting under fluorescents.

    I enjoy your blog and it's wealth of info…keep up the good work.
    Vic

  2. Xicapapoila says:

    Hi Leah,
    If you are doing the lighting in your studio, have a look at day light bulbs (blue light).
    They distort colours less and are less tiring on eye site and mood enhancing. They do not have the flicker that flourescent lighting has. Under flourecent lighting I feel blind and tend to get headaches. Having changed to a more natural light has made a big difference.
    take care, Ju

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