Great show again, wonderful start to the new series.

The one thing that stuck with me that I've always had a problem with is when Melinda said to just do what you feel, things don't have to have a reason. I'm just off to just play now.

Hey - we DO keep our eyes out there to see what you guys are saying. Thankfully, we have eyes 'out there' who can look for us when we can't.

In answer to the question about florals and multi colored prints - these are problematic. You have to fussy cut the portion that you need for the 'brush stroke' of value. In this case, the size of the piece matters. If you have a one yard floral print - from a distance it might read as a certain value, but if you cut out several one inch squares, you might get many different values.

I hope Ricky, Alex, Justin & all the TQS people see the posts here, if this is the place to give complements. This show was truly awesome from start to finish, packed with good information and inspiration. The new music is appreciated. Additionally, Melinda Bula's presentation made sense, start to finish. I'm not sure, but it felt like this show was longer than others & felt relaxed & that time was taken for each step to be clarified. Well done!

I had to look up the site for the jewelry: aroundtheblockdesigns
at http://aroundtheblockdesigns.blogspot.com/ has a link to purchase the TQS items...gorgeous!

I just finished watching the first segment and I have a question for Ricky about sorting by value. What do you do when a fabric does not fall into any of the 7 values? For example: a floral print with darks, lights and medium values. Can't wait to watch the rest of the show. Jan