Category Archives: Color

Free eQuilter Pattern – Meow-Za!

Butterflies, Rainbows and KITTIES bring a smile to our faces in this week’s Exclusive Free Quilt Pattern. This charming cat is simply glowing in vibrant floral hues and painterly brushstrokes, set on a velvety deep black background. Those rainbow colors … Continue reading

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Free eQuilter Pattern – Royal Treasure Twist

Here’s a special Weekend Free Quilt Pattern featuring a flock of Prismatic Swirling Mandalas together with our Aurora Twist and Wispy Fractal Spirals. This exquisite 61″ x 61″ quilt starts with the intricately detailed jewel toned mandalas and large multicolored … Continue reading

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Hello from Tuscon!

Hello from Tucson! This weekend I am writing to you from the Color Marketing Group color trend forecasting conference in Tucson Arizona. As I write this note to you, I am preparing to go out with my camera to capture … Continue reading

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Video with Jacqueline, and a Fundraiser

This week we have 2 video interviews with Jacqueline de Jonge, from her visit to our classroom. Jacqueline is from the Netherlands, and travels around the world teaching her special piecing techniques. She is known for her brilliant color sense, … Continue reading

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Free eQuilter Pattern – Lady of Guadalupe

Create your own alter or spiritual sanctuary withthis week’s exclusive eQuilter Free Quilt Pattern, featuring Our Lady of Guadalupe set in shimmering rainbow gradient borders. This 43″ x 62″ quilt design uses a beautiful digital-printed central panel, full of roses … Continue reading

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BLUE – A Trend or a Classic?

If you were in Houston last week, you could not fail to notice the presence of BLUE…. The huge Sapphire Quilt Collection was a centerpiece for the show, giving one a complete immersion experience walking into a vertical cube of … Continue reading

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Free eQuilter Pattern – Royal Beauty Peony

This dazzling Exclusive eQuilter Free Pattern features an extra-large floral panel with a trio of peonies in grand scale, highlighted by an artistic wash of color. The fantastic floral panel is gracefully surrounded by delicate ombre tonal stripes that are … Continue reading

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Creative Nudge – All About COLOR

One of the great joys of being a quilter today, is that there is something for everyone. Remember the bad old days when traditional quilters and art quilters argued about what was a quilt? Thank goodness those days have passed. … Continue reading

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Creative Nudge – Kaffe and the Cotswolds

A few weeks ago I was at the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham UK, taking photos to share with our eQuilter customers. I added on a couple days in the Cotswolds, visited Hidcote Manor Gardens, then returned home to find … Continue reading

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Creative Nudge – A Colour Study from Wales

Today I am uploading my first set of photos from the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham. You can find this on my photo page. There will be more to come! Also here I’d like to introduce you to Nicholas Ball, … Continue reading

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