Category Archives: Trends

Creative Nudge – Africa Rising

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Luana

Last night I arrived home, after spending the weekend at the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham UK. This is the biggest quilt festival in Europe and it is great to see all the European and UK flavors of creativity as … Continue reading →

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Rainbows and Unicorns

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Luana

My heart is broken for the families who lost loved ones in Orlando, and I am pretty sure most of you feel this weighing heavily this week. We need more than “thoughts and prayers” to respond to this tragedy. Every … Continue reading →

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The Color of Joy

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Luana

What is the Color of Joy? That is obviously a very subjective choice, but I imagine that a color immediately sprang to mind as you read that question. Make a note of that color – our first intuitive response is … Continue reading →

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Creative Nudge – Tasmanian Shades of Gray

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Luana

For this week’s Creative Nudge, I am going to travel back in time a little bit, to the QuiltCon Modern Quilt gathering in February of this year. In the center of this collage, I am featuring Katherine Jones’ quilt “Facets”, … Continue reading →

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Quilt Market Preview – Part 2

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Luana

Have you tried our Live Chat feature yet? (Top right corner of every page – available during regular business hours.) The Golden Hour – SAQA Last Call for Entries! (May 31) In my 2nd part of my Quilt Market review, … Continue reading →

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Creative Nudge – Juicy Florals & Glowing Ombres

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Luana

One of my greatest pleasures working in the textile industry is the endless garden of incredible floral designs. My background as a painter is classical portraiture and figurative work, but I spent a lot of time out in fields of … Continue reading →

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Creative Nudge – Houses and Neighborhoods

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Luana

Larger trends in Home Dec, Graphic Design and Fashion often make their way to the quilt fabric designs in our industry, and also to the quilts themselves. This image collage features a House-themed detail from a Japanese quilt, as seen … Continue reading →

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Creative Nudge – Traffic & Sewing Bees

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Luana

Having just returned from QuiltCon in Pasadena, I am anxious to show you what the Modern Quilters are up to these days! Here are 2 of my favorite quilts that were in the exhibit: (Along with a few Modern fabrics … Continue reading →

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QuiltCon

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Luana

This evening I’ve just returned home from QuiltCon in Pasadena, and once again it was so interesting to see how the Modern Quilt Guilds around the world, and the Modern quilters individually, have continued to grow in terms of their … Continue reading →

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BERNINA Ambassadors & Colors of the Year

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Luana

I have just returned from the BERNINA Ambassadors’ Reunion at their US headquarters near Chicago, and as always it was a great opportunity to play on some amazing sewing and longarm machines, meet peers from the industry, and network on … Continue reading →

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