Do you remember back when crazy big flower
quilts and crazy huge flower prints were considered…well…crazy?
My how times have changed.
I remember when we first started carrying those
huge flower prints, so many people would ask “but what do you DO with
these?” …and of course now everybody knows what to do with them. You cut
them up and put them in a quilt, of course! …or you buy a giant
flower panel and quilt the heck out of it.
Remember when we first started seeing huge detailed flower art quilts, and it
was such a revelation? Now if you are going to do a big flower in a quilt, it
better be spectacular. Think Andrea Brokenshire’s quilts, for instance.
Here is a big flower quilt (above) from the Tokyo Quilt Festival that I just
love. It is more on the simple side, rather than the detailed artsy end of the
scale. It is graphic and bold, with a simple color palette, and the clever use
of tiny couched bias strips for flower petals. You can see detail images on my Tokyo Quilt Festival
page. (More photos coming soon, I promise!)
Sophie and I just got home yesterday, and she had an orchestra concert tonight.
It was 5 degrees when we came home. Quite a shock after our quick stop in
Hawaii, on the way home from Tokyo. (We stopped to visit the gravesite of
Paul’s parents there.) I am catching up on emails and will
post Tokyo photos over the next week or so. Japanese quilters are
experimenting more with color, techniques, and machine quilting. The very rigid
structure of studying with a sensei (master teacher) is sure to evolve as
younger quilters are drawn to new ideas. Watch that space!
sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul
eQuilter Classroom:
March 6-8 – MJ
Kinman – “Unicorn Rainbow” & “Elizabeth
Diamond” Gemstone
Workshop
April 13-15 2020 – Susan Carlson –
SOLD OUT
June 1-5 2020 – Paula
Nadelstern – Kaleidoscopes & Quilts
Luana’s Travel Calendar:
Feb 19-22 – QuiltCon in Austin TX
Mar 18-27 – Wilderness Congress – Jaipur India
June 26-27 – Intl Quilt Museum – Lincoln NE
July 29 – Aug 2 – “Love Your Mother” Gallery in Birmingham UK
