I’m always in the mood for Blue, how about you?
In my very first design job, my boss told me that Blue always outsells every other color two-to-one. That was true in fashion design, and it has weight in the textile and quilting industries. I am not even going to go into our irrational feverish love of All-Things-Indigo!
One of the quilts that captured the attention and admiration of the crowd at the Awards Ceremony last week in Houston, was Andrea Brokenshire’s “Blue Anemone” quilt. (shown above, in a collage of Blue Dragonfly fabrics) Andrea paints her quilts like a watercolor painting, then stitches on top of her painting, and the results are breathtaking!
One of the reasons her work was so amazing, was her unusual perspective…a Super Macro image of the heart of the blossom…with exquisitely rendered details of the giant flower. She is a master with the paintbrush and the sewing machine.
I’ve been watching Andrea on Facebook for many years, and I know she was thrilled to win a $5K prize in Houston this year. We finally met in person as she stood in front of her award-winning quilt. We look forward to seeing Andrea’s artistry in the future.
I am writing to you from Winnipeg, and I visited the Nelson Mandela exhibit at the Human Rights Museum here today. Many items in the exhibit are on loan from the Apartheid Museum in South Africa, which I visited with Carolyn Mazloomi’s guild in 2014, traveling with quilters who participated in the quilt exhibit for the 20th Anniversary of the end of Apartheid. I saw one of these quilts in Houston this year – a visual message of hope by Barbara Ann McCraw.
Those searing images from Apartheid stayed with me for a long time, and I recommend if you are in Winnipeg soon, go see this Mandela exhibit and the Human Rights museum. (You can see photos on my personal Facebook page and my photo pages.)
Today we are flying up to Churchill to start our polar bear tour. The high today will be 3 degrees Fahrenheit…not including wind chill. I am taking a new rotary cutter to my quilter friend who lives there, and works at the Research Station. Everywhere I go in the world, there are quilters.
sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul
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eQuilter Classroom & Travel Calendar:
Nov 13-19, 2018 – Winnipeg & Churchill – POLAR BEAR Tour
Dec 2 – Victoria Findlay Wolfe CQC workshop @ eQuilter (FULL)
Dec 8 – eQuilter Holiday Sewing Day (9 am -4 pm) & Open House (1-5 pm) – RSVP
Dec 23 – Jan 6 – China Heritage Trip – Sophie & Luana
2019:
Jan 24-29 – Luana @ Tokyo Quilt Festival
July 11-14, 2019 – Cindy Lohbeck – Shibori, Ice-Dyeing and Ombre Dyeing Workshops @ eQuilter
