from Nov 19 eQuilter newsletter:
This weekend while at the Color Marketing Group's international conference in Orlando, I was enjoying the colorful Cuban, Mexican, and other Latino influences… the colors, the food and the music!
If you like to watch trends, you may have noticed how South-of-the-Border culture has been spicing up colors and design trends in the US. Certainly if you go to Houston for Quilt Festival, you are aware of the Latin flavors in and around the show.
This year there was a great exhibit of quilts from Mexico, including this figurative quilt depicting a Mariachi musician. You can see that there are so many possible motifs that could be brought into a Latino-themed quilt project, including music, food, drink, travel, Frida, and more!
One thing's for sure: these bright happy Salsa colors are setting the pace for this beautiful fabric trend!
The quilt in the center of the above collage:
'Sones de Mariachi' (Mariachi Tunes)
by Elizabeth Rising de Segura
Col Ninos Heroes, Mexico
