(photo above: Sophie getting ready to film a video clip in front of Reiko Nobata's "Believe II")
I have literally just walked in the door from
the airport from Houston, and so my official "Market Preview – Part
2" will have to wait a few days.
What can I say about Quilt Market and Quilt Festival? It is so overwhelming, so
big, and it goes by so fast, you come home and sit on the couch and just
say…Wow!
I am loving how creative quilters and fiber artists are taking the Modern
design aesthetic and making it their own. I see so many modern elements
evolving quickly, as artists use their eyes and hearts to take the next step in
their creative development. I see solids evolving to hand-dyes. I see hexagons
being distorted (in Photoshop?) and used for totally new quilt designs. I see
more and more whimsy and secret elements being inserted into complex
symmetrical applique quilts. You quilters have a fierce sense of humor!
It is great to see a more complex and more sophisticated color sense showing up
both in the new fabrics at Quilt Market, and the quilts in the IQA Houston
show. Next week I am going to the Color Marketing Group conference in Palm
Springs, and I'll be bringing the visual feast of quilt photos to share with my
fellow color-addicts.
We love to keep track of the hot, and up-and-coming trends at Market. After
seeing all the new collections shipping in the next several months, I feel it
is save to declare this the Year of the Fox! The ubiquitous owl fabrics are
still hanging in there, but we saw (and ordered!) a plethora of realistic and
stylized foxes. Yay!
Last year purple was such a strong color, and this year we've seen a lot of
that retro green in shades of Jade and Mint. (Parallel to Emerald Green being
the Pantone Color of the Year) I saw lots of gorgeous Mauve, Heather, Dusty
Lavender, Vintage Lilac, and other soft purple/plum colors that were very yummy
at Quilt Market. Yes, I bought them all! So all you purple-lovers… do not
despair! You are going to have at least one more season to collect your
favorite hues.
If you love metallic on fabric, gosh you are going to have a hard time choosing
between all the opulent collections that will be coming through the pipeline.
Here at eQuilter we just LOVE lots of rich sumptuous metallic fabrics, in gold,
silver, copper and other iridescent and pearlized colors. We order metallic collections
from the highest quality manufacturers, so you are truly amazed when that
package arrives and you unwrap those luxurious gleaming designs.
Geez, can you tell I love fabric? *grin*
Bonnie and I filmed a bunch of videos, so she will start editing next week.
Watch for celebrity interviews, exhibit reviews, and lots of my photos in the
next few weeks!
I am happy to be turning my clock back an hour tonight: I need the extra hour
of sleep. (end of Daylight Savings is tonight)
Please
help us to help Libby Lehman!
Upcoming Trips:
Nov 7-10 – Color Marketing Group – Palm Springs
Nov 13-20 – Winnipeg & Churchill Manitoba
Dec 9-11 Bernina Ambassador Reunion
I hope when you post the videos you put in the CC option closed caption as I don’t hear and more and more are not bothering….just one more step out of the loop. This is why I am sad to hear blogging is waning… I can read the written word but hear zero. Glad you survived M/F and that you are willing to tell us about it.