This last week has certainly been a whirlwind. Last Thursday and Friday I was attending special events at the Renwick Museum in Washington DC, celebrating Dr Carolyn Mazloomi and her collection of African American history quilts. Many of the quilt artists attended the events, including friends I made when I traveled with this group to South Africa in 2014. It was so lovely to see these historic quilts and their makers honored in our nation’s capital.
This week I am in Southwest Colorado attending the Alegre Retreat in beautiful Gateway. The venue is in a stunning red rock canyon and the light is changing on the palisades and red rock towers throughout the day. It is an inspirational place to make art, and I am finishing another quilt top in the Independent Study room. I will share my 2 new pieces with you when I return to Boulder.
All of my art quilts are made from eQuilter leftover batiks and hand-dyes, after all of you place orders and use up the whole bolt….and whatever is left goes into our scrap packets but sometimes I grab a piece or two at the end of the week, that will fit into my next project.
Lately I have been painting the background, and then using GentleFuse for my very detailed applique collage process. This product is now available 12″ wide by the yard, for those of you using digital cutting machines like the Silhouette Cameo or Cricut.
Sometimes we need to get out of our usual context to have creative breakthroughs. This is why it is so effective to travel to a quilt event to take a workshop. I hope you can have an experience like this in the next few months, to open up your next chapter of creating sewing!
Sharing our passion for fabric…..
Luana and Paul
www.luanarubin.com
Travel/Lecture Dates:
May 23-26 – Quilt National – Dairy Barn – Athens OH
June 18-20 – Quilt Canada – Toronto Ontario
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