Last night we had a few inches of snow before I left the office which caught me by surprise. As I drove home in the dark, squinting through the icy windshield to the dark road, I realized that my headlights were totally covered with snow! But I am looking forward to warmer days soon, with my trip to Raleigh North Carolina for QuiltCon, the annual gathering for Modern Quilters.
As always, I’ll be there to photograph the latest expressions of modern creativity in the quilt exhibit. Once again we are a Gold sponsor for the event, and Wednesday night I’ll be at the Award Ceremony to hand out prizes for the Best Original Modern Design & Applique Categories. Often I meet eQuilter customers on stage for these awards! The awards are live-streamed so you can go to the QuiltCon website and find that link. The awards are from 7-8 pm Eastern time Wednesday. If you are there, please come and say hello! I’ll be sitting in the front row with other sponsors.
We have the companion QuiltCon magazine in stock right now, and there’s a surprise for you when you open the first page! If you are not familiar with Modern Quilting or QuiltCon, you can review photos from previous years on my photo pages. (Scroll down for several years of QuiltCon albums.)
Today I want to make sure that you check out this beautiful collection – ‘Ancient Beauty‘ – a very stylized Egyptian Deco group with rich gold metallic from Robert Kaufman. Egyptian-themed fabrics have become very rare and are collector items. Did you see the movie Napoleon recently? The scenes of him in Egypt caused me to do some further research about the Egyptian Revival movement – with later influences on Art Deco and Art Nouveau. Art history is endlessly fascinating and I love seeing how these themes pop up from time to time in our quilt textile industry. Enjoy!
sharing your love for fabric,
Luana and Paul
Travel/Quilt Dates:
Feb 21-24, 2024 – QuiltCon in Raleigh, NC – eQuilter is a GOLD Sponsor.
March 6 – Canadian Quilters Association – Zoom Lecture “Intl Quilt Trends”
April 7-12 Allegre Retreat
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