This 66″ x 58″ quilt design is a quick and easy project, with 3 digital bird/floral prints (including a panel), 3 Hoffman Hand-Dyes, and a Stonehenge Gradient textured blender. Bird-lovers and Gardeners alike will enjoy this bright display of feathers and petals in the garden.
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Having just returned from QuiltCon in Austin TX, I wanted to tell you about the show and give you a taste of the quilts we saw. Here is a detail shot of Terry S. Peart’s quilt “Seasons”. She wrote “In Nature, the color of light changes from morning to night, and it changes from season to season. The colors of each new season inspire us and affect our moods. Our lives are not unlike the seasons…”
I was so impressed with the show this year. There was a clear overarching theme that started with the Guild Charity quilts and extended throughout the show. The Charity challenge was to use Black-Gray-White fabrics, and to use text to create a design. Many of these quilts were absolutely stunning.
The theme of words and text has been growing for several years now, so we also saw this throughout the whole show. There were so many quilts that had a message about what is happening in the world now, and those messages were often literally spelled out. Also there were several other Black and White quilts made by individuals that were just stunning.
You can see an overview of the show on my photo page now, and I am working to edit photos of individual quilts to add in as well. I particularly enjoy seeing the color combinations that Modern Quilters come up with in these exhibits! Modern quilts are not just made from solid fabrics, but I have to say that there was such a smorgasbord of colors and techniques used with the solid quilts, that made them really sing.
My only concern is that some of the entries are made of Beige/Natural fabrics, sometimes Natural Linen, and they just disappear into the light beige drapes that are used to hang the show. I will post a few photos of these beige quilts on the light beige background and you will see what I mean. If you are designing a Beige quilt to hang in this show, you might consider putting a contrasting border on your quilt so it doesn’t disappear into the drapery. I noticed those quilts tended to be overlooked by the passers-by.
MJ Kinman is always a blast and we are so excited to have her returning to our eQuilter classroom to teach her Elizabeth Diamond Class one week from now. We are cutting kits for either the eQuilter exclusive Rainbow Unicorn version, or the Classic Blue Diamond. We still have room so sign up and join us for some fun…because you know Diamonds are a Girls Best Friends, especially when they are made from fabric!
Luana’s Travel Calendar: Mar 18-27 – Wilderness Congress – Jaipur India June 19 – Quilt Canada – “Intl Quilt Trends” presentation June 26 – Intl Quilt Museum – Lincoln NE – Opening Reception & Lecture “For the Love of Gaia” July 29 – Aug 2 – “Love Your Mother” Gallery in Birmingham UK Oct 16-17 – Visions Art Museum – San Diego (Lecture 10/16)
This sweet 52″ x 62″ quilt design features vignettes of one or two bunnies sniffing a warm breeze and sweet blossoms, in a grassy meadow full of colorful wildflowers. Bunny blocks are set in Diamond shapes made of up Floral Mid-tones (Pink, Purple and Green) with Irish Chain little blocks between connecting Windmill stars. The crisp White-on-White Butterfly background sets off the fresh colors in this Happy-Hoppy quilt.
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This evening I just got home from QuiltCon in Austin Texas, and pretty much went into a quilt-show coma on the couch. I’ve had a super busy last few days at the show, and managed to pack in several meetings that will lead to good things in the next year. Paul had to come wake me up to write a few words so he could send this out.
My thoughts about this year’s QuiltCon? …WOW!
It was an exciting show and I felt the quality of the quilt exhibits took another leap upwards. The Black and White and Gray guild quilts with text were the talk of the show. Victoria Findlay Wolfe’s retrospective was colorful and inspiring. Jacquie Gering had a long line of quilters waiting for her to autograph a new book that literally was hot off the presses for this show. And I would say that the definition of “Modern Quilt” was expanded once again.
eQuilter sponsored the Best Machine Quilting (Frameless) award, which was won by Peter Byrne. You may be seeing his name everywhere from now on, because he also won Best of Show. His 2 winning quilts were hanging side by side at the entrance to the show. Peter started quilting a few years ago and he’s entered our world with a bang.
eQuilter also sponsored the Youth Group category which had 3 prizes – all won by quilts from the Social Justice Sewing Academy. (Look them up on Instagram) I interviewed its young founder Sara Trail who is 25 years old and wise beyond her years. Volunteer Nancy Williams did the quilting on all 3 of these group quilts, and it is obviously a labor of love. The kids make applique panels about social justice topics, and then they are combined into larger group quilts. You can see them on my photo page. I will be posting more photos from Tokyo and Quilt Con throughout this next week.
If you are in Austin and can make the last day of the show tomorrow – I urge you to go!
We will be opening up registration for Paula Nadelstern this week. If you have called to be on the Wait List, we’ll be sending you an email invitation 24 hours before it is announced publicly.
Luana’s Travel Calendar: Feb 19-22 – QuiltCon in Austin TX Mar 18-27 – World Wilderness Congress – Jaipur India – Lecture & Panel June 17-21 – Quilt Canada – Edmonton (Lecture 6/19) June 26 – Intl Quilt Museum – Lincoln NE – Exhibit Opening & Lecture July 29 – Aug 2 – “Love Your Mother” in Birmingham UK (Lecture 8/1) Oct 16-17 – Visions Art Museum – San Diego (Lecture 10/16)
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This breathtaking view features a hot air balloon launch at dawn, over fields of Lavender in full bloom. Our Free Quilt Pattern invites you to imagine being in one of those jeweltone balloons ascending into a brilliant sunrise, with the lingering scent of the purple blossoms below.
To make this 58″ x 65″ quilt design, you will start with the central 36″ x 44″ digital-printed scenic panel. For the pieced borders, add on a digital gradient blender and 3 Hoffman Hand-Dyes, plus a balloon coordinate for the corner stars. If you’ve dreamed of sailing away on the breeze with the world below…this one’s for you!
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The focus panel is elegantly surrounded by Northcott’s famous Stonehenge textured coordinates, pieced in delicate diamonds and mountains, and bordered by the coordinating southwest stripe with rich, rainbow hues.
You can use this 58″ x 62″ quilt as a Large Lap quilt, a small Bed Quilt, or a fantastic wall-hanging! This makes a great gift for friends and family who enjoy the rich colors of the Southwest.
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Things are not always as they seem. Would you
believe that this is a 12″ x 12″ miniature framed quilt?
At the Tokyo Quilt Festival they do not have a Miniature Quilt category.
Instead they have a Framed Quilt category which is miniature quilts in frames.
This little beauty is so finely pieced, it just boggles the mind. For those of
us who love piecing quilts, this kind of precise work is a special kind of
challenge…or a special kind of crazy? But we love oohing and aahing over all
kinds of amazing mind-blowing quilts, don’t we?
The artist’s name was not spelled out so I pasted the tiny name card onto the
tiny quilt image so she has credit where it is due!
This morning I am flying to QuiltCon so I can present an award at the ceremony
tonight in Austin Texas. I will be walking the show Thursday and Friday so if
you see me there please do stop and say hello! I am also going to the SAQA
event Friday evening, so I hope to see many of you there.
I am going to be photographing the show so next week, for those of you who can’t
go in person, I’ll have images to share with you. I also have a cousin in
Austin and we are going to get together and work on the family tree one night.
We have many ancestors who lived in Texas 100 years ago, so it seems
appropriate to explore those branches of the tree while on this trip!
We are preparing to cut the kits for MJ
Kinman‘s Elizabeth
Diamond Workshop coming up March 6-8. (You can do the Rainbow Unicorn
multicolor – or the Classic Blue Diamond from our kits.) Those new products are
going online in the next couple days, and if you purchase a kit and attend the
class, you can save on shipping and just pick it up in the classroom when you
arrive.
MJ is always a blast and we are so excited to have her returning
to our eQuilter classroom. Her Gemstone piecing is not quite as intricate
as the tiny quilt featured above, but it is for Intermediate quilters or
higher. Hope you can join us!
Luana’s Travel Calendar:
Feb 19-22 – QuiltCon in Austin TX
Mar 18-27 – Wilderness Congress – Jaipur India
June 19 – Quilt Canada – “Intl Quilt Trends” presentation
June 26 – Intl Quilt Museum – Lincoln NE –
Opening Reception & Lecture “For the Love of Gaia”
July 29 – Aug 2 – “Love Your Mother” Gallery in Birmingham UK
To make this glorious tribute (whether you are into Glam Rock, Blues or Big Hair Rock), you will start with 2 of Dan Morris’ Guitar Panels, combining the poster panel with the block panel, and our exclusive fractal spirals.
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Here in Colorado
we’ve had a ridiculous amount of snow in the first half of the month – but
we’re having a sunny break from Winter this weekend. Our 2 weeks of almost nonstop
snow has created some ginormous icicles around town! However Spring is almost
right around the corner and it is going to be a gorgeous Spring season here,
with all the moisture.
I spent Valentines Day at the hospital with my mom, fortunately a minor injury
but it required a trip to the ER, XRays and a splint. Mom has had several falls
and is in a nursing home, so our time together is precious.
As I mentioned a week ago, I am curating an exhibit at IQM in Lincoln Nebraska,
that will open on June 26. If there is a chance you can come to the opening
reception, please save the date!
We still have room in MJ Kinman’s class for her stunning Elizabeth
Diamond quilt. MJ’s gemstone patterns have been runaway best sellers
for us, especially since she taught here in late 2018. We are offering a
special “Rainbow Unicorn”
multicolor version of the diamond, an eQuilter exclusive, and we will be
cutting class kits for the Rainbow and Blue versions of the diamond if you
order in advance. If you are still thinking about this class, NOW IS THE TIME TO SIGN UP if you’d
like us to cut a kit for you before the class. Check out MJ’s video about the exclusive Rainbow Unicorn Diamond quilt
here. We will also have a special eQuilter fabric gift for all workshop
attendees.
eQuilter is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of QuiltCon
in Austin this year, and watch out for our full page ad in the QuiltCon
Magazine that just arrived here this week. It has been so rewarding to closely
follow the growth of the MQG over the years, and to personally water many
Modern seeds around the world. It was originally my idea to start a Modern
category in Quilt Canada for instance, and we have sponsored that category
every since. When I travel and lecture about quilt trends, I spend a good chunk
of time showing and telling what Modern Quilting is all about, and how it is
changing each year. There has been a lot of overlap between Modern and Art
Quilting, which is my particular interest.
This year is shaping up to be very busy in terms of my traveling to lecture
about “International Quilt Trends”. I know many of you have come to
my power point lecture at events around the world, when I review the most
trend-setting quilts by cutting edge artists. See my travel schedule below, to
see if you can attend one of my lectures this year!
In the meantime check out my photo page for
the recent Tokyo Quilt Festival, and past QuiltCon
exhibits. I will be at the award ceremony in Austin Weds night, and walking the
show Thursday and Friday. Hope to see you there!
Luana’s Travel Calendar:
Feb 19-22 – QuiltCon
in Austin TX
Mar 18-27 – World Wilderness Congress – Jaipur India – Lecture & Panel
June 17-21 – Quilt Canada – Edmonton (Lecture 6/19)
June 26 – Intl Quilt Museum – Lincoln NE – Exhibit Opening & Lecture
July 29 – Aug 2 – “Love
Your Mother” in Birmingham UK (Lecture 8/1)
Oct 16-17 – Visions Art Museum – San Diego (Lecture 10/16)
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On the silence of a deep Winter night, with the Full Moon rising and Springtime just around the corner…a Snowy Owl mother snuggles with her owlets in a crystalline Blue landscape.
This Free Quilt Pattern starts with our wildly popular (eQuilter exclusive) digital printed Snowy Owl Family panel, and we’ve added in a snowflake print and 2 Hoffman Hand-Dyes to make a simple pieced frame for this exquisite 68″ x 54″ wildlife scene. Makes a wonderful gift for Harry Potter fans and Audubon members!
Check out our Metallic Threads to add some sparkle to this quilt design (we suggest silver or blue), and make sure you have the right metallic needles and Sewers Aid to have a smooth sewing experience with those opulent metallic threads.
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