This painting also inspired Stephen Sondheim’s musical play ‘Sunday in the Park with George’, which opened on Broadway in 1984, and returned to NYC in 2017 during the revival of the play with Jake Gyllenhaal.
This huge scenic painting lives at the Art Institute in Chicago…but you can have your own copy to hang in your own home gallery!
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This quilt was made for the 2016 exhibit “Water is Life” which premiered
at the United Nations in Geneva Switzerland. It has traveled around the
world to tell the story of ‘Rocky Mountain Poison’ – when the Gold King
Mine spill turned the Animas River orange with toxins – and sickened
communities downstream.
Then my daughter was poisoned by VOCs
(fracking byproducts – benzene styrene and toluene) in her public
school, and Earthworks.org helped our community to identify what was
happening. I never could have figured out that she needed to be tested
for VOC exposure on my own. They educated us so we had the strength and
courage to go after those who were poisoning our children and covering
up the truth. https://earthworks.org/
After this story quilt traveled for 3 years, seen by thousands of people in many venues around the world, I offered to sell this art quilt to benefit Earthworks…as a thank you for the work they do. (scroll down for image of quilt)
The
original idea of a fundraiser auction began to grow into a larger dream
when the International Quilt Museum (IQM) in Lincoln NE asked to acquire
the quilt!…Your generosity in making this dream come to fruition is
greatly appreciated by Earthworks, the IQM and our family.
This
quilt is being donated by artist Luana Rubin to raise money for
Earthworks.org, then they will donate the quilt to the International
Quilt Museum, who will steward this historic work of art for future
generations. https://www.internationalquiltmuseum.org/
Thank you for supporting my efforts to protect the Earth and her future generations of children, by supporting Earthworks, and the acquisition of ‘Rocky Mountain Poison’ for IQM. Now I know my art quilt will continue to tell this important story long after I am gone.
************** The
quilt has been displayed in a wide variety of venues, from the halls of
international diplomacy, to museums, quilt festivals and a university
gallery dedicated to Human Rights. The artist was thereby able to
connect with viewers from the highest levels of political influence to
the deepest level of knowledge and skill in the art of quilting.
The list of venues where this quilt was seen in the “Water is Life” exhibit includes: The
United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the Frascati Art
Gallery, Frascati, Italy, the International Quilt Festival, Houston,
Texas, the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell, Massachusetts, the World
Quilt Show, Manchester, New Hampshire, the National Quilt Extravaganza
in Oaks, Pennsylvania, the Pacific International Quilt Fest, in Santa
Clara, California, the World Quilt Show in Orlando, Florida, the
MidAtlantic Quilt Festival in Hampton, Virginia, the New Jersey Quilt
Fest, Somerset, New Jersey, and the Human Rights Gallery, Kean
University, Union, New Jersey. It is estimated that over 100,000
attendees viewed the quilt at these events.
****** Luana
Rubin is the president and co-owner of eQuilter.com, which has raised
over $1.6 million for charity. She is an artist activist, entrepreneur
and philanthropist, dedicated to giving to those in need, and protecting
the children, wildlife and the environment on Mother Earth.
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If you were in Houston last week, you could not fail to notice the presence of BLUE….
The huge Sapphire Quilt Collection was a centerpiece for the show, giving one a complete immersion experience walking into a vertical cube of stacked Blue and White quilts, gently fluttering as we walked under, through and around this mammoth installation. (Remember the Red and White quilts several years ago? This was the Blue and White version.)
There was also a beautiful Indigo quilt exhibit close by, from the Japanese master quilter Shizuko Kuroha. You will have seen my photos of her work in my Tokyo Quilt Festival albums.
During Quilt Market we saw so many Blue and White fabric collections, including many Faux Shibori printed fabrics.
Blue is a color of trust, patience, dignity, and serenity. It is seen as color of stability and reliability, a traditional color that gives a sense of security. Sitting in a blue room can lower your pulse rate. When we are stressed, we wrap ourselves in Blue.
Blue is the color of bluejeans, traditional Indigo dyeing, and it is the color of the sky and water. Blue is ubiquitous.
However Blue also manages to be a trend….when we’ve had enough of playing with Pink and Red and Orange and Lime Green…our eye returns to restful Blue.
In my very first design job in 1981, my boss explained that Blue always outsells all the other colors by at least two-to-one. Often when I see new fabric collections, I wonder why they left out the color blue which is usually the top-selling color.
During chaotic times, we crave safe calming colors…such as Blue.
So is this return to Blue a Trend, or a ‘Classic’?
Next week I’ll be attending the Color Marketing Group International Summit in Tucson Arizona, and I’ll be watching out for those Blues!
The photo above shows just one section of the Sapphire Quilt Collection in Houston, and I’ve added a couple Blue fabrics from our “Blue and White” category. Watch out for our Houston photos and videos coming up in the next couple weeks.
sharing your Passion for Fabric… Luana and Paul
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Luana’s Travel Calendar: Nov 13-17 – Color Marketing Group – Tucson AZ Jan 24-29, 2020 – Tokyo Quilt Festival – 1 day with Lisa Walton’s Japan Tour Feb 19-22 – QuiltCon in Austin TX
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This 57″ x 67″ quilt design starts with an alphabet block panel, and adds 7 digital-printed coordinates with brushstroke details. Mix in 3 Hoffman Hand-Dyes for a wild and wonderful montage of canine characters.
PLUS – you’ll receive Free USA / 50% off INTL shipping when you order the fabrics for this exquisite quilt pattern (orders $100 and over, no coupon needed).
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Daylight Savings ends
at 2 am Sunday (tonight) so turn your clock back one hour and enjoy that extra
hour of SLEEP.
Here is Part 2 of our Quilt Market Preview. If you missed Part 1, you can still
check
it out on our BLOG.
These are shipping in the next few months and will of course show up here in
our e-newsletter when they are in the warehouse and ready to ship to you!
Where in the World, Artful Snowflake & Marbella by Paula Nadelstern
Homemade by Tula Pink
Hindsight by Anna Maria Horner
Mineral from Morris & Co.
Silk Road by Snow Leopard Designs
Calico Horses by Lorraine Turner
The Potted Garden – Digital Multicolor Succulents
Wildwood Grace – Aspen Tree Borders & Panels
Library of Rarities – Antique Books and Naturalist Illustrations
Holiday Flourish 13 & Winter’s Grandeur 8 – Kaufman
Wicked Fog – Wolves, Owls, Ravens, and Black Cats!
Fabric Goddess – Black Velvet inspired Paintings
Coastal Christmas by Lynnea Washburn
Christmas Wish by Thomas Wood and Deborah Edwards
Wicked by Nina Djuric
The Scarlet Feather by Deborah Edwards
Good Kitty by Connie Haley
Spirit of Flight by Josephine Wall – Digital
Jingle All the Way by Beth Albert
Sassy Holiday by Connie Haley – Digital
Butterfly Paradise by Elizabeth Isles
Fiorenza – Digital 108″ Backing
Panda Sanctuary – Adorable!
Gnoming Through the Snow by Hugo Edwins
Herban Sprawl – Digital Cannabis
Nature Trail by Nutshell Designs
Winter Companions by Abraham Hunter
If you were not able to make it to Quilt Festival this week, don’t worry, we
are busy editing hundreds of photos and producing 7 videos for you to enjoy.
Watch for links being posted in the next two weeks!
sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul
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Your generous 83″ x 83″ quilt design makes an enchanting cool colored bed quilt, bringing calming dreams to the lucky floral lover who sleeps beneath its cover.
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This week I am writing to you from the International Quilt Festival in Houston Texas. Last night was the IQA award ceremony, where $97K in prize money was given out to 101 winners. In addition to the contest quilts in the IQA categories, there are so many special exhibits here… 4 of which eQuilter is sponsoring. (Our 5th sponsored category was the Animal Kingdom quilts in the IQA awards tonight.) The Baseball World Series just happened to be going on next door, but we were celebrating the Quilt World Series!
Here is a detail from a quilt in one of our sponsored special exhibits – the Altar Quilts based on the pattern by Jane Tenorio-Coscarelli. Because this week is Halloween and the Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos), I thought it would be appropriate to share this self-memorial quilt.
The artist statement reads:
“This quilt is celebrating my dear friend Leigh Hay-Martin from Jerome Arizona. She started it while she was going through cancer treatments. She told me it was all the things she celebrated and loved. We lost her sweet soul in August 2018. I am glad her family allowed me to submit it.”
Leigh’s joy for life is apparent in this quilt, and we celebrate this artwork that continues to share her story. So many quilts here tell poignant stories…stories of loss, healing, hope and celebration. The ones that pluck at our heartstrings are the ones that share a visual narrative and invite us to come inside the tale.
Sophie and I will be flying home on Halloween, hopefully when the crazy snowstorm in Colorado has subsided!
sharing your Passion for Fabric… Luana and Paul
eQuilter Classroom:
Nov 11 – Charity Sewing Day – Veterans Day
March 6-8 – MJ Kinman – New Exclusive Pattern & Class for eQuilter
April 13-15 2020 – Susan Carlson
June 1-5 2020 – Paula
Nadelstern
Luana’s Travel Calendar:
Oct 25-31 – Quilt Market & Festival – Houston
Nov 13-17 – Color Marketing Group – Tuscon AZ
Jan 24-29, 2020 – Tokyo Quilt Festival – 1 day with Lisa Walton’s Japan Tour
Feb 19-22 – QuiltCon in Austin TX
This graceful eQuilter Exclusive Free Pattern features Northcott’s fabulous ‘Fantasia’
collection. A kaleidoscope of butterflies flutter across a floral ground with
gold metallic streaks and butterfly outlines.
This light and delicate 59″ x 71″ quilt
will bring joy and smiles to everyone who views it, whether it is hung in a
kitchen, a bedroom, or on an office wall.
PLUS – you’ll receive Free USA / 50% off INTL shipping when you order the fabrics for this
exquisite quilt pattern
(orders $100 and over, no coupon needed).
