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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eQuilter Classroom:
Nov 11 – Charity Sewing Day – Veterans Day – 10 am to 4 pm – RSVP
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:
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
