| You know every Wednesday I try to bring you some Eye Candy to give your creative juices a boost midweek. This week I want to share one of my favorite quilts from Danny Amazonas’ gallery at the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham UK. (You can see all the quilts in his gallery, plus many others, at this link.) I’ve known Danny and his wife Pat for many years now, in fact you might enjoy this video interview we did at the Tokyo Quilt Festival in 2016. Danny’s monumental collage quilts were very popular in Birmingham, and I was excited to view so many new pieces since I’ve seen him last, especially this Tiger portrait (above) and the huge underwater scene. You will notice (especially in our casual video) that he loves to use the bold prints from the Kaffe Fassett Collective and Philip Jacobs. Danny and I have much in common and we always have lots to talk about, because we both lived in New York, we are avid travelers, and of course the time I lived in Asia gives us much to discuss. On top of that he is just a really nice human being and has a great passion for his creative work. He and Pat have visited our office (pre-pandemic) and we’ve met up at many shows around the world. He is one of the great talents of our quilt art movement. As you know, I love meeting up with fellow quilters and artists at events around the world. Tomorrow I am flying to San Diego and will be speaking about Art and Activism at the SAQA conference Thursday, and eQuilter is hosting the reception at the Visions Museum of Textile Art that evening. I know I will see many of the art quilt tribe at that event. I hope you’ve been able to get out this summer and enjoy some quilt exhibits and festivals. It is good for the creative soul! Sharing your love of fabric, Luana and Paul * The image above is Danny Amazones’ Tiger quilt which was at the Festival of Quilts, plus a collage frame of eQuilter fabrics. See Luana’s Flickr Photo Pages for travel images, watch our videos, or follow us on Facebook. Visit eQuilter’s Instagram, Pinterest or Twitter pages for Color and Design ideas. Quilt/Travel/Sponsor Calendar: Sept 21-23 – SAQA Conference – San Diego CA October 17-24 – Luana’s Polar Bear Tour – Churchill Manitoba Canada Oct 29 – Nov 2 – Houston Quilt Festival Nov 4 – Intl Quilt Museum – Lincoln NE Feb 22-25 – QuiltCon – Atlanta |
