{"id":10226,"date":"2023-11-08T11:52:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T18:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?p=10226"},"modified":"2023-11-08T11:52:30","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T18:52:30","slug":"when-quilters-gather-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/when-quilters-gather-2\/","title":{"rendered":"When Quilters Gather…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Have you ever been to a dyeing party? It is somewhere between a quilting bee and a kindergarten finger-painting session….i.e. it is just about the most fun you can have with a bucket!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This party quilt was made by Taiwanese artist Hsu Hsi-Chen, and was part of the ‘Celebration of Color’ exhibit that eQuilter sponsored at the Houston Quilt Festival. This quilt depicts a “Dyeing Party”<\/a> which is why you can see everyone in the image is smiling, and it makes me smile too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is also a reminder of the enduring popularity of Blue<\/a> (and Indigo) fabrics. In my first design job, my boss told me “Blue always outsells all the other colors – always include a shade of blue as a color choice.” – and she was right. In my travels around the world, from Europe to Asia and Africa, variations of Blue fabrics are ubiquitous. Blue gives a sense of calm stability, trust, security, and reliability. It is the color of peace and tranquility, and that is what the world needs now more than ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We carry specialty products for many teachers – such as PFD fabrics<\/a> for Cindy Lohbeck’s dyeing classes, Fosshape and Evolon for Betty Busby<\/a>‘s students, and a special fusible stabilizer<\/a> for Marianne Williamson. If you are a teacher or student and can’t find a special product for a class, let us know! We want to support your creative explorations!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have uploaded my first batch of quilt photos from the Houston Quilt Festival, and you can see images from this and other quilt exhibits on my photo pages<\/a>. If you are a member of SAQA, I uploaded photos of the Friday night reception on the SAQA members’ Facebook page. If you are a member and don’t know about this page – look it up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 8 days in Houston at Quilt Market and Quilt Festival, with hundreds of hugs and thousands of smiles, I arrived home Saturday and collapsed in happy exhaustion. There is nothing like hanging out with the Quilting Tribe!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sharing your love of fabric…
Luana and Paul<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* The image above is a photo taken by Luana at the Houston quilt festival<\/a>, plus 2 other fabrics from eQuilter’s Asian collections<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visit eQuilter’s Instagram<\/a>, Pinterest<\/a> or TikTok pages<\/a> for Color and Design ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Luana’s Flickr Photo Pages<\/a> for travel images, review our blog<\/a>, or follow us on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out our Video pages<\/a> for interviews and show reviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luana’s Art & Activism lecture is now online.<\/a><\/p>\nShare Post:<\/strong>
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