{"id":11868,"date":"2026-04-29T11:29:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T17:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?p=11868"},"modified":"2026-04-29T11:29:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T17:29:50","slug":"colors-of-the-southwest-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/colors-of-the-southwest-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Colors of the Southwest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Today I am writing to you from Southwest Colorado, near the Utah border. I am attending the Alegre Art Retreat run by Katie Pasquini Masopust. I met Katie over 20 years ago, when I took her class at Art Quilt Tahoe. Most of the attendees are in classes, but I am in independent study. I started a new piece last week and I am hoping to get it mostly done while I am here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday our guest speaker was Kaye England, who many of you will recognize as one of the Matriarchs of the quilt industry. I have not seen Kaye for many years, but I used to say hi at Quilt Market, and we took some trips together. We traveled to Switzerland, China and Italy together, with Bernina Ambassador group, and Beth Hayes\/McCalls tour groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are in a drought in Colorado, but we’ve had blessed rain the last few days. Here in the red rock canyon of Gateway, the rain has brought an explosion of pink, yellow and orange-red cactus flowers. Springtime here brings a wide palette of greens, from the yellow-green of new leaves, to the pale silver-green of sage. When the rain stops and the monumental stone cathedrals glow against the electric blue sky, it takes one’s breath away. The starry skies dazzle across the velvet black curtain of midnight. This is what we love about the Southwest … the colors of sky, earth and nature … nurture and energize us as we dream of our next creative adventures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Travel\/Lecture Dates:
Apr 26 – May 1 – Alegre Retreat, Gateway CO
May 16 – New England Quilt Museum, Soul Stories Artist Reception
May 18-26 – Montpellier, France
June 5 – Featured Speaker – World Environment Day – Houston
July 28 – Aug 2 – Festival of Quilts – Birmingham UK
Nov 12-15 – Intl Quilt Festival – Houston<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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