{"id":4134,"date":"2018-02-21T09:27:03","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T16:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/50.87.217.193\/blog\/?p=4134"},"modified":"2021-02-13T18:23:18","modified_gmt":"2021-02-14T01:23:18","slug":"creative-nudge-sunrise-sunset-ombre-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/creative-nudge-sunrise-sunset-ombre-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Nudge – Sunrise… Sunset…Ombre Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tomorrow morning I’ll be off to the airport and if I’m lucky it will break into double digits as I pull out of the driveway. (As I write this, it is -1 degree) ….Anticipating we’ll have milder weather in Pasadena for the Modern Quilt Guild’s QuiltCon event!<\/p>\n

Before I dive into the latest Modern Quilting trends this week, I’d like to share with you another trend we are seeing. You are probably aware the Pre-Cuts have become a huge trend<\/a> in the industry over the last couple years. Quilters have been snapping up 5″ charm packs and 2 1\/2″ strips like candy bars at the checkout stand<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Awhile ago I predicted that quilters would realize that it is kind of a pain to have zillions of tiny squares to sew together, and then you don’t end up with much at the end. Sewing with 2 1\/2″ pre-cut strips is fun but hey… it gets old after awhile. So my prediction that quilters would start to move towards the larger 10″ charm packs<\/a>, seems to be happening. We’ve had several suppliers confirm they are seeing this too.<\/p>\n

So what about the strips? You may recall that after Market I was jazzed about wider pre-cut strips that were being offered – at 5″ or 6″ wide<\/a>, cut the whole 43″ length selvedge to selvedge. There is just so much more you can do with a wider strip, right?<\/p>\n

We have several of these in stock now, but many more on order coming in the next few months. But I can’t wait, so we decided to cut our own fat strips from our Digital Printed Ombre collection<\/a>, with beautiful gradient shading and a crinkly faux-texture. It is so fun to play around with these long strips of Ombre and Gradient colors<\/a>! With the delicate shading<\/a> available from the digital technology<\/a>, you get so many colors in just one strip!<\/p>\n

So I am sharing an image of a sunrise from my recent trip to Africa, with a few of these Ombre strips. Of course we have lots of yardage in our Ombre categories, but I thought you’d like to know about these trends of bigger pre-cuts, and have a chance to get in on the action! They are yummy!<\/p>\n

I will be at QuiltCon Thursday, and Friday morning. Flying home Friday afternoon to prep for Marty Ornish teaching in our classroom on Sunday.<\/p>\n

sharing your Passion for Fabric…
\nLuana and Paul<\/p>\n

* The photo above was taken at sunrise on the Serengeti on New Years Day, and the Ombre fabrics come from our exclusive Digital Printed line of gradient colors.<\/p>\n

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Event & Travel Calendar:
\nFeb 22-25, 2018 – QuiltCon – Pasadena, California
\nFeb 26 – Marty Ornish CQC workshop @ eQuilter Classroom
\nMarch 17 – eQuilter St Patricks Charity Sewing Day! (Please RSVP!)
\nMarch 1 – May 15 – Registration for ‘Love Your Mother<\/a>‘ Quilt Challenge
\nApril 5-7 – SAQA Conference San Antonio TX
\nApril 14-15 – Lisa Walton workshop<\/a> @ eQuilter Classroom
\nMay 11 – eQuilter Chromazone – Color Marketing Group @ eQuilter
\nNov 13-19, 2018 – POLAR BEAR Tour<\/a> – Register NOW!<\/p>\nShare Post:<\/strong>
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