{"id":5333,"date":"2019-04-29T10:55:22","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T16:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?p=5333"},"modified":"2019-04-29T10:55:31","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T16:55:31","slug":"hello-from-nantes-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/hello-from-nantes-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello from Nantes France!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/category\/305\/asian--new-kaufman-imperial?p_filter_keyword=&#038;p_filters=&#038;p_sort_by=newest&#038;p_see_all_categories=0&#038;p_see_all_brands=0&#038;p_see_all_designers=0&#038;p_filter_applied=1&#038;p_filter_removed=0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/KAIMA9MU_MD.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5334\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5334\" class=\"wp-image-5334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/KAIMA9MU_MD.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/KAIMA9MU_MD-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/category\/114\/animals-wild-animals-zoo-animals-+-skin-motifs?p_filter_keyword=&#038;p_filters=&#038;p_sort_by=newest&#038;p_see_all_categories=0&#038;p_see_all_brands=0&#038;p_see_all_designers=0&#038;p_filter_applied=1&#038;p_filter_removed=0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/INSAFAIV_MD.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5335\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5335\" class=\"wp-image-5335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/INSAFAIV_MD.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/INSAFAIV_MD-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/category\/219\/animals-puppies-dogs-+-pawprints?fn=nl_20190427193935\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/RUDOGDOL_MD.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5336\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5336\" class=\"wp-image-5336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/RUDOGDOL_MD.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/RUDOGDOL_MD-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI&#8217;ve just finished up\na few days at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/luanarubin\/albums\/72157706787946451\">the\nquilt festival in Nantes France<\/a>, enjoying my visits with quilters from all\nover France, all over Europe, and all over the world! What a great joy it is to\nshare our passion for fabric, color and stitching. It is also so interesting to\nsee the local color palette preferences, alongside Dutch, and other European\ncolor palettes represented among the vendors. We had fascinating discussions\nabout how local weather and landscapes affect the various local color\npreferences. <br><br>\nEach year the Color Marketing Group (CMG) collaborates on updated color\npalettes for North America, South America, Asia and Europe. I feel like N\nAmerica and Europe tend to be more conservative, and S American and Asia tend\nto be more adventurous. It is always interesting to compare these global color\ntrends, to the color trends I see at quilt exhibits around the world. We\ncertainly see this at eQuilter &#8211; that our overseas customers tend to order a\ndifferent color palette than our US customers. Color trends can start on one\ncontinent and then bounce across the ocean to another continent, influencing\ndesign decisions not only in textiles, but also home dec, car finishes, graphic\ndesign, house paint and flooring. (I&#8217;ll be attending the CMG conference again\nin November.) <br><br>\neQuilter sponsored the QuiltCon exhibit at this Pour l&#8217;Amour du Fil event, and\nthis Modern Quilt exhibit was packed with enthusiastic admirers every time I\nwalked by. My talk on International Quilt Trends was translated into French by\nthe show organizer Carol, and the video will be online soon. <br><br>\nMy curator friend from the US Embassy in Rome flew in to spend the week with\nme, and we had a fun dinner with Kathy Doughty one night. (The American\ndesigner for Free Spirit who lives in Sydney Australia.) It was fun to get to\nknow her better. Kathy&#8217;s booth was mobbed every time I walked by. We have a\nparallel history working in the design industry in NYC in the 80s. I got a\nlittle sneak peek of the line she is putting together for Fall Quilt Market in\nHouston, and we definitely agree on some specific color trends for 2020&#8230;a\ncertain shade of Green in particular! <br><br>\nI&#8217;ll be in Paris on Monday and Tuesday, visiting with Parisian quilters and\nvisiting Notre Dame. Watch for my Midweek Creative Nudge e-newsletter Weds\nmorning. <br><br>\nsharing your Passion for Fabric&#8230; <br>\nLuana and Paul \n\n\n\n<\/p>\n<strong>Share Post:<\/strong><br><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5333&#038;t=Hello%20from%20Nantes%20France%21&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5333&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F04%2FRUDOGDOL_MD.jpg&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=Hello%20from%20Nantes%20France%21\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/64x64\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5333&#038;text=Hey%20check%20this%20out\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/64x64\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-pinterest nolightbox\" data-provider=\"pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Pin it with Pinterest\" href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5333&#038;media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F04%2FRUDOGDOL_MD.jpg&#038;description=Hello%20from%20Nantes%20France%21\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"pinterest\" title=\"Pin it with Pinterest\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/64x64\/pinterest.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-linkedin nolightbox\" data-provider=\"linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5333&#038;title=Hello%20from%20Nantes%20France%21\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"linkedin\" title=\"Share on Linkedin\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/64x64\/linkedin.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve just finished up a few days at the quilt festival in Nantes France, enjoying my visits with quilters from all over France, all over Europe, and all over the world! 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