Les Bleus d’Alsace 2026 Quiltalong

For our 2026 quilalong, I had a plan but after visiting Alsace, a region in France, my brain led me a different way. 

So here we are- my inspiration was this lovely gray/blue I kept seeing!

Just a little peak on the right.

 

This was the airbnb my daughter and I stayed in 2015. Blue shutters have stole my heart!

Swatches at the linen museum.

And, of course, this quilt displayed in France from the International Quilt Museum.

I've gathered up a few bits of gray/blues and blue printed shirtings. I have one print that is a dark blue. I had to dig deep! I wish I had more French General blues. The quilt will measure about 22" square. 

If you want to sewalong, start digging for the fabrics you'd like to use. 

The name of our quilt is Les Bleus d'Alsace or The Blues of Alsace. Feel free to rename it if you decide NOT to use blues. 

Let me know, either in comment or email to humblequilts@gmail.com if you plan on joining!

Have a lovely week!

PS, I have vintage linens from France in my Etsy store! Check it out HERE  if you'd like. (search linen) 

Carrefour - The European Quilt Show

Good morning! If you aren't familiar with the European Patchwork Meeting it is a lovely quilt show in the Alsace region of France . The show is spread out over 5 villages in the north of France.

The American Amish have it's roots in this area! It began in the late 17th century with Jakob Ammann and his followers in the Alsace/Swiss region before Amish communities eventually became so strongly associated with North America.

The international quilt museum had a lovely display with challenge quilts. It was called "Amish Reimagined"

I'm not sharing all of the "reimagined" versions. 

Below is a special exhibit called

Hungarian Blue Legacy. 

It was hard to capture photos, but was truly amazing exhibit!

Couldn't help but take a few photos of the stained glass windows!

Next up- modern quilts in an amazing OLD OLD church!

Les Textilo-Créatives

So much more than quilts to see. If you ever get an opportunity to attend I recommend it.

That's it for today. I think I'm finally over the jet lag hump! 

 

Beauville Musee

Good morning quilt friends! Thanks for you  positive comments on the reposts. They are fun to revisit.

We had a lovely time in France and Germany and arrived home late Sunday night. 

Coming up- I thought I was ready to start sewing for the annual quiltalong, but my mind has been changed after this amazing Alcatian trip! 

I had a plan to visit the textile museum in Mulhouse but they were closed the day we arrived. from the Basel airport. I was bummed! 

We stayed in the fairytale town of Riquewihr which was very near the linen company of Beauville. Here are my first photos of the little museum they had in the shop. And this link will take you to the brief history of Beauville. 

Amazing (and large) Tree of Life

Now a few scenic photos from the area.

 

We had a lovely and very traditional Alsatian mean here.

The Strasbourg cathedral   built using pink Vosges sandstone. So beautiful!

Such an amazing trip! Can't wait to share it with you~!