Monthly Archives: August 2024

Happy Labor Day!

Posted on August 31, 2024 by Luana

We hope you are having restful and creative long weekend, for those of you observing the Labor Day holiday on Monday. Our offices will be closed so our staff can also enjoy the holiday with their families. For many of … Continue reading →

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Free Quilt Pattern – Wild Kitty

Posted on August 29, 2024 by Luana

Tonight’s Free eQuilter Pattern features Chong-A Hwang’s magical kitty, with captivating cascades of color and shadow. This adorable feline is embellished with mandalas and scrolls, with multi-color medallions on a black background. To make this 50″ wide x 68″ high … Continue reading →

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Late Summer Glow

Posted on August 28, 2024 by Luana

This week I am sharing a quilt from Quilt Canada, which was held in June, in Edmonton. This quilt captures the feeling of the end of summer vacation…as sunset falls and shimmering colors reflect on the lake, we light a … Continue reading →

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Scheduling Blocks of Creative Time

Posted on August 24, 2024 by Luana

It is always fun to have a group of quilters come and visit us on an eQuilter tour. Yesterday we had 25 visitors from a local guild, and their ‘wait list’ of 20 more is coming next week. We sent … Continue reading →

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Free Quilt Pattern – Drinkers of the Wind

Posted on August 22, 2024 by Luana

Tonight we are featuring the stunning artwork of Romantz Art as the centerpiece ofour exclusive Free Quilt Pattern – with the dramatic imagery of three galloping horses running through a colorful landscape, accented by dancing manes rushing through the wind. … Continue reading →

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Preserving Traditions & Culture

Posted on August 21, 2024 by Luana

Here is another quilt that I admired from the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham UK. This portrait is based on a historic archival photo of the IS PAN, from a rural area of Poland. A young woman is mending a … Continue reading →

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Free Quilt Pattern – Every Child Matters

Posted on August 18, 2024 by Luana

In light of the traumatic events that have unfolded at former Residential Schools across Canada and the US, we have designed this quilt ‘Every Child Matters’ out of reverence to those grieving. This painting depicts two siblings who were finally … Continue reading →

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Another Page Turns…In the Story of Quilting

Posted on August 17, 2024 by Luana

This week we lost 2 important matriarchs in the quilting world. Freddy Moran was 94 when she went to the big rainbow in the sky. She was an early advocate of bright colors and whimsical art quilt design, when others … Continue reading →

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Free Quilt Pattern – Sunny Day

Posted on August 15, 2024 by Luana

Bursting with Sunshine, our re-stocked exclusive eQuilter Free Pattern features a dazzling 60″ x 60″ Sunflower panel that will fill your bedroom with cheerful sunshine. This radiant 83″ x 83″ quilt design makes an enchanting sunny bed quilt, bringing calming … Continue reading →

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This One’s for Jane

Posted on August 14, 2024 by Luana

Today I am sharing another gorgeous quilt from the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham UK. (You can see a detail photo of this quilt, plus others from the FOQ on my photo pages.) This stunning vertical banner quilt is absolutely … Continue reading →

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