By now we hope you have read a press release detailing the sale of eQuilter to the new owners:
Collin and Christina Stewart.
Today Paul and I went to visit eQuilter in its new location, which is about 15 minutes NE of the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum. It was great to see our staff running the business with the new owners in this new space. Such a huge relief to us to know that this couple, and our staff, will steward the business into a new chapter.
But today I am sharing some more big news.
As you know, Paul and I are ‘retiring’ so I can return to a full time art practice. Yesterday my studio was loaded up and shipped out. Many of you have asked where my new creative space will be. Now I can tell you!
We are moving to the Puget Sound area in Washington State. After many years of deliberation, and the urging of my dear friend Caryl Bryer Fallert, we are moving to a small town of 3000 people on the East side of the Olympic Peninsula. Port Ludlow is about 90 minutes from SeaTac Airport. We can see Whidbey Island from our new home. I have a beautiful new studio space and we are so excited to make this change. Our middle son Sam will be moving with us…along with the 3 cats and 2 dogs.
Caryl lives about 25 minutes north of us in Port Townsend, and also McKenna Ryan lives and works in PT. There is a thriving art quilt community there and I have already connected with the SAQA Wash chapter. In fact I have a quilt traveling in an exhibit there now.
We take possession of the new house July 24, which means I cannot go to the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham. However I will have 4 quilts there! The Soul Stories gallery will be right next to the SAQA gallery, with my wolf pack “Invisible Borders” piece. I have entered 2 pieces in the general show. And I just found out that my butterfly quilt (on the cover of the catalog) will be traveling there in the SAQA Camouflage exhibit. So although I will not be there in the flesh, I’ll be well represented by my work. *smile*
If you wish to follow my story in my new studio and new community, you can subscribe to my artist website. In the meantime we ask you to support the new owners, and let them know if there are products you want them to carry. They are so enthusiastic about the quilting world and they want to be of service to the community, as Paul and I have done for 27 years.
love always,
Luana and Paul Rubin
Christina and Collin Stewart
