This week our maple tree had a branch that turned colors, and a perfect little red leaf fluttered to my feet. I picked it up and tucked it into a book I am reading about the Metropolitan Art Museum. Today we finally got some rain and the next week will be highs in the seventies …. very welcome! I am seeing on Facebook that many of our quilter friends have been evacuating due to fires and floods, and having to make decisions about what to put in the car as they leave their homes. Sewing machines and pets are usually on that short list. I hope you all stay safe and can return to your homes soon.
Yesterday I gave a tour of eQuilter and my studio, to a group of quilt teachers from Alaska. The conversation usually turns to bears, when I talk to Alaskans. This is the time of year when I took photo trips to Alaska during the salmon run. Those trips are still inspiring my quilts. I do enjoy welcoming groups of quilters to tour our warehouse and my studio, usually on Friday afternoons. If you are interested, give us a call and we’ll get you on the calendar!
Sophie Quinn just finished her first week of school. Her college education has been delayed by the pandemic, then her violin professor and mentor got sick, and later we lost him so she transferred to another school and lost a lot of credits. But she is still working on nailing down that Music Education degree. Our quilter friends always ask about her so I hope you don’t mind that I give an update now and then. She is still working for the Colorado Symphony in Patron Services, and attending classes at MSU Denver.
It is a cool breezy evening with thunderclouds on the horizon, and that means in a few weeks the Aspen will start to turn gold up in the Rockies. Kids back in school and cooler weather means….sewing season! I did some cleaning and re-organizing in my studio space today, and am ready to get back to work after a busy summer traveling. The long Labor Day weekend is just around the corner, and I am planning my own 3-day holiday sew-a-thon…. making a new piece for the Taiwan Quilt Festival in November.
sharing your love for fabric,
Luana and Paul
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Travel/Lecture Dates:
Oct 9-12 – Houston Quilt Festival – Soul Stories
Nov 2-6 – Art Quilt Tahoe – Independent Study
Nov 7-10 – Sacred Threads – Indianapolis – Art & Activism lecture
Nov 21-23 – Taiwan Quilt Festival – Taipei
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