Most of us are feeling pretty optimistic now, as Summertime has arrived, we are getting vaccinated, public venues are opening up, we are seeing old friends and beloved family IN PERSON after such a long time!
Many of us are tentatively planning travel for the summer….camping under the stars, relaxing at the beach, or hiking in the forest are things that we long to experience again. Many National Parks have put new limitations on them because we are loving them to death, so here in Colorado you have to get a reserved entry time to visit our Rocky Mountain National Park for instance.
Lots of our customers make plans to bring handwork along when they are traveling. This could be the summer when you start to play around with handwork like Kantha stitching, Sashiko embroidery, or Hawaiian Applique. We have all the threads, needles and special thimbles stocked for the summer, to go in your traveling handwork basket!
Or it might be a roadtrip you have planned, and your camera will be your most creative tool in the backpack or around your neck. Those photos can be the inspiration for next Winter’s projects! Maybe there will be a good book in that backpack too…
Perhaps after you’ve traveled and come home, you’ll want to commemorate your travels with National Parks fabric panels, or blocks with the states you have visited. We are well stocked with these now, and we’ll try to keep this category well stocked throughout the travel season.
We know from pre-pandemic travel seasons that you also like to buy fabrics to remember your visits to the coastline, the mountains, the islands, and activities such as snorkeling and horseback riding. Our goal is to carry fabric for all those activities, because we know you love to cut up and sew those fabrics after you create such precious memories.
The best part about these memories is sharing them with the people we love.
It will indeed be A Summer of Love.
…sharing your love of fabric,
Luana and Paul
Quilt Calendar: (fingers crossed!)
June 13 – Zoom Lecture “Intl Quilt Trends” – Quilt National/Dairy Barn
July 29 – Aug 1 – Festival of Quilts in Birmingham UK
“For the Love of Gaia” quilt gallery
Aug 7 – Zoom lecture “Intl Quilt Trends” for Birmingham Festival of Quilts
Sept 27 – Anchorage Log Cabin Quilters Guild – Lecture.
Oct 23-30 – Houston Quilt Market & Festival
Dec 4 – Zoom lecture “Intl Quilt Trends” – Quilt Canada
Jan 12 – Apr 9, 2022 – New England Quilt Museum (NEQM)
“For the Love of Gaia” quilt exhibit
Sat, March 19 – “International Quilt Trends” power point lecture – NEQM
