Don’t know about you, but I am in the mood for a little escapism tonight.
Would you like to join me for a little walk through the forest?
I feel lucky to have been imbued with respect and delight for the natural world, as I was growing up. We lived in California until I was 10, and my memories of those years are a swirl of Beach, Redwood Forest, Mount Shasta, and a sprinkle of Disneyland on top. Then we moved to Colorado, and every other Sunday my parents would take us for a drive in the mountains. Literally a “Sunday drive”. Often we would go straight to Estes Park and the Rocky Mountain National Park, sometimes sliding down glaciers (that are gone now), stopping for a herd of elk, or searching for trout and beavers in the alpine streams.
Summer music camp at the base of Longs Peak was how I spent 3 summers as a teen. One night we snuck out to a meadow with sleeping bags to look at the Milky Way and watch shooting stars. And oh yeah, one night when I was sneaking back to my log cabin, I came face to face with a juvenile (teenager) bear. We both took off running in opposite directions, after several long moments eye-to-eye. (You can read about that on my artist website blog.)
I did a lot of hiking (and a little cross-country skiing) in our mountains before I blew out my knees. I have some special memories of wildflowers and high altitude pristine lakes. And of course wandering through groves of golden Aspen in the fall, breathing in that spicy earthy aroma of fallen leaves.
Hopefully you have similar memories that you can return to, when it is time to clear your head and calm your heart. I like to imagine that I am walking on the beach at sunset, or wandering along a forest path with the sound of a waterfall in the distance. When I am sewing, I love to work with beautiful artwork of these Nature themes…because they bring forth these memories. Art, color, design and quilting all help me to center into the moment and find a peaceful place.
Right now I am in the home stretch, finishing two nature-themed quilts before I leave for my solo gallery at the Kyoto Quilt Festival. If you’d like to follow along, subscribe to my artist blog here!
We hope that our fabrics bring you moments of meditation and joy as we all sail into 2025.
Sharing our passion for fabric…..
Luana and Paul
Travel/Lecture Dates:
Feb 25 – Mar 5 – Solo Gallery @ Kyoto Quilt Festival Feb 28 – Mar 2
Apr 3-6 – SAQA Conference – St Pete, Florida
April 27- May 3 – Alegre Retreat
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