My Inbox is full of emails reviewing what happened in 2023. It is interesting to review some of those lists, but for many of us 2023 was a difficult year. I am always excited to start a New Year, but I am especially chuffed for 2024, because I am returning to my studio, and my art/design practice. I have given myself something to look forward to, so I can move forward. For those of you also mourning the loss of one or more loved ones, I invite you to join me by healing through creativity.
Recently I signed up again for Turner Classic Movies, and I’ve been slurping down the December festival movies of Cary Grant. Yesterday was Father Goose, Houseboat, and Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House. I used to spend time with Mom in her room, watching TCM old movies together. Now I watch them alone late at night, but I feel she is there with me.
Do you have a New Years Eve family tradition? For years Sophie Quinn and I have been going to downtown Denver for the Colorado Symphony’s “Night in Vienna” – an evening full of Strauss Waltzes and finishing with the traditional Radetzky March. That rousing piece sends us out into the last few hours of the year with smiles on our faces and a roaring fire in our hearts, ready to face whatever the New Year will bring. This year Sophie Quinn is working at Boettcher Hall for that concert (!) but she’ll come and slip into the aisle seat that I am saving for her, while the music plays.
We hope that you will also be filled with that creative fire from your New Year celebrations, we thank you for supporting our family business and our charity program in 2023. When you place an order, any order, 2% of your purchase goes to help those in need, save the planet, and bring comfort.
Wishing you many blessings in the New Year.
sharing your love for fabric,
Luana and Paul
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Jan 26 – SAQA NOCO eQuilter Tour
Feb 21-24, 2024 – QuiltCon in Raleigh, NC – eQuilter is a GOLD Sponsor.
March 6 – Canadian Quilters Association – Zoom Lecture “Intl Quilt Trends”
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