You may know that in March 1999, Paul and I started our business in the basement of our home. We started out specializing in Asian imported fabrics and Bali batiks. My years living in Asia, and having family members in Hawaii, gave us a special appreciation for these beautiful fabrics. Adopting a baby from China deepened our love of Asian fabrics.
Today we still have a special place in our hearts for these categories, but they are much harder to find, and keep in stock. So when we have a week like this, with Hawaiian Batiks,Island prints, Asian Florals, Asian Blenders, and Japanese magazines, it brings a smile to our faces. Since many of our suppliers have cut way back on these categories, we have to dig a little deeper to locate these products, and some of them are exclusive to eQuilter. If you share our love of Asian and Island fabrics and are not quite ready to travel, take a little vacation in our carefully curated Asian Department.
This weekend I had a photo op, to take images of raptors with a local non-profit called Hawk Quest. Many of you know Gail Garber who is the executive director of Hawks Aloft in Albuquerque, and also a brilliant quilt artist and teacher. In fact she is a fellow Bernina Ambassador. The raptor rescue world is a small one – like the quilting world – and so the guy who runs Hawk Quest of course knows Gail. (Hey Gail – Dan says hi!) Anyway I had a fantastic photo session with several owls, a bald eagle and a kestrel. Maybe you will see them in our exclusive fabric line one day.
Tomorrow (Sunday) I will be giving an online lecture “International Quilt Trends” for the Dairy Barn, as a Quilt National fundraiser. We’ve pinned the details and registration link to the top of our Facebook page here. I hope you can join us.
…sharing your love of fabric,
Luana and Paul
Quilt Calendar: (fingers crossed!)
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
