Author Archives: Luana

I know that all of you around the world join us in expressing our profound sadness for what is happening in Japan. If you are following the news, you know that the initial earthquake and tsunami are just the beginning … Continue reading →

Japan needs our help! Hundreds of thousands of people are displaced, thousands are missing, and the aftershocks keep coming. Here are 10 different, legal, nonprofits who have committed to sending aid to Japan. Please do what you can – even … Continue reading →

Japan Tsunami aid and relief: How you can help – http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/11/tsunami-aid-and-relief-how-you-can-help/?hpt=T1 The world is already mobilizing to help victims of Friday's 8.9-magnitude earthquake that unleashed a devastating tsunami on Japan. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies … Continue reading →

One of the questions I get often from quilters, when I am visiting shows around the country, is about how to use large scale prints in traditional patchwork quilts. For a fresh contemporary look, the answer is…just cut it up … Continue reading →

Gosh it is scary how fast 12 years flies by. For my 40th birthday I convinced Paul to finish the basement so I could have a nice big studio. I had taken about 20 quilting classes, and was toying with … Continue reading →

One of my Facebook friends Heike posted this on Sunday from her friend in Christchurch, New Zealand: "Our house is beyond repair – it is on a lean and has many cracks in every room. We have to walk uphill … Continue reading →

I belong to many online quilt lists, because I like to keep my finger on the pulse of the quilting world. One of the lists (dedicated to fiber art and quilt art) has regularly, over the years, trotted out that … Continue reading →

As you may have guessed by now, I have a treasure trove of images from the Tokyo Quilt Festival, and I am enjoying picking out images to match my Creative Nudge topic of the week! This feisty 167 x 161 … Continue reading →

As an artist, I am always wide open to see and hear stories of creative inspiration. Today I heard a story on our Colorado Public Radio that got me kind of choked up – in a good way. It was … Continue reading →