Author Archives: Luana

About Luana

eQuilter.com has the largest online selection of quilt fabrics and quilting accessories. Over 1000 new products per month, are introduced in the weekly e-newsletters. 2% of sales is given to charity. Located in Boulder, Colorado. Independently owned by husband and wife (aka Mom and Pop) Luana and Paul Rubin.

Free Quilt Pattern – Call of the Wild Grizzly Bear

Posted on October 13, 2023 by Luana

Travel to the back country of Northern forests with this week’s Free Quilt Pattern, with a scenic panel featuring a landscape-within-a-landscape and a Brown Bear on the move. To make this 62″ x 51″ exclusive quilt design, you will start … Continue reading →

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Leah’s Fox and Hare

Posted on October 11, 2023 by Luana

This week I am sharing another paper-pieced quilt from the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham UK. This very clever original quilt (Top-Center) highlights the story of the Fox and Hare, with a vertical mirror image featuring the fox on the … Continue reading →

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Free Quilt Pattern – Steampunk Portrait

Posted on October 8, 2023 by Luana

A luminous dreamy visage gazes out from a Steampunk collage in this phantasmagoria….a flight of fancy with rustic gears and spiraling tendrils emerging from a mysterious dark background. To make this 60″ x 68″ quilt design, you will start with … Continue reading →

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Cats, Girl Scouts & Capt Picard

Posted on October 7, 2023 by Luana

As you may know, eQuilter has had an exclusive line of digital printed fabrics for years now, with hundreds of products in our Rubin Design Studio collections. We got another shipment this week, and if you are a Cat Lover … Continue reading →

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Free Quilt Pattern – Through the Forest Light

Posted on October 6, 2023 by Luana

This breathtaking Autumn scene features the magical light of the Golden Hour, with a luminous glow filtering through red, orange and yellow leaves. A herd of deer pause to survey the viewer (you!) with a harvest scene in the background. … Continue reading →

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Helen and the Mermaid

Posted on October 4, 2023 by Luana

Tonight I am sharing an image of this stunning paper-pieced quilt made by Helen Creasey – and exhibited at the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham UK in August. This large-scale (life size) mermaid portrait was designed, constructed and machine quilted … Continue reading →

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Free Quilt Pattern – Winter Solstice

Posted on October 1, 2023 by Luana

Fall is gently blowing through the trees and into our neighborhoods, which meansthe Holiday season cannot be too far behind. Perhaps you are already dreaming of that first snowfall, and those winter months stitching by a crackling fire with a … Continue reading →

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The Joy of Historic Quilts

Posted on September 30, 2023 by Luana

Today I am writing to you from Louisville Kentucky, where I’ve been attend the AQSG annual seminar (American Quilt Study Group). I am pleasantly surprised at how many people I know at this event! My focus tends to be more … Continue reading →

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Free Quilt Pattern – Yosemite’s Bigfoot

Posted on September 29, 2023 by Luana

Tonight’s Free eQuilter Pattern features the man, the myth, the legend … Bigfoot! He has been sighted in Yosemite National Park in illustrative detail on this mysterious quilt pattern. To make this magical 55″ x 63″ wall hanging, you’ll start … Continue reading →

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Kaffe & Kim in Roseville

Posted on September 27, 2023 by Luana

Happy Fall, and Happy Birthday to Libras! I know many of you are fans of Australian pattern designer Kim McLean, who uses Kaffe Fassett Collective fabric to create her colorful contemporary “Album” applique quilts. I was delighted to see an … Continue reading →

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