Author Archives: Luana

Your Free Quilt Pattern – Express Tracks

Posted on January 7, 2022 by Luana

All Aboard for a bracing mountain ride on this vintage Steam Train – this week’s exclusive eQuilter Free Pattern Design! If you have a train buff in your life, now is a great time to start sewing this fantastic large … Continue reading →

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Looking for Silver Linings

Posted on January 5, 2022 by Luana

By now you have probably heard that last Thursday a wildfire raced through a suburb of Boulder, destroying over 1000 homes. We are on the North side of town, and the Marshall Fire was on the South side of Boulder, … Continue reading →

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Your Free Quilt Pattern – Bunny Tails

Posted on January 4, 2022 by Luana

Is there someone in your family who would be delighted to receive a Bunny quilt for this Easter? If so, now is a great time to start a Spring project…because when you are a quilter, the next holiday is always … Continue reading →

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A New Year…Turning the Page

Posted on January 3, 2022 by Luana

By now you may have read or heard about the massive wildfire that swept through a Boulder suburb here on Thursday. 35,000 people were evacuated, and preliminary estimates are that 991 homes were destroyed and 127 damaged. That is over … Continue reading →

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Your Free Quilt Pattern – Fairy Soiree

Posted on January 3, 2022 by Luana

Escape to a world of dreamy fantasy, delicate butterflies and sparkling fairies,in this week’s exclusive eQuilter Free Quilt Pattern. This Midsummer Night Dream has shades of deep blue and violet, with fairies in Lilac and Periwinkle, sprinkled with Silver Metallic. … Continue reading →

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A Matter of Perspective

Posted on December 29, 2021 by Luana

Here we are at the end of a 2nd challenging year, and if you read the news it is exhausting. I was raised an optimist – a “glass-half-full” girl. In my twenties when I started to travel around the world, … Continue reading →

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Your Free Quilt Pattern – Winter Bird Song

Posted on December 28, 2021 by Luana

You will be enchanted by these delightful vignettes of colorful Songbirds and Birdhousesin this week’s exclusive eQuilter Free Quilt Pattern. These little gems are set in a Winter landscape backdrop, with a windowpane quilt block pattern that gives a sense … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas & Happy Kwanzaa!

Posted on December 27, 2021 by Luana

Here we are again my friends, observing another strange Christmas after another strange year. Yes we are all sick and tired of this, but we still have each other. We have our quilt guilds on Zoom, our Fabriholic friends on … Continue reading →

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Your Free Quilt Pattern – Polar Journey

Posted on December 27, 2021 by Luana

Santa is not the only magical being who lives at the North Pole.This week’s exclusive eQuilter Free Quilt Pattern features a dazzling Ice Queen riding a Polar Bear under a shimmering Aurora Borealis. To make this 64″ x 55″ quilt … Continue reading →

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Faith Hope Love & Charity

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Luana

In 1958 the first edition of “Jolly Old Santa Claus” was published, with the lush oil-painted illustrations by George Hinke. (1883-1953) George was born in Germany and came to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1923, worked in a print shop, and eventually … Continue reading →

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