This weekend I am excited to share that I’ve been invited to come to the Taiwan Quilt Festival in Taipei. The event is November 21-23. I will be the featured artist and speaker, giving a lecture on International Quilt Trends on that Saturday night. More details will be forthcoming. You will see I have shared their announcement on my personal Facebook page.
In fact I spent quite a bit of time in Taiwan….in the late 1980s. Back then I was flying business class on Pan Am, from New York to Taipei. I think I spent a total of six months there over several years. Each trip was about a month long, working to develop a collection in a factory. Many of my friends from Hong Kong had moved there, and I especially enjoyed visiting the museums. I’ll have to brush up on my Mandarin between now and then!
In case you missed my Wednesday e-newsletter, the Hoffman Challenge fabrics came in this week, and it is one of my favorite challenge collections:
PURPLE BATIKS!
You can find yardage and fat quarter bundles here. You will be tempted to join the challenge this year. I like to work with batiks and hand-dyes in my own work, because of their dense weave and smooth hand.
Hoffman’s high quality batiks are always a pleasure to work with, and we have a new fat quarter packet with their ever-popular batik dots.
Stay cool out there – and keep stitching.
sharing your love for fabric,
Luana and Paul
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Travel/Lecture Dates:
July 18 – SAQA “Balance” opening reception in Durango, CO
July 27 – Aug 6 – Festival of Quilts, Birmingham UK
Sept 12 – SAQA “Camouflage” reception – Arizona Sonora Desert Museum – Tuscon AZ
Oct 9-12 – Houston Quilt Festival – Soul Stories
Nov 2-6 – Art Quilt Tahoe – Independent Study
Nov 7-10 – Sacred Threads – Indianapolis – Art & Activism lecture
Nov 21-23 – Taiwan Quilt Festival – Taipei
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