Category Archives: Creativity

Looking Ahead

Posted on November 16, 2024 by Luana

Our 100 donated comfort quilts from Colorado guilds have arrived in Western North Carolina, and our partners on the ground are so excited to gift these to those who lost everything after Hurricane Helene. They also send their thanks to … Continue reading →

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Snow in the Mountains….and our Front Yard!

Posted on November 9, 2024 by Luana

Hello from Snowy Colorado, where winter has truly and finally arrived with a blanket of white. This is a quiet weekend and a good time to finish up holiday sewing, and start to make plans for 2025. Our 100 donated … Continue reading →

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Happy Kids & Dogs

Posted on November 6, 2024 by Luana

Having just returned from the 50th Anniversary of the International Quilt Festival in Houston, of course I have to share one of my favorite quilts with you! This exuberant image is “Joyful Spring” by Hiroko and Masanobu Miyama, of Nagano … Continue reading →

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Greetings from Houston

Posted on November 2, 2024 by Luana

For most of us in the US, daylight savings ends tonight, which means we get an extra hour of sleep Sunday morning. Yay! The last couple of days I have been at the quilt festival photographing the quilts and meeting … Continue reading →

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Blooming Mandala

Posted on October 30, 2024 by Luana

Tonight I’ll be arriving in Houston, to photograph the quilt show, and meet up with the quilting community. On the eve of this big show, I’d like to share with you one of my favorite quilts from the Festival of … Continue reading →

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Caryl’s Cranes

Posted on October 23, 2024 by Luana

The last few months we’ve been fortunate to have an exhibit of Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry here in Colorado. Her quilts were hanging at the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum in Golden, and this stunning show closed on Saturday. We were a … Continue reading →

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New Partner for NC Quilt Drive

Posted on October 19, 2024 by Luana

This weekend we are a sponsor for the “Recharge and Reinvent” online retreat for Quilt Guild leadership, hosted by the Intl Quilt Museum in Lincoln Nebraska. I am speaking towards the end of the retreat tomorrow. Hopefully your guild attended … Continue reading →

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Houston Quilt Festival Awards Announced

Posted on October 12, 2024 by Luana

Today the awards for the International Quilt Festival (Houston) were announced live by Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson. We have shared the recording on our Facebook page if you’d like to see who won! Congratulations to Janet Stone, who won … Continue reading →

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Maximum Juiciness

Posted on October 9, 2024 by Luana

In my 40+ years working with design and color, it has been remarkable to see women’s progression from safe(boring) colors, to juicy joyful colors. In the 1990s when I was moving from the fashion industry to the quilt textile industry, … Continue reading →

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How to Help

Posted on October 5, 2024 by Luana

We continue to think about what we can do to help others who have suffered losses in the hurricane. Right now of course, those who have lost homes have the most urgent needs and I have posted a list of … Continue reading →

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