Category Archives: Design

Fall Equinox in Umbria

Posted on September 21, 2024 by Luana

This last week I’ve been on a self-care trip that was planned the last year of my mom’s life. I just finished a one week painting retreat in Umbria, and this weekend I am meeting a friend in Rome to … Continue reading →

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A Self Care Art Retreat

Posted on September 14, 2024 by Luana

Many of you know that I lost my mother last November. For those of you who are currently caretakers, I will share a story. During that last difficult year, I had a dream of going on a painting retreat to … Continue reading →

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Eye Candy from AQSG

Posted on September 11, 2024 by Luana

I am back from Tarrytown NY, where I was attending the American Quilt Study Group Seminar. As AQSG president Nancy Bavor noted, this is a little out of my usual oeuvre, but nevertheless I enjoyed hanging out with some of … Continue reading →

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American Quilt Study Group

Posted on September 7, 2024 by Luana

I am writing to you from Tarrytown, New York tonight, while attending the AQSG Seminar (American Quilt Study Group). This is the group of quilt history nerds who dig into the past with a combination of genealogy and textile sleuthing. … Continue reading →

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Steampunk Island

Posted on September 4, 2024 by Luana

This week we have a new shipment with lots of Steampunk-themed prints, so I thought it would be fun to showcase these images of the Mechanical Elephant in Nantes France. Last year in April I went to the quilt festival … Continue reading →

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Happy Labor Day!

Posted on August 31, 2024 by Luana

We hope you are having restful and creative long weekend, for those of you observing the Labor Day holiday on Monday. Our offices will be closed so our staff can also enjoy the holiday with their families. For many of … Continue reading →

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Late Summer Glow

Posted on August 28, 2024 by Luana

This week I am sharing a quilt from Quilt Canada, which was held in June, in Edmonton. This quilt captures the feeling of the end of summer vacation…as sunset falls and shimmering colors reflect on the lake, we light a … Continue reading →

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Scheduling Blocks of Creative Time

Posted on August 24, 2024 by Luana

It is always fun to have a group of quilters come and visit us on an eQuilter tour. Yesterday we had 25 visitors from a local guild, and their ‘wait list’ of 20 more is coming next week. We sent … Continue reading →

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Preserving Traditions & Culture

Posted on August 21, 2024 by Luana

Here is another quilt that I admired from the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham UK. This portrait is based on a historic archival photo of the IS PAN, from a rural area of Poland. A young woman is mending a … Continue reading →

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Another Page Turns…In the Story of Quilting

Posted on August 17, 2024 by Luana

This week we lost 2 important matriarchs in the quilting world. Freddy Moran was 94 when she went to the big rainbow in the sky. She was an early advocate of bright colors and whimsical art quilt design, when others … Continue reading →

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