Category Archives: Trends

Quilt Market Previews – Part 2

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Luana

Don’t forget to turn your clocks back one hour tonight, if you live in a Daylight Savings Time zone! We go through 150,000 fabrics every year, to cherry-pick the most beautiful designs and colors for our discriminating customers. Here are … Continue reading →

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Quilt Market Previews – Part 1

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Luana

After a 5 hour delay, we finally made it to Houston before the remnants of Hurricane Patricia arrived in Texas. Today has been a whirlwind, visiting 10 of our top suppliers, ordering fantastic fabrics that will arrive in our warehouse … Continue reading →

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Cuba, Nepal, Pine Ridge & Kenya

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Luana

I am writing to you from Tampa Florida, before I board a charter flight to Havana in Cuba. I won’t have access to a computer before the newsletter goes out today, although I should arrive at our hotel by dinnertime. … Continue reading →

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Free Exclusive Quilt Pattern – Doctor Who Tardis

Posted on September 11, 2015 by equilter

Attention Sci-Fi Nerds, Space Geeks and Doctor Who Fans! The time-traveling Mad Man in a Box returns for Season 9 in a week, and it will run for 13 weeks, plenty of time to make this exclusive eQuilter Free Pattern…with … Continue reading →

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European Quilts

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Luana

Thanks to all of our eQuilter friends who came to the panel discussion, and then my Trends power point lecture. eQuilter was the sponsor of the Festival Theatre, which was also the site of the Award Ceremony and the Fashion … Continue reading →

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Creative Nudge – Face of Pluto

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Luana

The celebrity of the moment is… Pluto! All eyes are on the enigmatic photo of the small icy dwarf planet which was beamed back to Earth by the New Horizons probe after a 3 billion mile journey to the outer … Continue reading →

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Design Trend Update

Posted on July 13, 2015 by Luana

One of the big trends in design is the influence of art and culture from Mexico. This is part of the reason why I just had to go down to the quilt festival in Mexico City earlier this year…to see … Continue reading →

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Nuggets of Detail

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Luana

This week I attended a fundraiser for our local Colorado Music Festival, and found myself 2 seats away from this weekend’s guest artist Olga Kern, Van Cliburn Gold Medal winner. The topic of world travel came up, and I was … Continue reading →

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Quilt Market Previews – Part 1

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Luana

Twice a year when we go to Quilt Market, I am asked by so many people “Did you see anything new and exciting?” Of course there is *always* lots of great fabric that we know you’ll love, but the ultimate … Continue reading →

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Modern Trends on National Quilting Day

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Luana

Now that I am back from my recent trips to Mexico and Santa Fe, I’ve had a chance to edit and upload photos from QuiltCon which was in Austin Texas last month. It was a lot of fun to see … Continue reading →

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