We are gearing up for Quilt Market and Quilt Festival, and Sophie is going to spend a whole week with me in Houston! Meanwhile we’ve had a few sneak peeks of collections that will be introduced at Market this year, and it feels like there is another big change coming to our industry in the next year. So many of our old industry friends are retiring, and so many young people who joined the industry 5 years ago are now rising through the ranks. It is an exciting time to anticipate what new waves of innovation and creativity will burst onto the quilt and textile scene!
Last year we had the pleasure of popping up to the top floor of the convention center to see the Houston Grand Opera, who had been displaced by Hurricane Harvey. This year we are going to go see the opera back on their home turf, which will be a great way to kick off our week in Houston. I’ve been going to Houston for so many years, and it is a treat to appreciate other textiles (in the fabulous costumes) after a busy day of buying fabrics on the show floor. Why did it take a hurricane for me to find the opera after all these years?
We have some exciting announcements coming up about teachers and workshops in our new classroom for 2019.
July 11-14, 2019 we are thrilled to announce four one-day classes with Cindy Lohbeck, who I met at the Quilting Arts TV studio. She is coming to teach Shibori dyeing techniques, Ice-Dyeing, and Ombre Dyeing and when you see the photos of her work you are going to flip! So if this sounds like fun, please block out those days next year and watch for registration to open. You can take any single day class, or all four if you wish. Cindy is so creative and enthusiastic, and when I look at photos of her students’ work, it is clear she is very generous with her dyeing techniques.
We have more announcements coming up so stay tuned…we’ll be putting that new 10 foot stainless steel sink to good use in the studio/classroom! We just got the electrical drops put in this week (retractable electric cords that drop from the ceiling for our sewing classes) so we are ready to host a room full of busy sewing machines for our first Charity Sewing Day this Saturday!
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sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul
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* The collage above features digital printed large-scale forest fabrics currently in stock.
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eQuilter Classroom & Travel Calendar:
Oct 27 – Charity Sewing Day – eQuilter Classroom – Waiting List Only
Nov 2-8 – Houston Quilt Market/Festival
(Nov 8 – Love Your Mother Awards @ Teachers Luncheon)
Nov 13-19, 2018 – POLAR BEAR Tour
Dec 2 – Victoria Findlay Wolfe CQC workshop @ eQuilter
Dec 8 – Holiday Sewing Day & Open House – RSVP
Dec 23 – Jan 4 – China Trip
2019:
July 11-14 – Cindy Lohbeck Shibori & Ice-Dyeing Workshops
