I am having a brief visit with my Bobcat quilt which has been traveling 3 years with the National Parks exhibit. I made the quilt from a photo of a bobcat resident of the Wild Animal Sanctuary, and this Saturday the quilt will be auctioned off to raise money for this sanctuary. If you live in Colorado and can make it to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, please RSVP (scroll down to the fundraiser event link on their Facebook page) and we’ll be enjoying food/drink/music together at this big Art Fundraiser in a few days!
eQuilter is a sponsor of the new Connections exhibit at the Visions Art Museum in San Diego. The opening reception was this last weekend, and I am sorry I could not attend in person. As a sponsor, we are there in spirit! The exhibit is on through Jan 6 2019, so I hope if you are in the area, you can visit the museum.
The San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles is hosting an amazing project –
The Gun Buy-Back: Cash & Quilts for Guns.
Kudos to all the quilters who have donated quilts for this effort! The museum is joining forces with the San Jose Police Department and Police Foundation to facilitate a unique gun buy-back where individuals will receive cash AND a beautiful quilt in exchange for turning in weapons, no questions asked. The event will take place on December 1, 2018. The police dept collected 690 guns during 2016’s gun buy-back. They hope to beat that record in 2018! They are requesting cash donations to support the buy-back part of the event.
We all know that quilts bring comfort and healing (to the maker, and the recipient) but in this case quilts can also bring Peace…a worthy goal with the holiday season approaching.
sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul
The collage above features digital printed fabrics from our exclusive collection of Rubin Studio Designs.
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eQuilter Classroom & Event Calendar:
Oct 27 – Charity Sewing Day in our NEW CLASSROOM
Dec 2 – Victoria Findlay Wolfe CQC workshop @ eQuilter
Dec 8 – Holiday Sewing Day – RSVP
Luana’s Travel Calendar:
Oct 20 – Wild Animal Sanctuary ART Fundraiser – Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Nov 2-8 – Houston Quilt Market/Festival
(Nov 8 – Love Your Mother Awards @ Teachers Luncheon)
Nov 13-19, 2018 – POLAR BEAR Tour
Dec 23 – Jan 4 – China
