If you’ve read our newsletter for many years, you know that we are serious Sci-Fi nerds… fans of Star Trek, Star Wars, Stargate, Dr Who and Guardians of the Galaxy, to name a few. I especially love those futuristic stories that are set in a more evolved society…as Gene Roddenberry imagined. Meeting actual rocket scientists and astronauts at NASA through our association with Engineers Without Borders (EWB) has been an absolute thrill.
Did you know that one of our comfort quilt projects was actually discussed on the International Space Station? No kidding! As we gathered and shipped 2500 quilts to earthquake/tsunami victims in Japan, with the help of Mission of Love, one of our NASA EWB friends told an astronaut about our project…as he floated on the ISS. Pretty cool. Later I got a VIP tour of the ISS Mission Control and met the flight director as they monitored the astronauts in space.
All thanks to those of you who support our charity programs…which will hit a total amount raised of $1.5 million in 2018. Together we are doing a lot of good around the world – for children – for the environment – for refugees – for breast cancer research. Thank you.
I am still putting together details about our Love Your Mother quilt challenge for 2018. In fact I’ll be working on that during my trip this week! We have updates on minimum/maximum sizes and submission dates on the contest page now. The main challenge panel is online and in stock NOW.
Are you coming to Sacred Threads/Not Fade Away this weekend? If so I will be speaking at the dinner on Saturday night…hope to see you there!
Did you miss out on my last 2 Polar Bear tours? I have agreed to host another trip in November 2018 with Natural Habitats – the same company organizing my tour to Tanzania for New Years Eve this year.
sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana
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Travel Calendar:
July 13-17 – Sacred Threads & Not Fade Away
July 28 – Aug 1 – Intl Quilt Trends lecture (7/30) at San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
Aug 9-14 – Festival of Quilts, Birmingham UK
Sept 16 – Quilters Take Manhattan
Oct 1-11 – Intl Quilt Trends lecture at New Zealand Quilt Symposium – Christchurch
Dec 29 2017 – Jan 5 2018 – Tanzania Africa Wildlife Migration Tour – Limited Spaces
Feb 22-25, 2018 – QuiltCon – Pasadena, California
Nov 14-20, 2018 – POLAR BEAR Tour – Join me in Churchill!
