This weekend we are celebrating our 25th Anniversary since eQuilter.com started in our home here in Boulder. We still live in the same house, and it is just one mile down the road from our 5-year old new warehouse building. We have some very special customers who have been with us since we started with a few hundred bolts in the basement…I thought I was going to have a little part-time business so I could stay home with the kids when they were little. Ha!
Later this year Paul and I are coming up on another big anniversary – 30 years since our first blind date. We both come from entrepreneurial families so we’ve hung on for the rollercoaster ride of running a small business, raising our kids, buying a piece of dirt and building our warehouse, keeping it all running through the pandemic, and raising $2 million for charity. Wow, what a ride!
The thing that Paul and I just LOVE about our business, is our wonderful customers. Paul loves to tell people about the amazing quilting community. When we first met, he had no idea what he was in for! But now as you know, he is an integral part of our business…from handling all the website design and maintenance, to designing quilts for our Free Pattern program, and managing our exclusive line of Rubin digital prints. We are 50/50 partners and co-owners. We are truly grateful for our years together, and our success…and your friendship.
All 3 of our kids have grown up in the business, and all 3 of them have worked for us at some point, before pursuing their own talents and adventures. Right now Mason works for a non-profit solar panel company, Sam is helping us out part time, and Sophie Quinn is finishing her degree in Music Education. We have many employees who have been with us for several years, and we’ve watched their kids grow up too. We have such a great team working together to get your orders out the door, answer your questions, and hopefully make all your quilting dreams come true.
THANK YOU – for giving us 25 years of this creative adventure.
We’re so glad you could come along for the ride.
REMINDER:
Tonight when you go to bed, most of you in the US will need to set your clocks ahead by one hour, for Daylight Savings.
sharing your love for fabric,
Luana and Paul
Travel/Quilt Dates:
March 10 – Guatemalan Textile Panel – Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
March 14-16 – Washington DC
April 7-12 Allegre Retreat
May 1-7 – England
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