Last night I had the pleasure of meeting the artists whose work I juried into the Men’s Quilt Show at the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum in Golden. There were 96 entries and 41 quilts made it into the show. So much talent and vision! Every year this show gets better. The hardest part was deciding which pieces would not get into the show, because I know how much it means to have a piece in this exhibit. If you are coming through Colorado in the next several months, please make a point of stopping to see the exhibit in the Museum’s new location. It runs through May 26.
When you go, also look for the exhibit in the back room from the Wa Shonaji Quilt Guild. This is the African American guild in Denver who have been driving up for our Charity Sewing Days, and it was great to see their art quilts on display also!
Despite the snow, we had several ladies (and a couple husbands) driving to our Sewing Day today. Their drives are usually one hour so I can’t imagine how long it took them to get here. Artist Lea McComas even brought her parents, and the 3 of them sewed, quilted and bound a quilt! Now that’s what I call a great family activity!
Many thanks again to Blakeman Sewing and Donovan for bringing those beautiful BERNINA machines to the classroom today. Our next Charity Sewing Day is Saint Patrick’s Day – Sat March 17. Please DO RSVP in advance, especially if you wish to be provided with a Bernina machine to sew on that day.
Good news for those of you planning to attend one of our upcoming workshops: We have secured a corporate discount for our attendees, at the award-winning Hampton Inn which is one block from our offices. If you are coming from out of town, be sure to click through to the hotel reservation page with the discount code. You will see that going live in the next few days, for Lisa Walton’s workshop, the CMG Chromazone, etc.
As you can see, we are shifting our business to interact more with you face-to-face. We hope you can attend a workshop or creative retreat, enter a quilt in our challenge (maybe win that new BERNINA machine?!), or travel with me later this year. I left the garment industry and came into the quilt industry because, frankly quilters are just the best! I look forward to spending time with more of you this year, so I can share more of my creative passion and inspiration with you.
Speaking of which, did you see I posted another batch of quilts from Tokyo, on my photo pages?
We have also restocked the African patterns from Sew Fabulous, after the inspiration of my New Years trip to Tanzania. I love these patterns even more, after my trip to Africa!
sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul
