We’ve received some really special and very personal testimonials in the last week or two, and I just wanted to give a special thank you to those of you who have taken the time to send us those very kind messages. We love you too!
Tonight we have a Sneak Preview of my clip from an upcoming Quilting Arts TV episode, talking about “The Golden Hour” ….the SAQA fundraiser group by Andover, and also the big trend of Digital Printing in our textile industry. It is great to be back on the show with Susan Brubaker Knapp. You can see all the previous visits to Quilting Arts TV on this page if you scroll down. If you go down far enough you’ll see Pokey!
Did you know our daughter Sophie had a few appearances on QA TV? You can see them on this page. She is so grown up now (a sophomore in high school) so she doesn’t have time to travel to TV studios anymore – ha. However we are planning for her to come to Quilt Market in Houston next Fall. She will finally be old enough to attend the trade show. Look out Houston!
We had a very special visitor on Friday – Leda Huta who is the executive director for the Endangered Species Coalition in Washington DC. We gave her a tour…she and her daughter had fun with all of our wild animal fabrics…and we talked about the importance of keeping the Endangered Species Act in place.
The ESA was signed into law 12-28-73, and has saved more than 200 animals from extinction. An impressive 99% of the plant, animal and insect species that have been protected under the ESA are with us today despite their brushes with extinction, including American icons like the bald eagle, the California condor, and the Florida manatee.
However hunting, destructive fishing practices, waterway pollution, habitat loss and widespread use of pesticides continues to ravage threatened species’ populations. Leda and I talked about working together in the future, toward our shared goal of protecting these endangered species.
Hurricane and Earthquake Comfort Quilt projects.
Next Charity Sewing Day: Sat Dec 9, from 9 am to 4 pm. Thanks to Blakeman Sewing for providing beautiful BERNINA machines! Please RSVP to Dana in Customer Service if you are coming, so we can be sure to have enough machines!
sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul
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Event & Travel Calendar:
Dec 26 2017 – Jan 8 2018 – Tanzania Africa Wildlife Migration Tour
Feb 22-25, 2018 – QuiltCon – Pasadena, California
Feb 26 – Marty Ornish CQC workshop @ eQuilter Classroom
Mar 1 – May 15 – Registration for ‘Love Your Mother’ Quilt Challenge
April 5-7 – SAQA Conference San Antonio TX
April 14-15 – Lisa Walton workshop @ eQuilter Classroom
May 11 – eQuilter Chromazone – Color Marketing Group
Nov 14-20, 2018 – POLAR BEAR Tour – Join me in Churchill!
