January 15 is National Hat Day, and it is splendidly serendipitous that we have a sculptural felt hat-making workshop with the Handweaver’s Guild in our classroom for the next 2 days. The teacher Dawn Edwards took a tour of our warehouse today, and we plucked the Summer issue of Fiber Art Now off the shelf…with a photo of her granddaughter modeling one of her fabulous hats. Gosh I just love when those things happen!
Some of you with excellent memories may remember a newsletter I sent out in April 2018, about visiting a sheep farm with Sophie. While we were there, we witnessed a lamb being born. The owner of the farm is also part of the Handweaver’s Guild here, and she’ll be bringing her wool to the class today I suppose. There is a lovely circular quality to our relationships with creative people, I have found.
For 15 years, before we started eQuilter, I was part of a weekly figure painting class. Every week I would take my easel and oil paints, and paint a portrait or figure from a live model in 3 hours. For many years my work in plein air, still life and portrait painting, taught me invaluable lessons about light, color, and design. Everything we have ever done in the Arts is there for us as we explore new ways to share our ideas visually. You never know where that next great inspiration will come from…perhaps the color of a child’s ice cream cone, reflected lights on rippling water, a tangle of color threads on our sewing room floor.
When you look at the world with an artist’s eye, you see things that others miss. Aren’t we lucky?
sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul
p.s. Yesterday was National Dress Up Your Pet Day, hence the Hats and Pets above. Please note: No animals were harmed in the making of this e-newsletter.
eQuilter Classroom:
Jan 15-16 – Dawn Edwards – Nuno Felt Hats
March 6-8 – MJ Kinman – “Unicorn Rainbow” & “Elizabeth Diamond” Gemstone Workshop
April 13-15 2020 – Susan Carlson – SOLD OUT
June 1-5 2020 – Paula Nadelstern – Kaleidoscopes & Quilts
Luana’s Travel Calendar:
Jan 24-29, 2020 – Tokyo Quilt Festival
Feb 19-22 – QuiltCon in Austin TX
Mar 18-27 – Wilderness Congress – Jaipur India
June 26-27 – Intl Quilt Museum – Lincoln NE
July 29 – Aug 2 – “Love Your Mother” Gallery in Birmingham UK
