| Save big on our Floral Fabric and Animal Closeout sales! Over 410 products at 40% off! Sunday is the last day of Our Batiks & Blender & Tonal Sales. Don’t miss these savings at 40% off. Perhaps you have noticed there is a serious lack of Asian fabrics the last several years. Many have become collector items. This is why we are leading with the Imperial Collection at the top of this week’s e-newsletter. Have you ordered any of our seasonal Artisan Chocolate yet? We restocked all your favorites this week and they not only make great stocking-stuffers for discriminating chocophiles, but they also are good to have on hand for holiday sewing emergencies. As you know, Chocolate researchers claim many benefits including the ability to lower cortisol and boost mood-impacting hormones, serotonin and dopamine. Kinda like quilting, huh? *grin* Last weekend was a big week for quilt festivals! While I was at the Intl Quilt Museum in Lincoln, the Houston Quilt Festival was happening, and one of the first post-pandemic Japanese quilt festivals was held in Yokohama. We are seeing lots of images of beautiful quilts posted on social media which is so inspiring! Now is the time when we are finishing up our quilted gifts for the holidays, and planning our projects for the Winter/Post-Holiday season. Have you ever entered a quilt in a show? Maybe 2023 is your year? You can start taking a look at possible Calls for Entry from your local and regional guilds, to national and international quilt festivals. If you want to challenge yourself and try to shoot for a higher level, you can also look at the SAQA Call for Entry page and see if one of the many opportunities is for you. I encourage you to start thinking about this now! This week I decided to ditch Twitter and open accounts on TikTok for @eQuilterFabrics and @LuanaRubinArt – feel free to follow both accounts. I am going to focus on the eQuilter account first, and plan to post on my account once I get eQuilterFabrics up and running. Like me, you might need a Gen Z helper to get started to avoid all the loud nonsense, but there is an avid quilt community developing there. If you are already on TikTok, please come join/follow us while we learn how to make TikTok videos while maintaining our sense of humor – ha! If you have not jumped on the crazy TikTok bandwagon yet – maybe this is a good place to start! I have some funny ideas which my kids find embarrassing so you know…that is a good place to launch right? Sharing your love of fabric, Luana Visit eQuilter’s Instagram, Pinterest or TikTok pages for Color and Design ideas. See Luana’s Flickr Photo Pages for travel images, comment on our blog, or follow us on Facebook. Check out our Video pages for interviews and show reviews. Travel/Quilt Calendar: Dec 1-2 – Clinton Presidential Library – Artist Reception Feb 22-25 – QuiltCon – Atlanta April – Pour l’Amour du Fil – Nantes |
