For those of you longtime friends and customers, we are turning the page on another chapter of Sophie’s life. By this time next week she will be moved into her new college apartment for her sophomore year of college. We can only hope that, with vaccine mandates in place at the university, she will have a semi-normal first year ‘away’ at college.
My mom had a fall and fractured her clavicle, and there were a couple calls in the middle of the night from the nursing home this week. However the smoke has cleared up here today (after weeks of dangerous air quality) so I had a lovely ‘picnic’ visit with her outside her building, which has locked down again due to new Covid cases. I am sick and tired of the whole thing as I know you are, but as my Swedish great-grandma said, we just have to keep-a-goin’ when we are tested like this. We count our blessings and send our prayers out to so many around the country and around the world who are experiencing fires, floods, war and famine. I am grateful that through our charity program we can continue to help so many families in such desperate need. I know that Mission of Love and Doctors Without Borders are doing important work on the front lines, and I am grateful for their courage and compassion…and commitment.
You will notice that we have a Nature theme going this week, with so many fabrics depicting wild animals and birds. The UN came out with a grim warning about what humans need to do to stop climate change and pollution, to save both humans and the creatures who share this one precious planet with us. Again, I am somewhat heartened that together, through our charity program, we can support organizations like The Wild Foundation and Ocean Conservancy. The forests, the oceans, the Arctic, and the pristine eco-systems need all of us to fight to preserve these precious and irreplaceable wild places. I have taught my kids, that when you feel powerless and hopeless, that is the time to stand up and speak for those without a voice. I promise, it will make you fell better.
So I thank you again for supporting the eQuilter charity program. Together we have raised over $1.8 million and we are truly making a difference around the world. Together we are saving children’s lives, saving endangered species, and bringing Hope.
…sharing your love of fabric,
Luana and Paul
Quilt/Travel Calendar:
Aug 23-27 – Santa Fe
Sept 27 – Anchorage Log Cabin Quilters Guild – Lecture.
Oct 23-30 – Houston Quilt Market & Festival
Dec 4 – Zoom lecture “Intl Quilt Trends” – Quilt Canada
Jan 12 – Apr 9, 2022 – New England Quilt Museum (NEQM) “For the Love of Gaia” exhibit
Sat, April 9 – “International Quilt Trends” lecture – NEQM
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