Free eQuilter Pattern – Easy Rider

If the haunting call of the open road is your constant companion,
this eye-popping Motorcycle Free Quilt Pattern is for you! (or perhaps your significant other?) Look closely and you will find familiar biker icons, plus references to Sturgis, Laughlin, Daytona, Branson, Laconia, Myrtle Beach, and Route 66.

Dan Morris is one of our favorite artists, and we love this 66″ x 82″ quilt design which features a digital-printed block panel with his detailed illustrations. You’ll add in his collection coordinates and a couple Hoffman Hand-Dyes to make this bold and dynamic visual statement.

… featuring the ‘Easy Rider’ collection by Dan Morris for Quilting Treasures.

Don’t miss the popular ‘Dragon Fire‘ and ‘Wild Tiger Eyes‘ quilt patterns!

Order the pattern as configured, or customize it to your liking with any of our thousands of fabrics. Just place your desired fabrics in your Wish List, and these fabrics will appear in the Fabric Selector below the pattern.

Click Here for a Video Tutorial of the Free Pattern Designer.
Download Instructions for the pattern at the bottom of the pattern designer page.

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Masters of Color

This week my kids and I went to see the beautiful Monet exhibit at the Denver Art Museum. There are more than 120 paintings in this exhibit, covering his entire career, including plein air paintings from the Normandy coast, the Mediterranean, London, the Netherlands, and frosty Norway. My kids were spellbound. The exhibit was so large it was on 2 floors!

Mason and I visited Monet’s home and gardens in Giverny many years ago, so it was very special for him to see so many of the paintings created at Monet’s lily ponds. I am going to try to go back to have a 2nd look at the exhibit, and to have more time to listen to the whole audio tour. The exhibit runs through Feb 2 and timed tickets are selling out in advance, so try to book your tickets before the last minute if you can go.

The Impressionists were Masters of Color, and we are still learning from them. When you see one of these paintings up close in person, you see layers of color that evoke shimmering transparency. Even the paintings depicting snow and ice are subtle poems of analogous hues and misty values. The explorations of light and the reflective qualities of water give us much to consider.

I have seen this kind of Colorplay in the larger Gemstone quilts of MJ Kinman. Her free intro webinar with Sulky is this Wednesday, and we expect her “Unicorn Rainbow” & “Elizabeth Diamond” Gemstone Workshop to fill up after the webinar, so if you want to secure your spot in her March 6-8 workshop we recommend you claim your spot in the next few days!

We’ll be opening up registration for Paula Nadelstern’s 5-Day ‘Kaleidoscopes & Quilts’ Workshop soon. If you want 24 hour advance notice before it opens to the public, please contact Customer Service to be put on the ‘interest’ list for Paula.

We want to send a message to our friends in Australia – we are watching the news about your fires and praying for rain. The estimated losses of wildlife are mind-boggling. We hope you stay safe and know that we are thinking of you.

sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul

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Free eQuilter Pattern – Rock Garden Rainbow

Marvel at the symmetrical beauty of Succulents in
this week’s exclusive eQuilter Free Quilt Pattern. Succulents are not just a passing Hipster trend! The popularity of Succulent gardens and terrariums has expanded to the quilting world and we’ve combined these top-selling digital prints into a rainbow of cacti vignettes.

This 71″ x 71″ quilt design uses 2 digital succulent prints (Panel and Allover), one white-on-white butterfly print, and 2 Hoffman Hand-Dyes.

Succulents are known for low maintenance and long lifespans, making them popular with urban dwellers who work long hours. Succulents’ popularity doesn’t seem to be slowing down, but are now being used for weddings (including boutonnieres) and hanging gardens in commercial spaces. The artful images of succulents are used in all kinds of surface design, including greeting cards, tee-shirts and wrapping paper. It’s hip to be Succulent!

…featuring the ‘Succulent Charm’ collection by Elizabeth’s Studio.

Don’t miss the popular ‘Dragon Fire‘ and ‘Wild Tiger Eyes‘ quilt patterns!

Order the pattern as configured, or customize it to your liking with any of our thousands of fabrics. Just place your desired fabrics in your Wish List, and these fabrics will appear in the Fabric Selector below the pattern.

Click Here for a Video Tutorial of the Free Pattern Designer.
Download Instructions for the pattern at the bottom of the pattern designer page.

Luana and Paul Rubin

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Welcome to a New Decade!

Happy New Year to our dear friends and customers around the world. As we enter a new decade together it is a time to celebrate the gift of sewing and passion for creativity that we share.

We have many stories, surprises, workshops and adventures to share with you in this New Year. 2020 is a year when you will see the fruit of our charity programs ripening in unexpected ways. You can share in our excitement as these new projects are announced in the near future.

Together with your help, we are a Force for Good in the World. We are helping women start new businesses in Kenya with microloans. We are helping to feed and house families living in extreme poverty in Guatemala and Pine Ridge SD. We are helping to pay for Hugging Grannies in Chinese orphanages. We are inspiring children to make a difference in the world they will inherit. Our close partnerships with our list of amazing charities, and other conservation organizations, are fighting to save endangered species. And we are sponsoring important quilt exhibits that would otherwise not be seen.

All because of you. Thank you for being on the eQuilter.com Team.

May your New Year be filled with Joy and Blessings.

Luana and Paul
the Rubin Family
and the eQuilter Staff
Boulder, Colorado

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Free eQuilter Pattern – Meow-Za!

Butterflies, Rainbows and KITTIES bring a smile to our faces in this week’s Exclusive Free Quilt Pattern. This charming cat is simply glowing in vibrant floral hues and painterly brushstrokes, set on a velvety deep black background.

Those rainbow colors are echoed in the coordinates – a splash of color, multicolor pawprints, and jewel-tone butterflies are from the Chong-A Hwang collection. We’ve added in 2 Hoffman Hand-Dyes to anchor the pretty cat design.

This 55″ x 72″ quilt design makes a large lap quilt that evokes the comfort of the Rainbow Bridge, or an uplifting wall hanging for your Kitty Room. For the young cat lover, this would also make a delightful coverlet for a youth bed.

…featuring the ‘Meow-Za!’ collection by Chong-A Hwang for Timeless Treasures.

Don’t miss the popular ‘Dragon Fire‘ and ‘Wild Tiger Eyes‘ quilt patterns!

Order the pattern as configured, or customize it to your liking with any of our thousands of fabrics. Just place your desired fabrics in your Wish List, and these fabrics will appear in the Fabric Selector below the pattern.

Click Here for a Video Tutorial of the Free Pattern Designer.
Download Instructions for the pattern at the bottom of the pattern designer page.

Luana and Paul Rubin

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A New Year – A New Decade

Most of us will remember the celebrations of the Millennium New Year as one of the biggest events of our lifetime. How awesome to witness the turning of the year 2000. We partied like it was 1999, just like Prince’s song. That song was released in October 1982. I remember dancing to that song in a disco in Hong Kong and thinking – 2000 is so far away! Then in 2000 thinking – 2020 is so far away! Well here we are. Have we achieved 2020 vision? I think not. But who knows what 2020 will bring?

Our industry has changed so much in the 20 years since eQuilter started in the basement of our home. Back then people were afraid to buy metallic prints because they thought the metallic would wash out. 5 years ago people were afraid of digital prints for a similar reason. 20 years ago I could not have imagined how digital printing technology would radically change the range of products that we carry. Now we enjoy fabrics printed with permanent dye-sublimation that bonds to the molecules of the fabric, and have a limitless amount of colors and no restriction on the repeat length. A designer’s dream!

20 years ago quilters were arguing over ‘what is a quilt’ and ‘what is art’ and the Modern Quilt Movement was perhaps a twinkle in Nancy Crow’s eye but she didn’t know it yet. Ha. Now our quilt festivals are full of creative and technical categories that didn’t exist in 2000. As sewing machines became digital with computer brains and mind-blowing technical advances, we’ve embraced the changes and allowed them to feed our passion for stitching in ways our grandmothers could not have imagined. I think of my grandmothers often when I am sewing.

More than anything, the internet has brought us together and provided us a new way of sharing our creative inspirations, and allowed us to find new friends all around the world. The internet was just taking off when we opened our little business in 1999, and now it is integrated into all of our daily lives. When we share things like slow-stitching and hand-applique through the internet, that mode of sharing has come full circle. That part our grandmothers could relate to, for sure!

I thank my grandmothers Minnie and Merle, for teaching me to sew and planting the seeds for my creative career.

sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul

See my Flickr Photo Pages for travel images, comment on our blog, or follow us on Facebook.

Visit Pinterest, eQuilter’s Instagramor Twitter for more Color and Design ideas.

eQuilter Classroom:
March 6-8 – MJ Kinman“Unicorn Rainbow” & “Elizabeth Diamond” Gemstone Workshop
April 13-15 2020 – Susan Carlson
June 1-5 2020 – Paula Nadelstern

Luana’s Travel Calendar:
Jan 24-29, 2020 – Tokyo Quilt Festival – 1 day with Lisa Walton’s Japan Tour
Feb 19-22 – QuiltCon in Austin TX
Mar 18-27 – Wilderness Congress – Jaipur India
July 29 – Aug 2 – “Love Your Mother” Gallery in Birmingham UK

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Free eQuilter Pattern – Kotiya Leopard

One of the great thrills of a photo safari is spotting a stealthy leopard gliding through the undergrowth. This week’s Free Quilt Pattern features the beautiful artwork of Phillip Allder, which captures that fleeting moment when the big cat steps into the sunlight for a few moments.

To make this quick and easy 52″ x 37″ quilt design, you will only need 3 fabrics: the central digital panel, the green jungle fern, and the black stone texture. Be sure to check out our other Big Cat fabrics for wildlife lovers, at eQuilter.com!

…featuring the ‘Naturescapes’ collection by Phillip Allder for Northcott Fabrics.

Don’t miss the popular ‘Amazing Grace‘ and ‘Wild Tiger Eyes‘ quilt patterns!

Order the pattern as configured, or customize it to your liking with any of our thousands of fabrics. Just place your desired fabrics in your Wish List, and these fabrics will appear in the Fabric Selector below the pattern.

Click Here for a Video Tutorial of the Free Pattern Designer.
Download Instructions for the pattern at the bottom of the pattern designer page.

Luana and Paul Rubin

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Susan Carlson Workshop

Info for Registered Students (Class is FULL)

* FABRIC IMAGES * – A 5 Day Workshop in the eQuilter Classroom

eQuilter is excited to host fabric collage icon Susan Carlson in our classroom this Spring!

Ever since we first saw Susan’s giant 20-foot Crocodile at the Houston Quilt Festival, we’ve been planning to have Susan come and teach her unique collage techniques in the eQuilter classroom.

Create a fabric collage quilt of your own chosen subject using Susan’s innovative layering/collage method. Individual design, fabric selection, construction, borders, and quilting will be discussed. Emphasis will be placed on the collage piecing process. Students will draw their design onto a foundation fabric and fill in the design with fabrics of their choice—without the use of templates. For about an hour each morning, Susan starts with a discussion and demonstration that will lay out the basics of fabric collage and will give you the information you need to start your work day. She then visits each student in turn to address individual needs and their project’s unique challenges.

Susan’s workshops are limited to 15 students and tend to sell out quickly, due to her avid band of fans who come from around the country. She has a gift for hands-on teaching and coaching. She teaches students to see – truly see – what they are looking at. Working with values is critical. When you attend one of Susan’s 5-Day workshops, you have the chance to learn how to see, as Susan sees the world.

Supply list will be provided after registration.

Skill level for this workshop is Confident Beginner to Intermediate.

Teacher Bio:
Susan Carlson is an artist by birth, a teacher by calling, and an author by choice. She has been developing and practicing her own technique of fabric collage quilting for over thirty years, teaching it for 20 years, and has written two books describing it (Freestyle Quilts and Serendipity Quilts).

Each year she travels around the country and internationally helping hundreds of students to discover and set free the quilt artist inside. Her quilts have won awards from the American Quilter’s Society and the International Quilt Festival. Susan is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art and a long-time student of the Meta Carlson Studio of Fabric Creations (aka her mom’s sewing room).

You can learn more about Susan’s work at www.susancarlson.com

To see more of Susan’s amazing animal portraits and fabric collages, check out this 2016 video interview with eQuilter owner Luana Rubin.

CLASS INFORMATION: Monday through Friday, April 13-17, 2020
9 am to 4 pm with lunch break.

LOCATION: at our NEW BUILDING!
eQuilter.com
6201 Spine Rd
Boulder Colorado 80301

PLEASE NOTE:
Classroom entrance is at the back (North side) of the building – plenty of parking in back!
Phone: 303-527-0856

Cancellation Policy:
Full Refunds up to 60 days before event starts.
50% Refunds 30-59 days before event starts.
25% Refund 29-15 days before event.
$0 Refund 1-14 days before event.

Registrations after March 30 are non-refundable.
Exception: If you find a replacement or we have a replacement from wait list, you will be refunded in full.

We suggest that you stay at the award-winning
Hampton Inn & Suites
6333 Lookout Road, Boulder, CO
TEL: +1-303-530-3300
…which is about 2 blocks from our eQuilter offices & warehouse.

We now have a corporate discounted rate – click here and make your reservation.
Hotel Discount for Hampton Inn & Suites
You can also call the hotel and use our discount code EQUILTER to get the special rate.
Let us know if you would like to be matched with a roommate for a double room.

Luana’s suggestions for transportation from airport:
Green Ride Shuttle – www.greenrideboulder.com
Uber – more expensive but half the time.

Luana Rubin, co-owner of eQuilter, will also host the event.
A tour of the warehouse and her studio will be included.
We can’t wait to see you!

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Free eQuilter Pattern – Moon Song Sanctuary

By the light of the magical Full Moon, Arctic and North Woods wildlife come together in a Peaceable Kingdom in this week’s exclusive eQuilter Free Quilt Pattern.

This digital-printed panel has been one of our most popular new introductions, and if you examine the artwork closely you will see why. A Mama Polar Bear plays with her cubs, while a White Siberian Tiger family quietly rests. Wolves, whales, penguins, raptors and seals are all part of this Winter scene, all illuminated by the light of the Moon, and reflected in the Lavender-Blue shadows of the snow and ice. A distant golden sunset shines on a mountain peak, and is mirrored in the sparkling deep waters.

To make this 68″ x 57″ quilt design you will start with the central panel, then add 3 shades of lavender/purple Hoffman Hand-Dyes to make the beautiful pieced border that mimics the undulating waves of the Northern Lights.

…featuring the ‘Wild Animals’ collection and eQuilter exclusive by the Rubin Design Studio.

Don’t miss the popular ‘Amazing Grace‘ and ‘Wild Tiger Eyes‘ quilt patterns!

Order the pattern as configured, or customize it to your liking with any of our thousands of fabrics. Just place your desired fabrics in your Wish List, and these fabrics will appear in the Fabric Selector below the pattern.

Click Here for a Video Tutorial of the Free Pattern Designer.
Download Instructions for the pattern at the bottom of the pattern designer page.

Luana and Paul Rubin

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Merry Christmas to All!

From all of us at eQuilter.com, we wish you a joyous holiday with your family and friends, your pups and kitties.

We’ve watched all the beautiful fabrics you’ve purchased over the last several months, and we know that much of that was made into precious gifts for the ones you love. It is a delight and honor to be able to provide you with the fabrics and supplies that you use to express your love to others.

Thank you for supporting our family-owned business, and for being a part of our charity program which has raised $1.65 million for those in need, including the environment and endangered species. Together we *are* making a difference.

Wishing you all the Blessings of the Season,
Luana and Paul, the Rubin Family,
and the eQuilter Staff

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