This 68″ x 54″ quilt design starts with our eQuilter exclusive digital-printed panel, and then you’ll add in a snowflake print and 2 Hoffman Hand-Dyes to make a simple pieced frame for this exquisite wildlife scene. Makes a wonderful holiday gift for Harry Potter fans and Audubon members!
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We all need a break from our busy lives, and today’s Free Quilt Pattern leads you into the peaceful Butterfly Pavilion filled with silent fluttering wings and stained glass colors.
Don’t forget to drop hints for an eQuilter Gift Certificate, to keep you quilting into the the New Year….and a New Decade. 2020 is just around the corner!
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You may have heard that we got a couple feet of snow here in Colorado yesterday. I had friends call from Florida and London to see if we were Ok! Yes 6 of our 25 employees braved the crazy weather and came in for part of the day. They were like determined Christmas Elves along with Paul who opened up early…because this is the week of our big Thanksgiving Sale and they wanted to keep processing those packages going out to all you good girls and boys! *wink*
Sophie and I went out and shoveled the 2 feet of snow for awhile, and then we made friends with the neighbor who just bought a new snow blower. Later my car got stuck in the road and the neighbors came out to help us get unstuck. That’s the Colorado holiday spirit.
Our golden retrievers had a blast leaping through the deep snow like bunny rabbits, but our cats were not as enthusiastic. I managed to catch the look on Dante’s face as he perched on a CD tower and looked out the window. This photo goes well with this Helpful Kitty fabric we just got in – you just gotta love those helpful cats who jump on your sewing machine, your piano, your computer, or even your kitchen table to ‘help’.
We’ll be in the office today to take your phone calls and answer emails before the Thanksgiving holiday tomorrow. Sorry we kind of had a Snow Day yesterday. Be sure to check out our Thanksgiving Clearance and yes…we promise not to bombard you with Black Friday emails because we are a family-owned business and we align more with Small Business Saturday.
I am meeting today with the executive director of the Wild Foundation and I should have some really exciting news in the Saturday newsletter. For those of you who appreciate our environmental donations, and our sponsorship of art exhibits, stay tuned!
Many thanks to all of you who have contributed to my fundraiser for Earthworks. I am so excited that we have reached the halfway mark, and I would appreciate you sharing with those who might want to support this environmental cause! I am donating my Rocky Mountain Quilt and hope to raise $5K by next weekend. Everyone who contributes will be invited to a Virtual Tea – an online webinar about my work as an artist – and featuring photos I’ve taken in my travels around the world in 2019. I will be sending out details for this Virtual Tea event to all of my GoFundMe contributors as soon as the fundraiser ends.
Here in Colorado we are about to get pounded with a big snowstorm, so we are dreaming of those lazy summer days…and wandering through acres of Sunflowers under a dazzling Blue sky.
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Travel is fun and
inspirational but after 3 trips in a row I am happy to be home for
Thanksgiving. Yesterday our oldest son turned 30 – Happy Birthday to Mason! I
am grateful that we can still all get together for birthdays and holidays.
This weekend we are opening registration for MJ
Kinman‘s class next March 6-8, 2020. MJ’s Gemstone patterns and Fat Quarter
kits have been wildly popular, and she is featured in the current Kentucky
issue of QuiltFolk magazine.
I asked MJ to make a special multicolor version of her 48″ x 48″
gorgeous Elizabeth Diamond pattern, and we call
it the Rainbow Unicorn Diamond! You will see on the cover of the Elizabeth
Diamond pattern (in stock now) that she offers a few different tonal color
combinations, but she will also offer this Rainbow Unicorn version in the
workshop as an eQuilter exclusive. We are excited to have MJ back in our
classroom soon!
Many thanks to all of you who have contributed to my
fundraiser for Earthworks. I am so excited that we have topped $2K, and I
would appreciate you sharing with those who might want to support this environmental
cause! I am donating my Rocky Mountain Quilt and hope to raise $5K by next
weekend. Everyone who contributes will be invited to a Virtual Tea – an online
webinar about my work as an artist – and featuring photos I’ve taken in my
travels around the world in 2019. I will be sending out details for this
Virtual Tea event to all of my GoFundMe contributors as soon as the fundraiser
ends.
We will be opening up registration soon for Susan Carlson and Paula Nadelstern for next year, so if
you want advance notification before these open to the public, contact Customer
Service and we’ll give you a 24 hour lead to sign up before it is posted
publicly.
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
July 29 – Aug 2 – “Love Your Mother” Gallery in Birmingham UK
The first time we saw this awesome Unicorn collection from Dan, we almost fell off our chairs! The deep magical jewel tones in this central detailed panel is just jaw-droppingly gorgeous, so we’ve saved this special Free Quilt Pattern for this special holiday week.
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Is there anything better than coming home after a long day, and having that cute fuzzy face greeting you at the door? Ann Lauer’s latest collection is a celebration of our canine companions, jazzed up to express the mutual joy that we experience with our pups.
To make this 63″ x 78″ quilt design, you will start with 2 panels with dog portrait blocks. (One white panel, one black panel) Then add in the collection’s coordinate prints (most with gold metallic). The paisley stripe is used to make the clever border. You’ll have so much fun making this playful quilt!
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This quilt was made for the 2016 exhibit
“Water is Life” which premiered at the United Nations in Geneva
Switzerland. It has traveled around the world to tell the story of ‘Rocky
Mountain Poison’ – when the Gold King Mine spill turned the Animas River orange
with toxins – and sickened communities downstream. My scientist friends in
Durango tested the water, and asked me to stitch the names of the toxins (that
were not being shared with the public) into the quilt.
Then our daughter was poisoned by VOCs (fracking byproducts – benzene styrene
and toluene) in her public school, and Earthworks helped our community to
identify what was happening. I never could have figured out that she needed to
be tested for VOC exposure on my own. They educated us so we had the strength
and courage to go after those who were poisoning our children and covering up
the truth.
After this story quilt traveled for 3 years, seen by over 100,000 people in
many venues around the world, I offered to sell or auction this art quilt to
benefit Earthworks…as a thank you for the work they do to protect our
communities.
The original idea of a fundraiser
auction began to grow into a larger dream when the International Quilt
Museum (IQM) in Lincoln NE asked to acquire the quilt!…and our 3
organizations agreed to work together to raise money with my donated quilt, and
then the quilt will go to live at the International Quilt Museum.
EVERYONE
WHO MAKES A CONTRIBUTION will receive an invitation to an online webinar
about Art Activism and my quilt festival photos from around the world in 2019.
The one-hour webinar (date to be announced) will be in December, and the
invites will be sent out after our goal is reached.
Your generosity in making this dream come to fruition is greatly appreciated by
Earthworks, the IQM and our family.
Click
through to the GoFundMe site and scroll down to the links, to see photos of
the exhibit at the United Nations, links to Earthworks and IQM, and see a UN
video interview about this quilt.
This quilt was made entirely from fabrics I pulled out of the eQuilter scrap
pile!
(Leftovers from your orders – thank you!)
sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul
Check out our 180 videos from international quilt festivals, PBS TV, artist and
curator interviews on our eQuilter Video
Page. Subscribe and catch the latest videos on our eQuilter YouTube
Channel.
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eQuilter Classroom:
March 6-8 – MJ Kinman – New Exclusive Pattern & Class for eQuilter
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
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This lavish Free Quilt Pattern features one of our most opulent and beloved collections with the rich jewel-tones and gold metallic highlights that were treasured by the Egyptian Pharoahs. Lapis Blue, Turquoise, Amethyst, Emerald, Garnet, Carnelian and Gold reflect the semiprecious & precious stones and metals that were valued in Ancient Egypt.
Cleopatra’s favorite gem was Emerald, and ancient Egyptians highly valued personal adornment. Egyptian jewelry was worn by women and men, from all social classes, especially after gold was discovered so their multicolored gemstones could be set in precious gold.
The kaleidoscope pieced blocks in this quilt design are set on point, and the papyrus stripe makes a detailed border. You will see the influence of Egyptian art and jewelry expressed in these detailed fabrics.
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This weekend I am writing to you from the Color Marketing Group color trend forecasting conference in Tucson Arizona. As I write this note to you, I am preparing to go out with my camera to capture the colors and images in the desert this afternoon. The Saguaro cacti have particularly captured my imagination, so I hope to photograph the cactus landscape at sunset and share the images in our exclusive eQuilter digital fabric collections in the future. (and on my photo pages)
At the CMG events, we don’t just talk about color trends. We talk about the events, the social changes, and consumer trends that drive color trends. It can be a cerebral exercise, but it is also intuitive and FUN! I am so appreciative of the amazing tool we have at eQuilter – that by presenting over 1000 new products each month – we have our finger on the pulse of trends like no other business in our industry. We can put out a product group on the weekend and react on Monday, to restock the items that have captured your imagination. We see that YOU too are trendwatchers and you enjoy riding the wave of new colors and new ideas in design. Then we can react and give you even more of what you want. It is a lovely symbiotic dance.
One of the biggest consumer trends is corporate ethics – consumers seeking out companies who are operating with integrity and making the world a better place. As you know, this has been part of our mission since 2000, when we started our charity program. Through our business we have raised over $1.6 million for our list of 7 charities, and also for non-profit arts organizations. Through our close partnerships with our charity organizations, we have distributed over 14K comfort quilts that you have made and donated. Together, we have truly made a difference for thousands of people in need. I thank you deeply for your support of our charitable programs.
As an artist, designer and retailer, I have been passionate about color in my work and creative life…forever. It is such a joy to be able to share that passion with all of you through our company. It is also a thrill to identify or predict a trend, invest in that trend, and then see you respond to the trend with enthusiasm. To walk through the aisles of our warehouse year after year and see the results of trends and colors that we share, is a joy. I hope that you find as much joy in our products and our company ethics, as we have in serving you.
