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Your generous 83″ x 83″ quilt design makes an enchanting cool colored bed quilt, bringing calming dreams to the lucky floral lover who sleeps beneath its cover.
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This week I am writing to you from the International Quilt Festival in Houston Texas. Last night was the IQA award ceremony, where $97K in prize money was given out to 101 winners. In addition to the contest quilts in the IQA categories, there are so many special exhibits here… 4 of which eQuilter is sponsoring. (Our 5th sponsored category was the Animal Kingdom quilts in the IQA awards tonight.) The Baseball World Series just happened to be going on next door, but we were celebrating the Quilt World Series!
Here is a detail from a quilt in one of our sponsored special exhibits – the Altar Quilts based on the pattern by Jane Tenorio-Coscarelli. Because this week is Halloween and the Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos), I thought it would be appropriate to share this self-memorial quilt.
The artist statement reads:
“This quilt is celebrating my dear friend Leigh Hay-Martin from Jerome Arizona. She started it while she was going through cancer treatments. She told me it was all the things she celebrated and loved. We lost her sweet soul in August 2018. I am glad her family allowed me to submit it.”
Leigh’s joy for life is apparent in this quilt, and we celebrate this artwork that continues to share her story. So many quilts here tell poignant stories…stories of loss, healing, hope and celebration. The ones that pluck at our heartstrings are the ones that share a visual narrative and invite us to come inside the tale.
Sophie and I will be flying home on Halloween, hopefully when the crazy snowstorm in Colorado has subsided!
sharing your Passion for Fabric… Luana and Paul
eQuilter Classroom:
Nov 11 – Charity Sewing Day – Veterans Day
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:
Oct 25-31 – Quilt Market & Festival – Houston
Nov 13-17 – Color Marketing Group – Tuscon AZ
Jan 24-29, 2020 – Tokyo Quilt Festival – 1 day with Lisa Walton’s Japan Tour
Feb 19-22 – QuiltCon in Austin TX
This graceful eQuilter Exclusive Free Pattern features Northcott’s fabulous ‘Fantasia’
collection. A kaleidoscope of butterflies flutter across a floral ground with
gold metallic streaks and butterfly outlines.
This light and delicate 59″ x 71″ quilt
will bring joy and smiles to everyone who views it, whether it is hung in a
kitchen, a bedroom, or on an office wall.
PLUS – you’ll receive Free USA / 50% off INTL shipping when you order the fabrics for this
exquisite quilt pattern
(orders $100 and over, no coupon needed).
We’ve just finished
our first day of Quilt Market, and we wanted to share some of the most exciting
collections with you. These are all on order, so watch the newsletters over the
next few months to see when they arrive in our warehouse.
Cosmos and Australian Beauties (with Kangaroos, Emus, and Koalas) by Jason
Yenter
Santa’s Siberians by Alaska’s Artist Jon Van Zyle
Fireside Kittens by Robert Giordano
Lil’ Bit Country, Illuminations and Ocean Paradise by Dan Morris
MG British Racing Cars with Tudor houses
A Gnome to Fa La – Swedish Gnomes
Diamond Dust blenders with glitter
Hoffman – Dream Big 60″ Wide & Dream Big Dance
Zookeeper – Animal World Map
Call of the Wild Amazon parrots
The Storybook Collection We Can Fly Peter Pan Panel
Raven Moon – New orange and purple colorways
Area 51 aliens
Sonic the Hedgehog
‘Horsen’ Around by Ann Lauer
Arctic Wonders by Barbara Lavallee
Jewel Box by MJ
Kinman
Time After Time by Kathy K. Wylie
We have 2 more days of searching for the most fantastic amazing fabrics for
you!
Ann Lauer is one of our favorite designers, and this gorgeous quilt accents her ‘Lilyanne’ prints with coordinating Hoffman hand dyes to make a rich and vibrant, sunny quilt.
This 66″ x 66″ square wall-hanging or lap quilt is a walk in the sunshine. Imagine walking through a sea of lilies and carrying that sunshine into the winter months with this beautiful quilt!
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Fans of Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, and other fantasy series will be fascinated by the attention to detail in this incredible artwork curated by Jason Yenter. Celtic knots, flames, and dragon portraits have made this one of our most popular digital-printed collections…just now back in stock but it won’t last long.
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A few hours ago I got back from my Churchill Polar Bear trip. The last thing we did before heading to the airport in Churchill, was to go on a ride through the Boreal Forest with the sled dogs. Because there was no snow, we rode on carts with wheels, instead of sleds. The dog owner/trainer said that yes, a couple times of year he will will find that a polar bear has found its way into the dog yard and napped with the dogs. He said none of his dogs have ever been eaten by a polar bear, which is kind of amazing considering that the bears have not eaten for several months and are very hungry, this time of year.
These dogs are born in the winter, and live their lives outside in the Sub-Arctic weather. They love to PULL, and when they know they are about to go on a sled run, they howl with excitement. Just like a Border Collie has to herd something, a sled dog has to pull something. You can see this in my top photo.
On our way out of Churchill, we saw this sled puppy who was going in the belly of our plane. There is no vet in Churchill so he was being sent to Winnipeg for treatment. Then on my flight from Winnipeg to Denver, there was a Golden Retriever on board as a service dog in training. All these dogs sure made me miss my own doggies at home!
I am home for 2 days, and then we will be leaving for Quilt Market and Quilt Festival on Friday. I hope to see many of you at the Tuesday night awards, where Sophie and I will give the cash awards for the best Animal Quilts!
If you are coming to Festival, please look for the FIVE quilt categories/exhibits sponsored by eQuilter this year. In addition to the IQA Animal category, we are sponsoring 4 other special exhibits. You will see them listed in the front of the show book, and I will tell you more about them in the next e-newsletter.
sharing your Passion for Fabric… Luana and Paul
eQuilter Classroom:
Nov 11 – Charity Sewing Day – Veterans Day
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:
Oct 25-31 – Quilt Market & Festival – Houston
Nov 13-17 – Color Marketing Group – Tuscon AZ
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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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.
