Free Pattern – Alphonse Mucha Rose

Posted on December 11, 2018 by Luana

Beauty, Grace and Elegance are three words used often to describe the Art Nouveau illustrations of Czech artist Alphonse Mucha.

This week’s Free Quilt Pattern features a beloved painting “The Rose” which was created in 1898 while Mucha was living in Paris. In addition to Mucha’s delicate artwork, you’ll get the Pantone 2019 Color of the Year in this 54″ x 73″ quilt design! (“Living Coral” is one of the colors in these multicolor prints.)

Pieced Stars and Floral Borders complete this graceful nod to the Age of Elegance.

… from the ‘Alphonse Mucha’ collection by Robert Kaufman Fabrics.

And don’t miss the wonderful ‘Northern Light Wolves‘ and ‘Color Intensity‘ 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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Quilts for Paradise Fire

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Luana

Today was our Holiday Open House and Charity Sewing Day, and our sewing tribe finished up a few dozen quilts to be shipped to California Monday afternoon. We have a personal contact who will distribute comfort quilts to those who lost homes and loved ones in the Paradise Fire. Many thanks to everyone involved in this effort!

If you would like to drop off a quilt to us by noon Monday, we will be sure to include it in this shipment. Make sure you come to our NEW building at 6201 Spine Road!

By now you may have heard about the Pantone 2019 Color of the Year: Living Coral! This color was announced by my mentor and friend Lee Eiseman who I know from the Color Marketing Group. So far there seems to be a very enthusiastic positive response to this color. Because we are always stocking colors that are hot trends and trending upwards, we already have a variety of Living Coral fabrics in stock for your viewing and sewing enjoyment.

We’ve had lots of great media exposure lately, and I want to make sure you are aware of these:

Quilting Arts Magazine – 2 articles – about our Love Your Mother quilt challenge and about Digital Printed Fabrics.

Quilt Now – British Magazine – 4 page full color article about eQuilter.com

Quilting Arts TV – Reviews of the Quilt Canada Festival with indigenous themes, and the Birmingham UK Festival of Quilts.

We appreciate the opportunity to share our creative inspirations with all of you!

sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul

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Free Pattern – Adorable Christmas Pets

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Luana

Christmas is right around the corner and we still have good stock on several seasonal (collectible) holiday fabrics!

This week we’re offering some of these special prints in this adorable (and exclusive) eQuilter Free Quilt Pattern, featuring Puppies and Kittens in a cheerful Red, Green and Silver Metallic quilt design.

This 60″ x73″ quilt could be a Youth Bed Quilt, a Double-Snuggle Lap Quilt, or a festive Wall-Hanging. Put some Flannel Backing and Wool Batting to make this a cozy Hygge-Style quilt for those frosty Winter evenings.

… from the ‘Favorite Pets’ collection by the Rubin Design Studio, designed exclusively for eQuilter.

And don’t miss the wonderful ‘Northern Light Wolves‘ and ‘Color Intensity‘ 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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Creative Nudge – Pure Joy

Posted on December 5, 2018 by Luana

My favorite quilts and my favorite fabrics are those that bring us pure joy.

This is why we quilt, right? …to experience emotions like Joy, Peace, Tranquility, Rejuvenation, Contentment, and Healing. To spend a day making a quilt is akin to spending a day meditating under a fragrant tree next to a still pond. It empties my mind, because the task of Making demands my focus, as all outside worries and stress fall away like petals from a blossom.

This beautiful quilt by Naomi Ootomi is called “Paradise of Flowers and Fountains”, inspired by her visit to the Palace of Versailles in France. This quilt from Japan was exhibited in Houston at the Quilt Festival in November.

I’ve set it in a collage of fabrics from Jason Yenter’s “Diaphanous” collection, which also brings me (and apparently many of you!) a lot of joy.

We’d like to share our Joy with our local quilter friends this Saturday: our Open House is 1-5 pm and we hope if you are in the area, you can stop by to see our new building, and have a tour of the warehouse, offices and classroom. Feel free to bring spouses, grandkids, and wannabe Makers!

Saturday is also our Charity Sewing Day, so if you would like to join us in a day of making Comfort Quilts, please call to RSVP. We usually fill up with a wait list.

sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul

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eQuilter Classroom & Travel Calendar:
Dec 8 – eQuilter Holiday Sewing Day (9 am -4 pm) & Open House (1-5 pm) – RSVP
Dec 23 – Jan 4 – China Heritage Trip – Sophie & Luana

2019:
Jan 24-29 – Luana @ Tokyo Quilt Festival
Feb 20-23 – QuiltCon – Nashville TN
July 11-14, 2019 – Cindy Lohbeck – Shibori, Ice-Dyeing and Ombre Dyeing Workshops @ eQuilter

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Free Pattern – Dragonfly Dance

Posted on December 4, 2018 by Luana

You will love working with these gorgeous shimmering fabrics in this week’s Free Quilt Pattern – with the wildly popular ‘Dragonfly Dance’ collection in soothing tones of Teal, Indigo, Iris and Amethyst.

What makes this 54″ x 71″ quilt so special is the subtle glimmer of gold metallic, giving this an elegant but magical quality. The analogous cool color story and the water theme will bring an oasis of tranquility to the room or bed where it is used.

If you love piecing blocks and watching a traditional quilt come together, then this project will be a quiet refuge from the outside world.

… from the ‘Dragonfly Dance’ collection by Kanvas Studio for Benartex.

And don’t miss the wonderful ‘Northern Light Wolves‘ and ‘Color Intensity‘ 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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Open House Next Saturday

Posted on December 3, 2018 by Luana

As I write this newsletter, we are prepping our classroom for the CQC workshop tomorrow, and the teacher Victoria Findlay Wolfe who is visiting from New York. Tomorrow this room will be humming with sewing machines and happy creative people.

We are so excited to see so many of the fabrics from Quilt Market flowing through our warehouse this week. I’m sure you spotted some these extra special fabrics in the newsletter above – and now more than ever I am enjoying the young designers and talented artists whose creative visions are gracing the quilt industry.

I’ve spent this last week celebrating my 60th birthday with friends and family, and now I am looking ahead to our 20th anniversary in March 2019. Despite all these years, there is always something new to amaze and delight all of us here at eQuilter.

You will see a new charity recipient when you check out. Over the last year I’ve been getting to know The Wild Foundation, and appreciating their work in Africa and China. You can click through to their site on our charity page if you’d like to know more about their work to save endangered wildlife.

If you are in our area, or are passing through Boulder next weekend, please come to our Holiday Open House on Saturday from 1-5 pm. We are inviting our customers, friends, neighbors and staff to celebrate our new building, and see what our new location has to offer. If you can RSVP it will help us plan for food and drink. Thanks – hope to see you then!

sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul

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Free Pattern – Mothers and Kittens

Posted on November 30, 2018 by Luana

Attention all Crazy Cat Ladies and Kitty Cuddlers – this one’s for you!

We’ve combined some of our best selling Cat and Kitten designs into this delightful 64″ x 77″ quilt, and we guarantee that you’ll be smiling and exclaiming “Awwww…” while you cut and sew this charming project.

It features our exclusive digital panel with sweet Mother-and-Kitten vignettes, then we added in some more Cat prints, a Stonehenge Gradation and a Hoffman Hand-Dye. This is the gift that keeps on giving… Meow!

… from the ‘Favorite Pets’ collection by the Rubin Design Studio, designed exclusively for eQuilter.

And don’t miss the wonderful ‘Stars of the Zoo‘ and ‘Maplewood Ombre‘ 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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Creative Nudge – Dragon Magic

Posted on November 28, 2018 by Luana

Humans have had a fascination with Dragons for Millennia, and these stories come from Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. A dragon-like creature even appeared in Mesopotamian artwork from around 2200 BC. They appear in ancient Norse, Egyptian, Greek, Celtic, Japanese, and Vedic mythology. Where did we get these worldwide myths and legends about these winged serpentine beasts?

It seems like every 5 to 10 years there is a revival of Dragon films or TV shows, and our fascination (or memory?) with these giant lizards comes roaring back. Sometimes these dragons are anthropomorphic and we have great sympathy for their misunderstood plight. Jason and St George each slayed a dragon. In the Hobbit and Beawulf something is stolen from a dragon’s hoard. Dragons often appear in stories of treasure and magic.

Dragons live on in China today…just go to a Dragon Boat Race or a New Years Dragon Dance…where the Dragon represents Good Fortune and Longevity. Dragon energy is used by shamans and healers, and Stonehenge was thought to be a resting place for Dragons. Today we see Dragons in Game of Thrones, Harry Potter…and Dungeons & Dragons on Big Bang Theory.

There are those who believe that dragons did exist in the past, and these ubiquitous stories point to an ancient history when dragons roamed the lands. What do you think?

sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul

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eQuilter Classroom & Travel Calendar:
Dec 2 – Victoria Findlay Wolfe CQC workshop @ eQuilter (FULL)
Dec 8 – eQuilter Holiday Sewing Day (9 am -4 pm) & Open House (1-5 pm) – RSVP
Dec 23 – Jan 4 – China Heritage Trip – Sophie & Luana

2019:
Jan 24-29 – Luana @ Tokyo Quilt Festival
Feb 20-23 – QuiltCon – Nashville TN
July 11-14, 2019 – Cindy Lohbeck – Shibori, Ice-Dyeing and Ombre Dyeing Workshops @ eQuilter

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Free Pattern – Northern Sled Dogs

Posted on November 27, 2018 by Luana

Travel to the pristine icy wilderness of the Arctic, with this week’s Free Quilt Pattern.

Artist Jody Bergsma has captivated animal-lovers for decades with her fantastic wildlife paintings, and this digital-printed panel is a special delight for dog-lovers.

Take a close look at this 47″ x 69″ quilt design:
You will see Inuit Sled Dogs, Northern Lights, beautiful coordinating Hand-Dyes, and a Starry Sky border. You’ll hear the vast silence of the tundra, the padding of the dogs’ feet, and the whoosh of the sled on the snowy trail.

… from the ‘Northern Heritage’ collection by Jody Bergsma for Robert Kaufman Fabrics.

And don’t miss the wonderful ‘Cat-I-Tude PurrFect‘ and ‘Maplewood Ombre‘ 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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Grateful for You

Posted on November 26, 2018 by Luana

We hope that you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday (for our friends and customers in the US) and hopefully you noticed that we didn’t blast you with Black Friday emails. Our goal is always to inspire and delight our customers, and to share our passion for beautiful fabrics and quilts. Hopefully you were able to take advantage of our Thanksgiving Sale, and stock up for the Winter sewing season ahead. Our adept team of eQuilter employees are busy processing your holiday orders, and we are always so interested to see the amazing combinations of color and design that show up in each of your orders!

Today is the last day of my 50s. Having a quiet day….thinking about what I will do in the next decade. I am so grateful to have found the wonderful world of Quilting and to have so many incredibly talented, loving and fierce friends over the last 20 years in this industry. I started meeting quilters after I moved back to Colorado in 1990, and I knew I had found my home, after leaving the garment industry in NYC. Then I met Paul, my genius partner, and the rest is history.

As I move into a new decade (60s), with our 20th eQuilter anniversary on the horizon, I am honored to know so many noble hearts who share our desire to make the world a better place…for everyone. Love to you all…..

sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul

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