eQuilter Blog

The kids are back at school here in Boulder, and I imagine most kids will return to classrooms by the Labor Day weekend. Can Pumpkin Lattes be too far behind? No matter, quilters have been working on their Halloween and Christmas quilts for a couple months now…we tend to plan ahead when it comes to seasonal quiltmaking.

We no longer have family in Hawaii, but we are still watching the news about Hurricane Lane and hoping all you Aloha Quilters are staying safe. This is the one year anniversary of Hurricane Harvey in Houston…doesn’t it seem like it was more than a year ago?

The parking lot at our new building was paved this week, and the landscaping is going in soon. The exact move-in date is still a moving target, but it looks like some time in mid-September. We are all super excited to get into our new digs…trying not to think too much about the actual move…I imagine it will be like giving birth. I’ll be glad when it is over. This week I am putting in a giant triple stainless steel sink so Betty Busby and her students can make a big mess and launch our new classroom and studio. I hear there are a few spaces left in her first session, so contact FRCQ if you want to get in on the fun!

sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul

As promised, we have some very big news to share with all of you.

The photo above shows the NEW sign being put on…..our NEW building!

This is just beyond exciting for all of us at eQuilter, and we are delighted to share this announcement publicly: we will be moving to our new home next month!

As you may know, we started our business in the basement of our home in March of 1999. After 60 days we exceeded our 3 year business plan, and in October 1999 we moved into a 4000 sq ft warehouse. 18 months later we expanded into 11,000 sq ft, and then again to our current 15,000 sq ft. But all those warehouses were leased. We’ve been looking and looking for a building to buy for years.

A year ago we decided to buy a piece of land and build our new headquarters from the ground up… literally. It has been a labor of love and it has really been Paul’s project for the last year. As with any big project, there were challenges and delays, but we just kept gritting our teeth and carrying on, getting closer and closer to our dream of owning our own brand new building.

This week the sign was hung on our new home, and our end of Boulder has been buzzing with curiosity and excitement about our business. Our contractor says they will put our building on their website as an example of their work, because it is such a beautiful premium building.

I have to thank Paul for persevering through the most challenging days of this project, and congratulate him on this great accomplishment. We’ve worked together on the design and finishing of the building, and we hope that many of you will be able to visit us after we open.

We know you will have lots of questions, so let me try to answer a few now:

We will still be a mail order internet-based business. The bulk of our business is national and international so we are going to continue doing what we do best – offering a huge variety of the finest quilting fabrics and supplies for avid quilters and sewing enthusiasts around the world.

Our new building is on the same road, in the same part of NE Boulder (Gunbarrel) where we are currently located. It is closer to Celestial Seasonings (and our home) which means I can walk my dogs to work.

Although we are not a walk-in retail store, you will have opportunities to visit us. We are pursuing a regular schedule of classes with national and international teachers, in our brand new gorgeous classroom.

You will have the opportunity to tour our facility and schedule an appointment with a personal shopper. This is especially open to those who come to take classes. You will still be able to place an order and stop by to pick up your package.

Our humble thanks for supporting our growth over the last 19.5 years, and thank you for helping us to raise over $1.5 million for charity. We will keep you informed about our move date next month – which is still a moving target.

sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul

* the photo collage above features a photo of our new sign on our new building, plus favorite fabrics from our exclusive Rubin Design Studio digital-printed collections.