Free Pattern – Hummingbird Glory

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Luana

We are just nuts about the gorgeous color story in this week’s exclusive eQuilter Free Quilt Pattern! This is a hot seller so if you agree, snap it up before it is gone.

We’ve set blocks with gorgeous illustrated hummingbirds, among the jeweltones of Morning Glory blossoms. The analogous color story in the sashing and borders just *glows* because of the ombre shading.

Wherever you hang this 57″ x 63″ quilt, you’ll inspire oohs and aaahs from your visitors. The intriguing salt texture in the watercolor background, behind the hovering Hummingbirds, makes this a fresh and painterly interpretation of these delicate hummers.

… from the ‘Nature Studies’ collection by Nancy Duell for Robert Kaufman Fabrics and from the ‘Dream Ombre’ collection by the Rubin Design Studio, designed exclusively for eQuilter.

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 – A Wild Life

Posted on November 29, 2017 by Luana

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” – Mary Oliver

Tonight I am celebrating the US National Parks and the other wilderness and parkland areas of our beautiful planet. Today was “Giving Tuesday” and on behalf of eQuilter, I just finished making several donations to environmental groups that are trying to save the National Parks, the Arctic Wilderness, the Oceans and Rivers, and the wildlife that lives in those places. Many thanks to all of you who have supported our charity program, which allows us to give these yearend donations.

The SAQA “Textile Posters” exhibit in Houston had 2 quilts (center left of this collage) that also celebrated the great outdoors…more specifically, the red rock formations of our Southwest.

On the left is “Shiprock” by Cat Larrea. (with the big billowing clouds)
This dramatic geologic formation in New Mexico has historic and spiritual significance to the local Navajo community.

In the middle is “Reach for the Sky” by Vicki Conley – celebrating Zion National Park, but also honoring John Muir and Teddy Roosevelt whose wisdom and persistence led to the preservation of these areas.

On the top, bottom, and right side, I’ve added some of our current fabrics that also celebrate the National Parks and wilderness areas. Now more than ever these lands need our support, and we see that more artist activists who are adding their voice through their artwork.

We have put up a project page for the Hurricane and Earthquake Comfort Quilt projects.
Please click through here for all the details, and we will update in the future as needed.

Our next Sewing Day will be Saturday Dec 9, from 9 am to 4 pm. Many thanks to Blakeman Sewing for providing beautiful BERNINA machines for this day! Please RSVP to Dana in Customer Service if you are coming, so we can be sure to have enough machines!

sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana

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Event & Travel Calendar:
Dec 9 – Charity Sewing Day at eQuilter
Dec 29 2017 – Jan 5 2018 – Tanzania Africa Wildlife Migration Tour
Feb 22-25, 2018 – QuiltCon – Pasadena, California
Feb 26 – Marty Ornish CQC workshop @ eQuilter Classroom
Mar 1 – May 15 – Registration for ‘Love Your Mother‘ Quilt Challenge
April 5-7 – SAQA Conference San Antonio TX
April 14-15 – Lisa Walton workshop @ eQuilter Classroom
May 11 – eQuilter Chromazone – Color Marketing Group
Nov 14-20, 2018 – POLAR BEAR Tour – Join me in Churchill!

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Free Pattern – The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings

Posted on November 28, 2017 by Luana

This Lord of the Rings/Hobbit collection will soon be collector items, so if you’ve been trying to decide what to do with these digital-printed movie poster panels, now is the time to snap them up!

Your Tolkien fan will love either (or both!) of these 57″ x 64″ quilts, and you will love that they are very quick and simple projects for fast gift-giving.

Start with the central panel – incredibly detailed with high quality digital printing. Finish up the simple pieced borders and then if you have time, add special effects like metallic threads.

We can hear Howard Shore’s iconic theme music playing when we look at these stunning panels – don’t wait until they are discontinued and gone forever!

Available in these two spectacular versions:

The Lord of the Rings Quilt
and
The Hobbit Quilt

… from ‘The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings’ collection by Camelot Fabrics and Warner Bros.

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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eQuilter’s Classroom in 2018

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Luana

Today is my 59th birthday but I’ve caught a flu bug so we’ll have to celebrate in a couple days. Many thanks for all the sweet birthday wishes! We had a lovely Thanksgiving dinner at home celebrating Mason’s birthday, and there’s plenty of leftover pumpkin pie in the frig! We hope you had a wonderful holiday as well.

I’m excited about the launch of our 2018 eQuilter Workshop schedule, and we are busy putting together teachers, contracts, and details. If you’ve wanted an excuse to visit Boulder, watch the newsletter for these announcements. We have a beautiful new-ish Hampton Inn one block away, and we are bringing in National and International teachers to teach a variety of workshops. I’ve received so many requests for a space to rent for local events, and also for national teachers to come to our area. You are going to be excited too!

We have put up a project page for the Hurricane and Earthquake Comfort Quilt projects.
Please click through here for all the details, and we will update in the future as needed.

Our next Sewing Day will be Saturday Dec 9, from 9 am to 4 pm. Many thanks to Blakeman Sewing for providing beautiful BERNINA machines for this day! We will have Christmas cookies, coffee and tea, and of course lots of fabric to make your own comfort quilt for someone in need.

This will be our last Sewing Day of this year, so please RSVP to Dana in Customer Service if you are coming, so we can be sure to have enough machines!

sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul

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Free Pattern – Hatters Tea Party

Posted on November 24, 2017 by Luana

Happy Thanksgiving from eQuilter! What is the opposite of a table laden with holiday goodies?
A table with dainty teacups, a shapely teapot, and maybe some tiny cucumber sandwiches.

This week’s exclusive eQuilter Free Quilt Pattern takes us to J. Wecker Frisch’s Tea Party with antique Hats, Teabags, and lots of vintage Teatime details.

This 56″ x 66″ quilt pattern starts with a panel full of illustrated blocks, then sets them in a 3-D windowpane effect with Hoffman Hand-Dyes. Add the border using the coordinating stripe, for a charming story about having Tea and Hats.

… from the ‘Hatters Tea Party’ collection by J. Wecker Frisch for Quilting Treasures.
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 – An Autumn Garden

Posted on November 22, 2017 by Luana

As you may know, I lived in Hong Kong for 3 years, and continued to travel to Asia (including China) for many years while working in the garment industry in New York. Eventually my love of Chinese art and culture led us to adopt a baby girl from China – our daughter Sophie who is now 15!

During those years, I immersed myself in the language, the music, the colors and the textile arts of China. In those days I was working with all different kinds of silks, and I was fascinated by the deep rich history of textile arts in the Middle Kingdom.

While visiting Portland Oregon for the Color Marketing Group symposium, I had an extra day to meet with family in Chinatown. We had a very authentic Chinese meal, and then went to the Lan Su Chinese Gardens which were awash in the colors of Autumn. Red maple leaves reflected in the Koi pond, and a their annual “Mumvember” Chrysanthemum colors were scattered like jewels among the pagodas and teahouse. The compound was also hosting a Floral Designer Showcase, which made the whole experience even more exciting.

When I travel, I have a short list of places to visit, which includes museums, galleries, and botanic gardens. This summer when I attended Sacred Threads, I also spent a day at the Lotus Blossom Festival in Washington DC. These opportunities for design and color inspiration are often right under our noses when we are taking business or family trips…it is worth taking a few hours to slip away with a camera!

If you or your quilt guild have been making quilts for hurricane and earthquake victims, you can either drop them off in person at eQuilter, or ship them directly to Mission of Love (MOL) at:

Kathy Price
Mission of Love
2054 Hemlock Ct.
Youngstown, Ohio 44515

We are also collecting a few more quilts to go to Nepal earthquake survivors with Engineers Without Borders – deadline for drop-off at eQuilter is Dec 10.

Our next Charity Sewing Day in the eQuilter classroom will be Sat Dec 9, from 9 am to 4 pm. We will have BERNINA machines for you to work on, but PLEASE RSVP at [email protected] or 303-527-0856 if you plan to join us, so we can plan for the right amount of machines. (Thank you Blakeman Sewing!)

We will provide the Christmas cookies, coffee, and the FABRIC to make the quilts! Come and join our wonderful group of quilters, and we’ll celebrate the season and our love of sewing.

All of us at eQuilter wish you a warm holiday with family and friends, as we share our gratitude for the things we value most in life…that’s LOVE, right?

sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana

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Event Calendar:
Dec 29 2017 – Jan 5 2018 – Tanzania Africa Wildlife Migration Tour
Feb 22-25, 2018 – QuiltCon – Pasadena, California
Mar 1 – May 15 – Registration for ‘Love Your Mother‘ Quilt Challenge
Apr 14-15 – Lisa Walton @ eQuilter.com
May 11 – eQuilter Chromazone – Color Marketing Group
Nov 14-20, 2018 – POLAR BEAR Tour – Join me in Churchill

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Free Pattern – Wilderness Wolves

Posted on November 21, 2017 by Luana

This week’s Free Quilt Pattern takes you to a wintery mountaintop in a pristine wilderness…for a closeup with a pair of beautiful Wolves surveying their forest territory.

Start with a gorgeous detailed illustration in a Digital-printed panel, then add Hoffman Hand-dyes to piece the borders and the mountain peaks in the lower section.

This 49″ x 52″ wall-hanging commands a presence in any room, blending the deep rich colors of the North Woods in this Hoffman Fabrics project.

… from the ‘Call of the Wild’ collection by Hoffman Fabrics.

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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Getting into a Holiday Mood

Posted on November 18, 2017 by Luana

Today we had another group of generous quilters show up to work on finishing the quilt tops made last month for hurricane survivors. There was lots of sandwiching, quilting and binding going on! We also had some quilters from previous groups, who stopped by to drop off quilts they had finished at home.

We are now making and collecting comfort quilts for Island of Dominica, Puerto Rico, Port Aransas TX, (Hurricane) and Nepal.(Earthquake) We are working with Mission of Love for the first 3 locations, and Engineers Without Borders (EWB) has requested quilts to take over the holiday break for Nepal.

The EWB students will hand-carry the quilts to a remote mountain-top village where people are still living in tents post-earthquake. Drop off or ship to arrive by Dec 15.

Mission of Love quilts can be dropped off at eQuilter, but otherwise ship directly to MOL at:

Kathy Price
Mission of Love
2054 Hemlock Ct.
Youngstown, Ohio 44515

Our next Sewing Day will be Saturday Dec 9, from 9 am to 4 pm. We will be making new quilt tops (eQuilter will supply the Fabric!) and also sandwiching/quilting/binding the existing quilt tops here. Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this effort, here and around the country! XOXO

At the end of the day today, there were smiles all around, and we all felt so happy to have spent the day together making quilts for those in need. So if you need a little group quilt therapy please join us on Dec 9th.

We hope all your travels and meal planning goes well over the next few days…as we begin the season of joy and gratitude.

sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul 

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Event Calendar:
Dec 29 2017 – Jan 5 2018 – Tanzania Africa Wildlife Migration Tour
Feb 22-25, 2018 – QuiltCon – Pasadena, California
Mar 1 – May 15 – Registration for ‘Love Your Mother’ Quilt Challenge
April 14-15 – Lisa Walton workshop @ eQuilter.com
May 11 – eQuilter Chromazone – Color Marketing Group
Nov 14-20, 2018 – POLAR BEAR Tour – Join me in Churchill! 

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Free Pattern – Fairy Firefly Wishes

Posted on November 17, 2017 by Luana

Enter a magical realm of an enchanted forest in this week’s Exclusive eQuilter Free Pattern.

Start with this exquisitely detailed central panel, then add layers of Stonehenge textures to frame the digital-printed fantasy scene.

This is a quick and easy project and makes a great holiday gift for someone who loves Fairies and Unicorns! The 47″ x 58″ size makes a beautiful wallhanging or a dreamy lap quilt.

If you are making a wallhanging, consider adding some sparkle with metallic threads, beads, or other shimmering embellishments.

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

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 – Many Ways to See

Posted on November 15, 2017 by Luana

Tonight we are marking the passing of Nancy Zieman, who lost her battle with cancer Tuesday. She was a gracious and generous lady…a true icon of our industry. Gone too soon.

As you may know, I have recently been to TWO quilt festivals, and I can’t help but think about parallels between quilts in Houston, and quilts in New Zealand.

Here are two Owl quilts with two very different perspectives, but both are very effective at communicating the artist’s vision.

The top left corner is “Whooo” by Mimi Ghauri Young, and was seen in the Houston exhibit.

The top right corner was the winner of the Hoffman challenge in New Zealand, and was made by Hayley Scott. Notice the surfboards that make up the feathers!

The bottom half is a collage of owl fabrics we have in stock now, with more artist/illustrator interpretations of Owls. There are SO many owl fabrics available in the market now – both realistic and pop/whimsical. Something for everyone!

This is a reminder that whatever vision you have for your next project, follow your own ideas and it will result in a more successful piece.

In case you missed the big announcement last week, the first prize for the Love Your Mother Quilt Challenge will be a brand new model machine from BERNINA –
the 570 QE which was just introduced in Houston at the Quilt Festival! You can purchase the challenge panel here, but read over the guidelines first.

If you or your quilt guild have been making quilts for hurricane and earthquake victims, you can either drop them off in person at eQuilter, or ship them directly to Mission of Love (MOL) at:

Kathy Price
Mission of Love
2054 Hemlock Ct.
Youngstown, Ohio 44515

Do NOT ship to eQuilter: ship directly to MOL so they will reach those in need faster. Otherwise they have to be shipped twice. MOL is our trusted partner and will distribute them to those most in need. Together we have distributed over 12,000 of your donated comfort quilts. The next container of hurricane relief supplies is going to the Island of Dominica and will be loaded this Friday.

We are having another Sewing Day in the eQuilter classroom this Saturday from 9 am to 4 pm. We have many quilt tops that need to be sandwiched and quilted, and we have a roll of batting for this purpose. Please call Customer Service if you plan to join us, so we can plan for the right amount of quilters. Thank you.

sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul

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Event Calendar:
Dec 29 2017 – Jan 5 2018 – Tanzania Africa Wildlife Migration Tour
Feb 22-25, 2018 – QuiltCon – Pasadena, California
Apr 14-15 – Lisa Walton @ eQuilter.com
May 11 – eQuilter Chromazone – Color Marketing Group
Nov 14-20, 2018 – POLAR BEAR Tour – Join me in Churchill

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