Your Free Quilt Pattern – The Nativity

Posted on November 30, 2021 by Luana

The Holiday Season is upon us, and we are offering one of our most popular Christmas-themed panels for this week’s exclusive eQuilter Free Quilt Pattern.

To make this 58″ x 52″ Nativity quilt design, you will start with this gorgeous digital-printed 36″ x 44″ panel, full of exquisitely detailed figures and a scenic landscape. We’ve added 4 digital coordinates and 2 Hoffman Hand-dyes to piece the simple diamond border – for a quick last minute holiday project! Order TODAY and we’ll prioritize your order being shipped out ASAP.

This is a beautiful way to bring the Peace of the Season into your home, capturing that blessed moment of hope and wonder when the 3 Wise Men found the babe lying in a manger under a brilliant star.

…from the ‘The Nativity’ collection by Menga for Quilting Treasures.

PLUS – you’ll receive Free USA / 50% off INTL shipping
when you order the fabrics for this wonderful quilt pattern
(orders $100 and over, no coupon needed).

Don’t miss the ‘Owl Arabesque‘ and ‘National Parks‘ 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.

Luana and Paul Rubin

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Leftover Weekend

Posted on November 29, 2021 by Luana

Sometimes making art is a struggle. This is what I’ve been going through the last several weeks. I packed up my whole studio for a construction job that was supposed to take a week. We are going into week 4 and I am cycling through phases of horror, determination, terror, and necessity-being-the-mother-of-invention. This weekend I am finishing painting my 54″ fiberglass bear in a little corner of my studio, among the boxes and tarps. We are waiting for a city inspector to come and do a @#$% screw inspection. I am not making this up. So please send prayers to the Artist Angels because I need to have my studio back next week!

December 1st is on the near horizon, which means Christmas and New Years and 2022 are on a not-too-distant horizon. Another strange year is winding to an end, and somehow we quilters and makers have stitched and zoomed our way through another year that would have been unimaginable 2 years ago. Through it all we have found ways to take classes and attend lectures online, share our quilt projects online, and even having quilting bees online. (Often with a lot of coffee, wine, and hysterical giggling.)

Through it all we’ve discovered what and whom are most precious. We’ve switched gears to become homebodies. We have found time to do things with our family that we wouldn’t have had if we were traveling and going out. We’ve pushed the Pause button, grieved what we lost, then moved on to focus on what we DO have with a renewed sense of appreciation and gratitude.

What am I grateful for? At the moment I am grateful that we had the idea to start an ONLINE business in 1998, which opened to the public in March of 1999. Our Online Roots run deep. I remember very clearly when my best friend from childhood (PhD in Immunology from Stanford, Law Degree from Berkeley, Genome Project, tenured professor and general over-achiever) told me about the internet in the late 80s. I tried to imagine what she meant by “going to a webpage” but I just didn’t get it until I saw it for myself, and then the spark was lit. Then I married a brilliant guy who was designing webpages…a match made in heaven. And the rest is eQuilter history.

Just in case you missed this…
I am doing ONE MORE POLAR BEAR TRIP next year. Details on this page.
Our deadline has been extended and they are giving me the chance to fill up the bus with quilters and fabriholics, and we have just a few more seats open.

…sharing your love of fabric,
Luana and Paul

Quilt/Travel Calendar:
Dec 4 – Zoom lecture “Intl Quilt Trends” – Quilt Canada
Jan 12 – Apr 9, 2022 – New England Quilt Museum (NEQM) “For the Love of Gaia” exhibit
Feb 16-19 – QuiltCon – Phoenix Arizona
Sat, April 9 – “International Quilt Trends” lecture – NEQM Closing Reception
October 2022 – Luana’s Polar Bear Tour – Churchill Manitoba Canada

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Your Free Quilt Pattern – Luminous Blooms

Posted on November 26, 2021 by Luana

We hope you have had a beautiful holiday meal with your family, and now to add some visual dessert (otherwise known as Eye Candy) we offer you this eQuilter exclusive Free Quilt Pattern with the deliciously juicy blossoms from Benartex. There is nothing like a fabulous floral fabric to lift our spirits and fill us with creative energy, and this group is one of our favorites from 2021.

To make this 61″ x 61″ quilt design, you will cut up a 24″ x 44″ block panel, then fussy cut more contrasting floral blocks. Piece together with a dark swirling purple blender, add the floral stripe border, and finish with more purple abstract prints. This gorgeous quilt is a jewel-box of color and exquisite artwork, and would make the perfect gift to YOU to work on over the winter months!

…from the ‘Luminous Blooms’ collection by Kanvas Studio for Benartex.

PLUS – you’ll receive Free USA / 50% off INTL shipping
when you order the fabrics for this wonderful quilt pattern
(orders $100 and over, no coupon needed).

Don’t miss the ‘Owl Arabesque‘ and ‘National Parks‘ 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.

Luana and Paul Rubin

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Happy Thanksgiving

Posted on November 24, 2021 by Luana

As we gather with friends and loved ones for a Thanksgiving meal tomorrow, we take the time to look back on this year with gratitude.

We focus on what we have, and count our blessings in this moment. Whatever challenges we have faced in the last year, we put them aside and cherish the ones with whom we gather to break bread.

The things we value now are perhaps simple but more precious. Having the time to prepare a meal, being able to sit down in person with family, and appreciating the abundance that is before us….that is the gift and the message of this holiday.

One of the gifts we all savor is the ability to sit down with fabric, needle and thread, and take some time for ourselves during a busy holiday season. When we take time to create, we are nurturing ourselves…and often what we make is for the comfort and healing of others. Every stitch is a prayer, when our quilt is for someone who is marking a turning point in their lives. As quilters, we are there to celebrate and document these moments. Don’t forget to put labels on the quilts you make – it will make your work even more precious to the generations that follow.

We wish you a peaceful and blessed holiday with those you love, and we express our humble gratitude for sharing our vision as this year winds to an end.

…sharing your love of fabric,
Luana and Paul
and the eQuilter Staff

Quilt/Travel Calendar:
Dec 4 – Zoom lecture “Intl Quilt Trends” – Quilt Canada
Jan 12 – Apr 9, 2022 – New England Quilt Museum (NEQM) “For the Love of Gaia” exhibit
Feb 16-19 – QuiltCon – Phoenix Arizona
Sat, April 9 – “International Quilt Trends” lecture – NEQM Closing Reception
October 2022 – Luana’s Polar Bear Tour – Churchill Canada

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Your Free Quilt Pattern – Baby Wildlife Meadow

Posted on November 23, 2021 by Luana

Adorable baby animals and delightful dancing toadstools are the theme of
this week’s exclusive eQuilter Free Quilt Pattern, featuring little Bunnies, fuzzy Ducklings, a tiny Mouse, little feathered friends, and a playful Fox in a field of Poppies. The colorful Toadstool Stripe adds Hedgehogs, Bumblebees, Flowers and more colorful Songbirds to this Symphony of Cuteness.

To make this Super-Easy 59″ x 59″ quilt design, you will start with the central panel, add the stripe for a border, and finish off with a tonal border and contrast binding. This is a great baby shower gift that will be loved and appreciated as that special little person grows and is able to identify the baby animals in the quilt. Great gift for a budding Nature-Lover too!

…from the ‘Bramble Patch’ collection by Hannah Dale for Maywood Studio.

Don’t miss the ‘Rescued and Loved at Home‘ and ‘National Parks‘ 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.

Luana and Paul Rubin

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Gratitude Week

Posted on November 22, 2021 by Luana

Despite supply chain issues in our industry, I am always amazed that our buying team is able to keep a steady stream of beautiful new products arriving each week. I look at about 150,000 new products per year, and order around 14,000 which are introduced in our weekly e-newsletters that go out to 120,000 subscribers. We are so proud (and relieved) that we’ve been able to stay open and keep shipping thousands of packages every month, thanks to our fantastic warehouse team. As we approach this week of Thanksgiving, I just want to express our deep appreciation for our awesome employees who are truly part of this TEAM effort…providing this service to our customers around the world.

As our way of thanking YOU, we do not bombard you with obnoxious Black Friday emails. I think you know what I mean. This year more than ever, we appreciate the things that are most important in life. After I left the garment industry and found my way to the quilting industry, I felt so blessed to have found my way to this sisterhood/brotherhood/tribe that is so generous and welcoming. This time of year so many of you are making quilts and sewing gifts for the holiday season. There is really nothing like a handmade gift to show how much you love someone.

When we started this business we never dreamed that it could be part of something so much bigger…to raise money for conservation issues, breast cancer, orphans, and disaster relief. We have just passed another milestone – a total of $1.85 million raised for charity – which means next year we will reach $1.9 million. Now I can start to see that huge milestone of $2 million on the horizon, and I just want you to know that every one of you who have supported us over the years can lay claim to being part of this incredible Force for Good that we have created TOGETHER. I am humbled and filled with gratitude, for what we’ve done together, and I invite you to click through the links on our charity page to learn more about the work each of our carefully vetted non-profit recipients are doing, and what they are accomplishing, with our help and yours.

Just in case you missed this…
I am doing ONE MORE POLAR BEAR TRIP next year. Details on this page.
Our deadline has been extended and they are giving me the chance to fill up the bus with quilters and fabriholics, so let’s Fill ‘er Up!

…sharing your love of fabric,
Luana and Paul

Quilt/Travel Calendar:
Dec 4 – Zoom lecture “Intl Quilt Trends” – Quilt Canada
Jan 12 – Apr 9, 2022 – New England Quilt Museum (NEQM) “For the Love of Gaia” exhibit
Feb 16-19 – QuiltCon – Phoenix Arizona
Sat, April 9 – “International Quilt Trends” lecture – NEQM Closing Reception
October 2022 – Luana’s Polar Bear Tour – Churchill Manitoba Canada

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Your Free Quilt Pattern – Owl Arabesque

Posted on November 19, 2021 by Luana

It is a rare pleasure when a stunningly talented fine artist crosses over onto the quilting scene with their licensed artwork being translated onto fabric, but David Galchutt is one of those creative unicorns who has burst onto the scene in the last year. When we saw his illustrations in 2020 for the first time, we knew that all of you were going to love his work as much as we do!

To make this 61″ x 66″ eQuilter exclusive quilt design, you will start with the horizontal 24″ x 44″ digital-printed panel. We’ve added David’s owl and paisley coordinates, plus 2 Hoffman Hand-Dyes and a Stonehenge texture…to create this pieced wall-hanging that will bring warmth and smiles wherever it lands.

…from the ‘Owl Arabesque’ collection by David Galchutt for Quilting Treasures.

PLUS – you’ll receive Free USA / 50% off INTL shipping
when you order the fabrics for this wonderful quilt pattern
(orders $100 and over, no coupon needed).

Don’t miss the ‘National Parks‘ and ‘Moon Child‘ 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.

Luana and Paul Rubin

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Beary Good News

Posted on November 17, 2021 by Luana

Today I got some Beary Good News!

We have 9 people who have signed up in the last week for my Peak Season Polar Bear trip, so they are giving me the chance to fill up the entire Polar Rover with more Quilters and Fiber-holics! If we can fill up the whole Polar Bear bus that means it will be the PARTY Bear Bus!

So if you’ve been fiddling about whether to get in on this trip, NOW is the time to call our trip specialist Aly and put down a deposit to secure your seat on the bus. Payment plans are available which is very helpful. And if you like the idea of going on a trip where everyone is vaccinated and you can feel safe and enjoy yourself, we’d love to have you!

Plus you get a packet of POLAR BEAR FABRIC as part of the deal!

Just to add to the fun, I’ve added photos to both my Polar Bear Album, and my Katmai Brown Bear Album. I am also painting/embellishing a 54″ fiberglass bear over the next few weeks, that will be part of an outdoor Winter public art exhibit at Chautauqua Park here in Boulder. My goodness, there is a lot of Bear Energy happening around here right now!

The photo above is from my last trip to Churchill in 2019. This big boy hung out near our Polar Rover for quite a long time…walking all around us and then finally settling in the willows just below us. The bears are very curious about us too!

Many thanks to Visions Art Museum and the Handweavers Guild of Boulder, who hosted my lectures in the last several days. It is such a comfort and pleasure to share time with my peeps and talk about our mutual passion for Creativity and COLOR.

…sharing your love of fabric,
Luana and Paul

Quilt/Travel Calendar:
Dec 4 – Zoom lecture “Intl Quilt Trends” – Quilt Canada
Jan 12 – Apr 9, 2022 – New England Quilt Museum (NEQM) “For the Love of Gaia” exhibit
Feb 16-19 – QuiltCon – Phoenix Arizona
Sat, April 9 – “International Quilt Trends” lecture – NEQM Closing Reception

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Your Free Quilt Pattern – Moon Child

Posted on November 16, 2021 by Luana

This sweetly encouraging quilt design combines fabrics from different designers to create an optimistic message in a tender comforting quilt. Perhaps someone you know could use a hug and a supportive quilt like this?

To make this heart-warming 52″ x 52″ quilt design, you will start with a 24″ x 44″ central panel, then cut up a 2nd block panel and piece with the pastel blue starry print. Finish with a soft yellow star print for the border, and you have a special gift that expresses your care for a loved one.

…from the ‘I Love You To the Moon and Back’ collection by Timeless Treasures
and the ‘Stay Wild Moon Child’ collection by Debi Hron for Henry Glass.

Don’t miss the ‘National Parks‘ and ‘Rescued and Loved at Home‘ 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.

Luana and Paul Rubin

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Holidays on the Horizon

Posted on November 15, 2021 by Luana

Today I picked a bowl full of vine-ripened tomatoes, and even more that had been blown off by the wind onto the ground. We still have not had our first snow here which is ….creepy. My mom’s nursing home just shut down again due to positive cases, which is so depressing. However I have 2 big art projects and deadlines to keep me busy. The wall is up in the studio so I hope to move in and get re-settled again soon. Once I am all set up in the new studio space, I will see what kind of classes we can host here in the future. Fingers crossed!

This last week was the International Summit for the Color Marketing Group, where we spent 2 days reviewing the trends and color palettes developed by members through regional collaborations over the last 6 months. If last year was about separation and isolation, this upcoming year will be about *Connecting*, and the colors that support that topic. I am grateful to be a part of the international color/trend forecasting organization, and to interact with designers in other industries, as we all try to make sense of what the future holds.

Our color palettes are always informed and inspired by these color trend forecasts, and although I can’t share the results of the CMG 2023 forecast (members only ) I can promise you that we will use this information to maintain a cutting edge on color trends here at eQuilter, as always…

Thanksgiving is in 12 days and if you are like me, you are still trying to get your brain wrapped around it being November already. We are working hard to keep all of our categories well stocked so you can find what you need before the Winter Sewing Season sets in. Yes we have seen supply chain issues but we have many resources so we just keep calling until we find what we know you will need. We have a team of Santa’s Elves here in the Buying department who take their job very seriously.

Just in case you missed the Wednesday newsletter…
I am doing ONE MORE POLAR BEAR TRIP next year and the deadline to grab a guaranteed spot in my group is Thursday, November 18. Details on this page.

…sharing your love of fabric,
Luana and Paul

Quilt/Travel Calendar:

Nov 15 & 16 – Handweavers Guild Boulder – Zoom Lectures.
Nov 18 – Deadline for guaranteed registration – Churchill Polar Bear trip.
Dec 4 – Zoom lecture “Intl Quilt Trends” – Quilt Canada
Jan 12 – Apr 9, 2022 – New England Quilt Museum (NEQM) “For the Love of Gaia” exhibit
Sat, April 9 – “International Quilt Trends” lecture – NEQM

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