Well another Kentucky Derby has come and gone. My goodness, between May the Fourth (Star Wars), the Derby and Cinco de Mayo, we have a lot of excuses to party this weekend hmm? Today we had another Charity Sewing Day, focusing on finishing quilts before the CU students from Engineers Without Borders leave for Nepal with another batch of donated quilts for earthquake survivors. So we had our own quilting party which included cake, strawberries and a very large can of whipped cream. Our next quilting day will also be on Sophie’s 16th birthday, so maybe you’d like to come help celebrate our Sweet 16 Girl. (Shhh! Don’t tell her!)
We are thinking of all our friends in Hawaii this weekend too…we no longer have family living on the Big Island but a close friend just happened to leave the day before the earthquake and eruption. With volcanoes erupting in Bali and Alaska now, maybe Mother Earth is telling us something? We have a fabric for that! We hope the Bali eruption will not disrupt our Batik suppliers, but last time it did, so we are stocking up on current Batiks for all you Batikaholics.
I am just tickled to see those entries coming in for the Love Your Mother Challenge! The deadline is May 15 and then we will jury for the contest and exhibit. Good luck to you all.
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We are excited to be hosting workshops with Lea McComas, Betty Busby and MJ Kinman in the next few months. Lea’s 2 portrait workshops are open for registration now, and we look forward (Her book is in stock now also.) to seeing many of you. Remember we have a discount with the Hampton Inn close by, and the link is on the bottom of the class registration page.
sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul
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eQuilter Classroom & Event Calendar:
May 10 – Deadline for dropping off Nepal Quilts
May 11 – eQuilter Chromazone – Color Marketing Group @ eQuilter
May 15 – Registration DEADLINE for ‘Love Your Mother‘ Quilt Challenge
June 23 – eQuilter Charity Sewing Day & Sophie’s Sweet 16 Party! (Please RSVP)
July 16 – 20 – Lea McComas Workshops @ eQuilter
Coming soon – workshops with Betty Busby and MJ Kinman @ eQuilter!
Luana’s Travel Calendar:
May 18-20 – Quilt Market – Portland OR
May 29 – 31 – Quilt Canada – Vancouver BC
June 1 – Opening Reception for Hollis Chatelain – RMQM – Golden CO
June 27 – July 11 – Sweden
Aug 5-12 – London & Birmingham UK Festival of Quilts
Nov 13-19, 2018 – POLAR BEAR Tour
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