We are always happy to feature Paula Nadelstern’s latest collection in our newsletter. She came and spoke at our state guild in the early 1990s when I was just starting out in quilting, and her slide show was an epiphany. I realized I wanted to be an art quilter! I had just left New York City in 1990, and she was making these amazing kaleidoscope quilts on the kitchen table of her apartment in the Bronx, on the same block where she grew up. Years later we met and became good friends. Our paths have crossed at quilt events around the world over the years. Paula has a very special place in my heart. She is one of the creative geniuses and founding matriarchs of our wonderful quilting world.
Friday was National Golden Retriever Day, and you may have noticed we featured a Golden Retriever panel at the top of the newsletter. In addition to our 3 rescue cats, we have an English Golden and an American Golden Retriever. (Our English girl had eye surgery a few weeks ago.) We sure love our beloved dogs and cats and we know you share that same love, which is why we keep the Dog and Cat categories fully stocked for our Fur-Baby-lovin’ customers!
Right now I am busy working on bringing in lots of specialty products for fiber artists, art quilters, and SAQA members who want to push the creative boundaries in 2023:
We now have 3 versions of Evolon, used by Betty Busby in her fiber art : Evolon 58 gsm is now available in 40″ wide yardage, plus small and large sized precut sheet packages. We will keep these in stock for Betty’s students. It is a fabric-weight nonwoven that can be painted, printed and cut up for your textile art projects.
Watch this space for Felt Batting and Felt Balls coming in the next week or two. With all the crazy weather we’ve had some shipments delayed, but you’ll find them popping up in this new category with Felt Products. In the meantime we have those yummy Wool Felt pressing mats in stock for you.
I know many of you are dealing with ice storms and cold temps this weekend. I can empathize. We’ve had an ice skating rink in front of our house since our big storm in December, and it is finally melting off. However as you know, when the weather outside is frightful, it is a great time to sew and quilt, and also to shop in your bathrobe. Valentine’s Day is not the only holiday on the horizon. Do you know about Galentine’s Day on Feb 13? Yes it is a thing. And yes it is what you think it is. Sounds like a good excuse for a Stitch-n-3itch party to me.
Don’t forget to restock your sewing machine needles, rotary cutter replacement blades, and pick up some new colors of thread, for your next few projects!
sharing your love for fabric,
Luana and Paul
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Travel/Quilt Calendar:
Feb 15 – Zoom lecture “Intl Quilt Trends” – Victoria BC Quilt Guild
Feb 22-25 – QuiltCon – GOLD SPONSOR – Atlanta
April 18-26 – Pour l’Amour du Fil – Nantes, France
June 8-10 – Quilt Canada – Halifax, Nova Scotia
August 18-24 – Bear Camp in Alaska – Sign up Now!
