Ever since we opened eQuilter in March 1999, it has become more obvious every year, that some of you are year-round collectors of Halloween-themed fabrics. I guess you could say it is the flip side of the coin, compared to those who like to collect Christmas/holiday/Winter fabrics. These savvy collectors know that both of these themes are seasonal fabrics that usually are ‘one and done’ which means there is one printing, and then it is gone forever.
However, we have some perennial favorites in this category that we DO reprint in our exclusive Rubin Design Studio collections. After many years of frustration when our suppliers would run out quickly, and not reprint….we took matters into our own hands. We still buy beautiful artwork from our suppliers, but when a Rubin design sells out quickly, we just put in an order for a reprint. That’s for all you die-hard collectors!
One important tip for you:
If you see something you love….it haunts you….but you don’t jump on it fast enough and it sells out….just contact our customer service department and we’ll email or call you when it is back in stock. Many of you take advantage of this service. Also many of you subscribe to our Back in Stock email list so you can pounce on those reprints the day they come in. Serious Fabriholic Ninjas – we see you!
One week from now I’ll be on a plane to Houston for the Intl Quilt Festival. I have 2 quilts in the show this year. My “250 Years of American Wilderness” is in the Landscape gallery, and my large wolf quilt “Invisible Borders” is in the very special exhibit “Soul Stories”. This is a new group of artists whose group exhibit is premiering in Houston this year. (Next year we will be at the New England Quilt Museum in the Spring, and the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham UK in August.)
You can see a preview of my 2 quilts here, but I hope you can see them in person!
I’ll be at the gallery talks for Soul Stories on Friday and Saturday at 2 pm so if you are coming please come to these artist talks and say hello afterwards! I am also attending the SAQA member event on Friday 5-7 pm and hope to see many of you there.
eQuilter is also the sponsor for the $5K Master Award which went to Caryl Bryer Fallert Gentry this year. Be sure to see all the big winners, including Best of Show by Ricky Tims.
Sharing our passion for fabric…and cats!
Luana & Paul
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www.luanarubin.com
Travel/Lecture Dates:
Oct 9-12 – Houston Quilt Festival – Soul Stories
Nov 2-6 – Art Quilt Tahoe – Independent Study
Nov 7-10 – Sacred Threads – Indianapolis – Art & Activism lecture
Nov 21-23 – Taiwan Quilt Festival – Taipei – Feature Artist & Speaker
Dec 10 – Canadian Quilt Association – Zoom Lecture – Intl Quilt Trends
Feb 2 – SAQA Europe/Middle East – Zoom Lecture
Feb 18-21 – QuiltCon – Raleigh NC
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