Last week I broke down and got a subscription to Zoom. I am spending several hours a day on Zoom and similar platforms, in meetings, in conferences, and catching up with friends. There are many live video platforms available now. I used to talk to my kids via Skype when I was traveling abroad but the connection was often sketchy, so I kind of gave up on that for awhile.
However recently I’ve been catching up with many friends in the industry as we all try to figure out what is going to happen for the rest of this year. Those friends who are wise, consider this the sabbatical they had hoped for in the future. That’s the way my mom raised me too: always look for the bright side of the situation. Focus on the positive. In times of tragedy or emergency, as Mr. Rogers said, look for the helpers.
Now my Glass-Half-Full mom has been in lockdown in a nursing home for 10 weeks, but the bright side is that they have kept the virus out, and have kept her safe. We talk to her on Zoom once or twice a week, and on the phone every day. She is frail, confused and lonely, but I am grateful that we can still have a relationship. I am focusing on what we have….not on what we don’t have.
Our eQuilter staff have made a mighty effort over the last 10 weeks to stock everything possible for your mask-making and PPE sewing. We have processed 5000 yds at a time of elastic from a garment manufacturer. There are some products we never heard of before, that are top sellers now. Everybody here knows, from the front door to the back loading dock, that we are part of this huge effort. Those who pull, cut, wrap and ship your efforts are giving special attention to orders for mask-making supplies.
When you have 45 minutes for a cuppa and some eye candy, I’d like to share this video of our ‘virtual tea’ with the International Quilt Museum in Lincoln Nebraska, regarding our fundraiser for Earthworks, and the acquisition of my activist quilt Rocky Mountain Poison. There is also a sneak peak of the upcoming exhibit “For the Love of Gaia”.
All of us at eQuilter wish you health, peace and comfort in these troubling times.
We will get to the other side of this…together.
sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul
* The Leopard photo was taken by Luana at the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg Colorado. Collage contains fabrics now in stock,including hand-stamped South African Hand-Dye blocks.
