{"id":11056,"date":"2025-01-22T14:05:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T21:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?p=11056"},"modified":"2025-01-22T14:05:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T21:05:25","slug":"a-walk-in-the-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/a-walk-in-the-woods\/","title":{"rendered":"A Walk in the Woods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Don’t know about you, but I am in the mood for a little escapism tonight.
Would you like to join me for a little walk through the forest?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I feel lucky to have been imbued with respect and delight for the natural world, as I was growing up. We lived in California until I was 10, and my memories of those years are a swirl of Beach, Redwood Forest, Mount Shasta, and a sprinkle of Disneyland<\/a> on top. Then we moved to Colorado, and every other Sunday my parents would take us for a drive in the mountains<\/a>. Literally a “Sunday drive”. Often we would go straight to Estes Park and the Rocky Mountain National Park, sometimes sliding down glaciers (that are gone now), stopping for a herd of elk, or searching for trout and beavers in the alpine streams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summer music camp at the base of Longs Peak was how I spent 3 summers as a teen. One night we snuck out to a meadow with sleeping bags to look at the Milky Way and watch shooting stars<\/a>. And oh yeah, one night when I was sneaking back to my log cabin<\/a>, I came face to face with a juvenile (teenager) bear<\/a>. We both took off running in opposite directions, after several long moments eye-to-eye. (You can read about that on my artist website blog<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did a lot of hiking (and a little cross-country skiing) in our mountains before I blew out my knees. I have some special memories of wildflowers<\/a> and high altitude pristine lakes. And of course wandering through groves of golden Aspen in the fall, breathing in that spicy earthy aroma of fallen leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hopefully you have similar memories that you can return to, when it is time to clear your head and calm your heart. I like to imagine that I am walking on the beach at sunset<\/a>, or wandering along a forest path<\/a> with the sound of a waterfall<\/a> in the distance. When I am sewing, I love to work with beautiful artwork of these Nature themes…because they bring forth these memories. Art, color, design and quilting all help me to center into the moment and find a peaceful place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Right now I am in the home stretch, finishing two nature-themed quilts before I leave for my solo gallery at the Kyoto Quilt Festival. If you’d like to follow along, subscribe to my artist blog here<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We hope that our fabrics bring you moments of meditation and joy as we all sail into 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sharing our passion for fabric…..
Luana and Paul<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travel\/Lecture Dates:
Feb 25 – Mar 5 – Solo Gallery @ Kyoto Quilt Festival Feb 28 – Mar 2
Apr 3-6 – SAQA Conference – St Pete, Florida
April 27- May 3 – Alegre Retreat<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visit eQuilter’s Instagram<\/a>, Pinterest<\/a> or TikTok pages<\/a> for Color and Design ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Luana’s Flickr Photo Pages<\/a> for travel images, comment on our blog<\/a>, or follow us on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out our Video pages<\/a> for interviews and show reviews.<\/p>\nShare Post:<\/strong>
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