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This weekend I am excited to share that I’ve been invited to come to the Taiwan Quilt Festival in Taipei. The event is November 21-23. I will be the featured artist and speaker, giving a lecture on International Quilt Trends on that Saturday night. More details will be forthcoming. You will see I have shared their announcement on my personal Facebook page.

In fact I spent quite a bit of time in Taiwan….in the late 1980s. Back then I was flying business class on Pan Am, from New York to Taipei. I think I spent a total of six months there over several years. Each trip was about a month long, working to develop a collection in a factory. Many of my friends from Hong Kong had moved there, and I especially enjoyed visiting the museums. I’ll have to brush up on my Mandarin between now and then!

In case you missed my Wednesday e-newsletter<\/a><\/strong>, the Hoffman Challenge fabrics<\/a><\/strong> came in this week, and it is one of my favorite challenge collections:
PURPLE BATIKS!

You can find yardage and fat quarter bundles here<\/a><\/strong>. You will be tempted to join the challenge this year. I like to work with batiks and hand-dyes in my own work, because of their dense weave and smooth hand.

Hoffman’s high quality batiks are always a pleasure to work with, and we have a new fat quarter packet with their ever-popular batik dots<\/a><\/strong>.

Stay cool out there – and keep stitching.

sharing your love for fabric,
Luana and Paul

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Travel\/Lecture Dates:
July 18 – SAQA “Balance” opening reception in Durango, CO
July 27 – Aug 6 – Festival of Quilts, Birmingham UK
Sept 12 – SAQA “Camouflage” reception – Arizona Sonora Desert Museum – Tuscon AZ
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

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

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

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