{"id":11865,"date":"2026-04-25T11:27:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T17:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?p=11865"},"modified":"2026-04-29T11:28:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T17:28:21","slug":"the-asia-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/the-asia-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"The Asia Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The last few days I have been enjoying the SAQA virtual conference, with presenters from all over Asia. It is wonderful to see so many familiar faces and beautiful quilts from Japan, Taiwan and Korea. You may recall that last year I traveled to the Kyoto Quilt Festival<\/a><\/strong> and Taiwan Quilt Festival<\/a><\/strong> as a featured artist and speaker. The friendships I formed over many years at the Tokyo Quilt Festival (sadly, now defunct) were renewed with many smiles and hugs.

For those of you who enjoyed the conference segment about Kawaii<\/a><\/strong> by Teresa Duryea Wong and Naomi Ichikawa, we do still have a few copies of their book in stock. You may recall that a year ago I spent Girls Day with Naomi in Kyoto.

In addition, fans of Japanese quilting may want to snag a copy of the new issue of Quilts Japan<\/a><\/strong> that just arrived in the warehouse this last week.

The latest issue of Quiltfolk<\/a><\/strong> features Houston Texas quilters, with Japanese-American artist Kumiko Frydl’s miniature butterfly quilt on the cover. It is one of my favorite issues so far!

My favorite fabrics this week?
The Sloth and Penguin<\/a><\/strong> in the Wild Animals category!

I will be at the Alegre Art Retreat<\/a><\/strong> in SW Colorado this coming week, starting a new piece and seeing many old friends…and I know I’ll be seeing many eQuilter friends and customers there also!

Sharing your passion for fabrics….
Luana and Paul

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Travel\/Lecture Dates:
Apr 26 – May 1 – Alegre Retreat, Gateway CO
May 16 – New England Quilt Museum, Soul Stories Artist Reception
May 18-26 – Montpellier, France
June 4-5 – Featured Speaker – World Environment Day – Houston
July 28 – Aug 2 – Festival of Quilts – Birmingham UK
Nov 12-15 – Intl Quilt Festival – Houston



Visit eQuilter’s Instagram<\/a><\/strong> and Pinterest<\/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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