{"id":11918,"date":"2026-05-30T10:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T16:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?p=11918"},"modified":"2026-06-03T11:01:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:01:02","slug":"june-5-in-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/june-5-in-houston\/","title":{"rendered":"June 5 in Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/banw2025-copy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/banw2025-copy.png 600w, https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/banw2025-copy-300x100.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week I&#8217;ve had fun checking out <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/category\/132\/books-kaffe-fassett-+-cherrywood?fn=nl_20260530192854\">Kaffe&#8217;s latest book<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; with his colorful quilts photographed alongside street art in London!<br><br>Be sure to have a look at our latest shipment of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/search?p_filter_keyword=BEHNNF&amp;p_search_type=all&amp;p_func=live&amp;fn=nl_20260530192854\">deeply saturated hand-dyes<\/a><\/strong> from Benartex, in 19 colors. Also <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/search?p_filter_keyword=BELUSH&amp;p_search_type=all&amp;p_func=live&amp;fn=nl_20260530192854\">53 colors of Shadow Blush<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; a softly mottled tonal blender.<br><br>Be sure to check out the new Summer issue of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/category\/152\/magazines-art-quilting-studio?fn=nl_20260530192854\">Art Quilting Studio<\/a><\/strong>, including the detailed portraits of Polish artist Magda Gasowska. You may recall that I featured one of her stunning pieces that was at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/preserving-traditions-culture\/?fn=nl_20260530192854\">Birmingham Festival of Quilts, August 2024.<\/a><\/strong><br><br>If you are in the Houston Texas area, I hope you can come to my presentation on Art and Activism on Friday June 5. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/june-5-world-environment-day\/?fn=nl_20260530192854\">You can find all the details and QR code to register, here.<\/a><\/strong> I am bringing several of my art quilts to display for the event, including a sneak peek of a couple new pieces.<br><br>Sharing your passion for fabrics&#8230;.<br>Luana and Paul<br><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luanarubin.com\/luanas-blog\/\">Subscribe to my artist blog here.<\/a><\/strong><br><br>Travel\/Lecture Dates:<br>June 4-5 &#8211; Featured Speaker &#8211; World Environment Day &#8211; Houston<br>July 28 &#8211; Aug 2 &#8211; Festival of Quilts &#8211; Birmingham UK<br>Nov 12-15 &#8211; Intl Quilt Festival &#8211; Houston<br><br><br><br>Visit <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/equilterfabrics\">eQuilter&#8217;s Instagram<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/equilterfabrics\/\">Pinterest<\/a><\/strong> pages for Color and Design ideas.<br><br>See Luana&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luanarubin.com\">Artist Blog<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/luanarubin\/albums\">Flickr Photo Pages<\/a><\/strong> for travel images, comment <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?fn=nl_20260530192854\">on our blog<\/a><\/strong>, or <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/equilter\">follow us on Facebook<\/a><\/strong>.<br><br>Check out <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/news\/videos\/category\/0\/equilter-videos?fn=nl_20260530192854\">our Video pages<\/a><\/strong> for interviews and show reviews.<\/p>\n<strong>Share 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