{"id":11956,"date":"2026-06-24T17:33:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T23:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?p=11956"},"modified":"2026-06-25T17:33:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T23:33:31","slug":"for-the-love-of-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/for-the-love-of-art\/","title":{"rendered":"For the Love of ART"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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2 weeks ago we sent out a press release<\/a><\/strong> detailing the sale of eQuilter to the new owners:
Collin and Christina Stewart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We encourage you to take a moment to read about these 2 wonderful people, and support them as they take the reins of our beloved company!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the last few days they have been moving eQuilter to its new location, which is 15 minutes NE of the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum. Quite a convenient spot for local customers who want to pick up an order and spend an afternoon at the museum!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To all of you who have sent lovely emails and Facebook messages – thank you so much! We love you too! Many of you have been customers for so long, you remember following my trip to China in April 2023 to adopt Sophie. She turns 24 today, so we have all traveled together on this journey…our kids…your mothers and children….and now Christina and Collin take over the helm and their 2 young children may grow up in our wonderful industry as well. It has been such a blessing for our 3 kids who are now adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I feature this Steampunk Van Gogh panel because it is connected to the start of my own story – my deep love of art, color and design. When I was 15, I went to Germany as a summer exchange student. On the way there, we stopped in Amsterdam for 2 days. I visited the Rijksmuseum, which blew me away. (I saw Rembrandt’s Night Watch a few weeks before it was slashed.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of the day someone mentioned that the Van Gogh museum was nearby. I RAN as fast as I could to try to get through the doors before it closed…tears running down my face. As I raced through the galleries, a guard told me the museum closed in 20 minutes, and to head to the exit. I wept and begged him to quickly take me past the most famous paintings. You see, I had read “Lust for Life” (the Van Gogh biography by Irving Stone) until the tattered cover fell off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of you know that I was finally able to return to Amsterdam 3 years ago, to see the Vermeer exhibit in the Rijksmuseum, but also to spend a whole day in the Van Gogh museum. In years past I visited several Van Gogh sites in Arles France, and more recently Neunen Netherlands where he lived as a young man. (Thanks Hilde) I’ve enjoyed the film “Lust for Life” with Kirk Douglas, and “Vincent and the Doctor” on Doctor Who. (made me cry) And don’t forget “Starry Starry Night” sung by Don McLean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And why have I been so obsessed by Van Gogh since I was a child? His colors, his vision, his free brushstrokes, his tender heart…all spoke to me. Indeed he was one of my first teachers about ART….which eventually led us to open eQuilter so we could carry specialty products that were essentially ‘Art on Fabric’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope you have enjoyed going down that rabbit hole with me, because I know that you are also an artist at heart…and eQuilter has always aimed to inspire and support YOU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

love always,
Luana and Paul Rubin<\/p>\nShare Post:<\/strong>
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