{"id":4690,"date":"2018-10-03T09:05:27","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T15:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/50.87.217.193\/blog\/?p=4690"},"modified":"2018-10-03T09:05:27","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T15:05:27","slug":"creative-nudge-city-country-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/creative-nudge-city-country-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Nudge – City and Country Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This week started with a quick adventure – to the Houston headquarters of Quilts Inc – those hardworking folks who organize Quilt Market and Quilt Festival! I was there with a team of judges to choose the winners for our Love Your Mother<\/a> quilt challenge. You’ll be able to see this colorful exhibit in Houston in about 5 weeks. The prizes will be awarded at the Teachers Luncheon on Thursday Nov 8, where my friend Pam Holland will be giving a lecture about her creative journey. Hope you can join us!<\/p>\n

Now that Fall is here, I can’t stop thinking about snuggly flannel<\/a> quilts, and snowy winter evenings. After my 2 weeks in Sweden this summer, and especially all of our time up in the forest, I am thinking of how my ancestors stayed warm on those frigid nights up near the Arctic Circle. While I was in Sweden, one of our longtime customers came to meet me, and brought a book about Swedish quilts from the 1800s and early 1900s. I was amazed to see so many of the quilt blocks that we know and love, in those old black and white photos. Of course those quilts were scrappy, and made to keep families warm on those icy long winter weeks when one could only stay indoors and try to keep busy with crafts and chores.<\/p>\n

These days we have the relative luxury of buying beautiful new fabrics instead of using old clothing scraps, and we also have the luxury of making artistic quilts instead of just utilitarian quilts. So we can not just survive Winter<\/a>, but we can now celebrate Winter<\/a>. This fabric collage above is my celebration of the frosty season that inspires us to sew and create while the weather outside is frightful….<\/p>\n

Last chance to sign up for MJ Kinman’s class this weekend!<\/a>…. in our NEW CLASSROOM. She will share her secrets of how to make the biggest diamonds in the world.<\/p>\n

sharing your Passion for Fabric…
\nLuana and Paul<\/p>\n

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\neQuilter Classroom & Event Calendar:
\nOct 6-7 – MJ Kinman Gemstone Quilt workshop<\/a> @ eQuilter – Register Now<\/a>!
\nOct 27 – Charity Sewing Day in our NEW CLASSROOM
\nDec 2 – Victoria Findlay Wolfe CQC workshop @ eQuilter<\/p>\n

Luana’s Travel Calendar:
\nNov 2-8 – Houston Quilt Market\/Festival
\n(Nov 8 – Love Your Mother<\/a> Awards @ Teachers Luncheon)
\nNov 13-19, 2018 – POLAR BEAR Tour<\/a>
\nDec 23 – Jan 4 – China<\/p>\nShare Post:<\/strong>
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