{"id":8002,"date":"2021-08-30T08:46:56","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T14:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?p=8002"},"modified":"2021-08-30T08:47:17","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T14:47:17","slug":"my-creative-reset-button","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/my-creative-reset-button\/","title":{"rendered":"My Creative Reset Button"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/category\/244\/magic-+-dragons-lotr-+-harry-potter?p_sort_by=newest&#038;fn=nl_20210828193452\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8006\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1-5.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=8006\" class=\"wp-image-8006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1-5.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1-5-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/category\/171\/florals-folk-art-pop-+-mod?p_sort_by=newest&#038;fn=nl_20210828193452\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8007\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2-5.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=8007\" class=\"wp-image-8007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2-5.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2-5-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/category\/159\/ocean-fish-dolphins-mermaids-+-shells?p_sort_by=newest&#038;fn=nl_20210828193452\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/3-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8008\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/3-5.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=8008\" class=\"wp-image-8008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/3-5.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/3-5-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The longer you live, the more interesting people you encounter, and this weekend I am appreciating the people I&#8217;ve come to know in my decades making quilts, and making an honest living as a fabriholic. Last night I got back from my personal creativity retreat in Santa Fe, with 3 nights at the opera (the costumes!), many hours wandering through galleries and museums, and some particularly uplifting time spent with remarkable artists.<br><br>While in Santa Fe I had a long loud lunch with Betty Busby and the New Mexico contingent of SAQA. We went to a local favorite cafe (away from the tourist trail) and basically opened and closed the place for the lunch shift. In one of those coincidences that are in the &#8220;Truth is Stranger Than Fiction&#8221; categories, it turned out the artists at the table are finishing a quilt for an artist who recently died, and before she left us, she gave them instructions on how to complete her quilt for a prestigious invitational show. I had heard about this bittersweet task being passed on to her friends, but to find after a couple hours that I had shared a meal with Gail Sims&#8217; creative support team&#8230;well that was just remarkable.<br><br>Betty brought along one of her amazing 3-D Textile sculptural pieces, and we had a chat about <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/product\/290353\/fosshape-300-heat-formable-non-woven-fabric?fn=nl_20210828193452\">the special stabilizer she uses, called Fosshape<\/a><\/strong>. If you are one of those people who scour our newsletters for unique new products, you may have noticed this in our New Product newsletter a couple weeks ago. We also started carrying another specialty stabilizer product used by Thread Genius &#8211; Marianne Williamson. She likes to use <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/search?p_filter_keyword=pedebon&amp;p_search_type=all&amp;p_func=live&amp;fn=nl_20210828193452\">Pellon 809<\/a><\/strong> in her heavily stitched art quilts.<br><br>Friday I stopped in La Veta as I was driving back to Boulder Colorado. You may recognize the name of that little town because it is where Ricky Tims is based. But I was on my way to see Judith Baker Montano, who lives in a colorful Victorian gingerbread house, full of art and color, and surrounded by a vigorous Southwest flower garden. Her husband Ernest was wearing a rainbow-hued tie-dyed shirt, as he watered the floral tsunami in the back yard. (Ricky is in Texas taping a show.)<br><br>I remember in the 90s when I first discovered Judith&#8217;s books, and her intricate lush embroideries, I was just blown away. Many years ago I visited her at home, while attending a taping at Ricky&#8217;s studio in downtown La Veta. This time I was able to spend some time visiting at her kitchen table, touring her studio, and admiring her detailed hand-embroidered landscapes. I have always had a special admiration for this kind of work, probably because I grew up with my Swedish grandma&#8217;s crewel embroidery work. I must confess I fondled some of Jude&#8217;s private hand-dyed silk ribbon stash while in her studio&#8230;.<br><br>Judith has a private studio\/classroom and has very limited availability for small workshops\/retreats in her colorful space. I am doing some sourcing research for some of the specialty products she needs for her classes also. If you are a teacher and you need someone to stock specialty products for your students, please do contact me and we&#8217;ll see if we can help you!<br><br>&#8230;sharing your love of fabric,<br>Luana and Paul<br><br>Quilt\/Travel Calendar:<br><br>Sept 21-29 &#8211; Alaska<br>Sept 27 &#8211; Anchorage Log Cabin Quilters Guild &#8211; Lecture.<br>Oct 23-30 &#8211; Houston Quilt Market &amp; Festival<br>Dec 4 &#8211; Zoom lecture &#8220;Intl Quilt Trends&#8221; &#8211; Quilt Canada<br>Jan 12 &#8211; Apr 9, 2022 &#8211; New England Quilt Museum (NEQM) &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/yVy3po63C94\">For the Love of Gaia<\/a>&#8221; exhibit<br>Sat, April 9 &#8211; &#8220;International Quilt Trends&#8221; lecture &#8211; NEQM<\/p>\n<strong>Share Post:<\/strong><br><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" 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