{"id":8317,"date":"2021-11-29T09:10:19","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T16:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?p=8317"},"modified":"2021-11-29T09:25:53","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T16:25:53","slug":"leftover-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/leftover-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftover Weekend"},"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\/102\/gemstones-diamonds-jewels-+-precious-stones?p_sort_by=newest&#038;fn=nl\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/gems-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8319\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/gems-5.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=8319\" class=\"wp-image-8319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/gems-5.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/gems-5-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/category\/233\/food-wine-beer-+-cocktails?p_sort_by=newest&#038;fn=nl_20211127193140\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/grapes-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8320\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/grapes-3.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=8320\" class=\"wp-image-8320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/grapes-3.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/grapes-3-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><an href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/category\/233\/food-wine-beer-+-cocktails?p_sort_by=newest&#038;fn=nl_20211127193140\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/foods-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8318\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/foods-3.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=8318\" class=\"wp-image-8318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/foods-3.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/foods-3-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes making art is a struggle. This is what I&#8217;ve been going through the last several weeks. I packed up my whole studio for a construction job that was supposed to take a week. We are going into week 4 and I am cycling through phases of horror, determination, terror, and necessity-being-the-mother-of-invention. This weekend I am finishing painting my 54&#8243; fiberglass bear in a little corner of my studio, among the boxes and tarps. We are waiting for a city inspector to come and do a @#$% screw inspection. I am not making this up. So please send prayers to the Artist Angels because I need to have my studio back next week!<br><br>December 1st is on the near horizon, which means <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/category\/260\/christmas-winter-tea-towels-gifts-+-chocolates?fn=nl_20211127193140\">Christmas<\/a> and New Years and 2022 are on a not-too-distant horizon. Another strange year is winding to an end, and somehow we quilters and makers have stitched and zoomed our way through another year that would have been unimaginable 2 years ago. Through it all we have found ways to take classes and attend lectures online, share our quilt projects online, and even having quilting bees online. (Often with a lot of coffee, wine, and hysterical giggling.)<br><br>Through it all we&#8217;ve discovered what and whom are most precious. We&#8217;ve switched gears to become homebodies. We have found time to do things with our family that we wouldn&#8217;t have had if we were traveling and going out. We&#8217;ve pushed the Pause button, grieved what we lost, then moved on to focus on what we DO have with a renewed sense of appreciation and gratitude.<br><br>What am I grateful for? At the moment I am grateful that we had the idea to start an ONLINE business in 1998, which opened to the public in March of 1999. Our Online Roots run deep. I remember very clearly when my best friend from childhood (PhD in Immunology from Stanford, Law Degree from Berkeley, Genome Project, tenured professor and general over-achiever) told me about the internet in the late 80s. I tried to imagine what she meant by &#8220;going to a webpage&#8221; but I just didn&#8217;t get it until I saw it for myself, and then the spark was lit. Then I married a brilliant guy who was designing webpages&#8230;a match made in heaven. And the rest is eQuilter history.<br><br>Just in case you missed this&#8230;<br>I am doing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/news\/travel?fn=nl_20211127193140\">ONE MORE POLAR BEAR TRIP next year<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/news\/travel?fn=nl_20211127193140\">Details on this page<\/a>.<br>Our deadline has been extended and they are giving me the chance to fill up the bus with quilters and fabriholics, and we have just a few more seats open.<br><br>&#8230;sharing your love of fabric,<br>Luana and Paul<br><br>Quilt\/Travel Calendar:<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>Feb 16-19 &#8211; QuiltCon &#8211; Phoenix Arizona<br>Sat, April 9 &#8211; &#8220;International Quilt Trends&#8221; lecture &#8211; NEQM Closing Reception<br>October 2022 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/news\/travel?fn=nl_20211127193140\">Luana&#8217;s Polar Bear Tour<\/a> &#8211; 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