{"id":89,"date":"2014-08-23T23:35:47","date_gmt":"2014-08-24T03:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/50.87.217.193\/blog\/trends-are-a-funny-thing"},"modified":"2015-03-07T00:03:51","modified_gmt":"2015-03-07T00:03:51","slug":"trends-are-a-funny-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/trends-are-a-funny-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Trends are a Funny Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a lifelong trend watcher, I get a kick out of watching the seeds of trends that are planted, and sometimes grow beyond our expectations. <\/p>\n

The movie Frozen is one of those that became a mega-trend, as evidenced by the fact that we can't keep Frozen fabrics in stock! I enjoyed the movie with Sophie, and recommended the film to others, but did not fully anticipate the frenzied adoration of anything Frozen<\/a>, that has washed over a large part of the young female population. <\/p>\n

Similarly, I became aware of the ALS Ice Bucket challenge a week ago, and was getting kind of sick of the whole thing yesterday (too many crazy video clips on Facebook) …until I read that they have just topped $50 million raised for ALS<\/a>. I shut my trap and agreed to film someone's IBC next week! <\/p>\n

What do these two viral sensations have in common? The Feel-Good-Factor, mixed in with a lot of laughs and some tender moments. No am not taking the challenge – I already made my donation! <\/p>\n

Our kids started school Friday,<\/a> which means now I can get into my studio for some serious creativity. All the mothers of Boulder County breathed a collective sigh of relief around 9 am yesterday, and then made our list of Things To Do. You too? <\/p>\n

Sophie is going to study Japanese<\/a> at school this year, which is ironic because I am going to miss the Tokyo Quilt Festival<\/a> in January. I will be going to the quilt festival in New Zealand<\/a> instead. This is the same situation I had this summer – I had to skip the Birmingham UK Quilt Festival so I could go to the quilt convention (and tour) in South Africa<\/a>. I've tried, but I still can't figure out how to be in 2 places at once – ha! <\/p>\n

My next trip is in a month, so I am going to work on getting my BERNINA machines up and running in my studio, and tick off a couple "To Do" projects. Did you know I've been part of the BERNINA Ambassador group for over a decade<\/a>? Here is a profile video we filmed<\/a> when I went to the last reunion at their US headquarters in Aurora Illinois. Thanks Bernina! <\/p>\n

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