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Celebrate the past and future of the
Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral with this amazing panel!
Fairy Fantasy by Chong-a Hwang is both delicate & colorful.
Go wild with the
African Wildlife Paradise Panel &
Amazing Frogs.
Collect popular African Wax Prints &
Map Your International Travels.
See our favorite
Novelty Holiday Panels including
Jolly Saint Nick,
Christmas Pets, and
Season of Peace.
Get cozy for winter sewing with Holiday & Northwoods FLANNEL.
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Holiday Florals,
Metallic Winter Batiks and
Kaufman Holiday Pre-Cuts.
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Salty Dogs take to the high seas with humor.
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Making a Masterpiece
This time last year I was in the forests of Northern Sweden, as a chaperone with Sophie's Swedish Fiddle & Folk Music tour. This last week over the Solstice, I kept having flashbacks to the land of my mother's ancestors...the traditional red houses and barns with crisp white trim...the costumes of the musicians at the folk music festivals...so much color and design to inspire those of us who love to sew. So here is an encore of images from those long Midsummer days where the sun goes down at 11:30 and rises at 3 am!
I have also added more photos from Quilt Canada, so you can see more ideas from our talented neighbors up North.
You may recall that in April I was speaking at the quilt festival in Nantes France, and then I popped up to Paris to see the fire damage of Notre Dame. So many of you asked if we would do a Notre Dame fabric design, so here it is.
I have a very long connection with Paris and Notre Dame, have visited there several times, starting in the late 80s. Last week Sophie and I went to see the Leonardo da Vinci exhibit at the Denver Nature & Science Museum, and the last section was a deep analysis of the Mona Lisa. The first time I saw Notre Dame was also the first time I visited the Louvre and saw the Mona Lisa. In those days she was in a small dark room and you could walk right up to her. I feel very lucky to have had such an intimate experience with her, compared to the madness of the huge crowd in front of the Mona Lisa these days.
Did you know that the Mona Lisa is unfinished? Did you know that Leonardo carried the Mona Lisa with him and continued to work on her from 1503 to 1517? Talk about a heckuva UFO! Also through a series of tests, researchers have determined that da Vinci repainted and redesigned elements of the painting several times.
So...even the great master had parallels to common quilter practices. We carry handwork, rip up and re-do, and struggle with UFOs. What is YOUR latest masterpiece?
sharing your Passion for Fabric...
Luana and Paul
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Luana's Travel Calendar:
July 18-22 - Sacred Threads & Not Fade Away (VA & DC)
July 30 - Aug 6 - Birmingham UK - Festival of Quilts
eQuilter Classroom:
July 11-14, 2019 - Cindy Lohbeck - Shibori Dyeing - Almost FULL
Sept 13-15 - Cas Holmes - FRCQ Workshop
Oct 8-10 - Jacqueline de Jonge - Enchanting Stars & Dream Flight
April 13-15 2020 - Susan Carlson
June 1-5 2020 - Paula Nadelstern
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