| Save 15% on our Fabulous Florals sale thru July 17th: Save on our newest Large Scale & Small Scale Florals ! Sunday is the last day of our Independence CLEARANCE! Don’t miss these savings at 50% to 55% off. Enjoy the brilliant colors of Philip Jacobs’s ‘Treasure Island’. Father Christmas enjoys a snowy stroll with cherished forest friends. Scaredy Cats & Haunted Calavera cats are top Halloween features. Holiday Flourish is filled with Christmas cheer, and there’s Hot Cocoa awaiting Holly Jolly Santa’s arrival. Tinsel Town & Peppermint Candy are contemporary holiday favorites, while the critters of ‘Santa’s Woodland Walk‘ join the festivities. The Ghastlie family is back, embarking on a much needed getaway! Collin Bogle’s Spirit Animals feature wolf, leopard, owl & fox. Celebrate Dia De Los Muertos with Alexander Henry’s ‘Chuco’. The Fall Harvest Hunks await your Thanksgiving feast. New Hummingbirds & Feathered Friends grace the eQuilter garden. And there are new Destination Batiks from Northcott. Don’t miss this week’s *Rubin Design Studio* Digital Exclusives! Letter from Santa Fe This weekend I am writing to you from Santa Fe, New Mexico. I promised Sophie Quinn that we’d come down to see the opera this summer, so we are having a mother-and-daughter break. Of course we had to include some Quilty activities so we joined friends to see the All Terrain fiber art exhibit in the “Roundhouse” (New Mexico Capitol Building) yesterday. We are seeing Barber of Seville and Carmen at the beautiful outdoor opera theater. It is monsoon season so the sunsets have been spectacular! Wherever I travel I run into quilters, sometimes in the funniest places. Today we decided to go bra shopping which is not a lot of fun but since we hadn’t done that since well before the pandemic, and our local Macy’s is being torn down, we decided to head to a local department store here. Wouldn’t you know it – I overheard a woman discussing quilt fabric with the saleslady at the cash register. We started chatting because – you know – we are part of this worldwide tribe and we can always strike up a conversation about fabric, sewing machines, etc. Fortunately Sophie enjoys all my quilter friends. Tomorrow we are joining them in Albuquerque, and Monday we’ll drive back through Taos to stop and see another fiber artist friend, on the way home to Colorado. Friday night was a little surprising at the opera. The giant elevator/lift that brings the sets from the basement to the stage, had broken down and due to supply chain issues, they could not get it fixed before the performance. So instead they used the mostly-finished set from the future production of Falstaff, and the cast had 3 hours to rehearse on the new setup. Just goes to show…the repercussions of the pandemic and supply chain issues are going to be with us for awhile. The best thing to do is to smile and go with the flow. We are leaving in a few minutes to see the sunset from the opera house, and then ‘Carmen’ on stage. Hopefully they got the lift fixed and we’ll see the Carmen sets, instead of the Falstaff set for a 2nd night. I had to cancel my Carmen tickets in Denver earlier this year, (due to a pandemic spike) so it is nice to have another chance to see one of our favorite operas. Sharing your love of fabric, Luana Visit eQuilter’s Instagram, Pinterest or Twitter pages for Color and Design ideas. See Luana’s Flickr Photo Pages for travel images, comment on our blog, or follow us on Facebook. Check out our Video pages for interviews and show reviews. Quilt/Travel/Sponsor Calendar: July 19 – Quilting Arts TV July 22-26 – Sacred Threads Weekend, Dulles/Wash DC August 4 – Long Beach Quilt Festival – Awards “Celebration of Color” Aug 17-20 – Festival of Quilts – Birmingham UK – Quilt Trends Lecture & SAQA Forced to Flee Sept 21-24 – SAQA Conference – San Diego CA October 2022 – Luana’s Polar Bear Tour – Churchill Manitoba Canada |
