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Almost Time to Turn the Page…..
Dear Friends, Thanks and welcome to all of you who have signed up for this blog in the last few weeks as we are going through such a huge transition. Some of you who follow my personal page on Facebook know that – in the midst of selling the warehouse, selling the business, moving eQuilter to a new warehouse with new owners, packing up my eQuilter office, then loading up my studio to ship to our new home in Washington state – I had a knee injury that really has put me out of commission. I was unable to walk for a week, needed a walker for a couple weeks,…
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More Big News!
By now we hope you have read a press release detailing the sale of eQuilter to the new owners: Collin and Christina Stewart. Today Paul and I went to visit eQuilter in its new location, which is about 15 minutes NE of the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum. It was great to see our staff running the business with the new owners in this new space. Such a huge relief to us to know that this couple, and our staff, will steward the business into a new chapter. But today I am sharing some more big news. As you know, Paul and I are ‘retiring’ so I can return to a…
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Environmental Event in Houston – 6-5-2026
Thanks and welcome to all of the new subscribers to my blog! There is a lot going on in my personal, business, and artist life right now. However I want to catch you up on the trip I recently made to Houston. I was invited to give my power point lecture on “Art and Activism” as the keynote speaker for the Citizens Environment Coalition, comprised of over 100 environmental non-profit groups in Houston and around Texas. This took place on World Environment Day. I brought 5 of my environmental-themed art quilts to display. You may know that the company I founded with my husband Paul – eQuilter.com – has raised…
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Exciting News from eQuilter.com!
Boulder, Colorado – June 10, 2026 eQuilter Welcomes New Owners: Collin & Christina Summers Stewart Carry the Needle Forward After 27 years of pioneering online quilting retail under Luana and Paul Rubin, Boulder’s beloved eQuilter.com finds a passionate new home. eQuilter.com, one of the world’s largest and most beloved online quilt fabric retailers, today announced the completion of its acquisition by Collin and Christina Summers Stewart. The Stewarts become only the second owners in eQuilter’s history, succeeding founders Luana and Paul Rubin, who built the company from the basement of their Boulder home in March of 1999 into a global destination serving quilters, fiber artists, and makers in virtually every…
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June 5 – World Environment Day in Houston Texas
In one week I will be speaking on the topic of Art & Activism, for World Environment Day in Houston Texas. There will be an engaging presentation and lots of stories. I’ll be bringing several of my environmental/wildlife quilts to display during the event. If you are in the Houston area, please do RSVP and join us for an inspirational evening. Follow the QR code below, or follow this link to register. It’s free! Share Post:
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New England Quilt Museum – Upcoming Artist Reception
For those of you near Lowell Massachusetts, please note that a week from Saturday, on May 16, I will be attending an Artist Reception for the Soul Stories exhibit at the New England Quilt Museum. You can RSVP for our 1 pm lecture on their website. About a dozen of the artists will be in attendance! My piece in this exhibit is “Invisible Borders” – 39″ x 84″ Wolves live in complex, close-knit, enduring family units called packs, where mates form deep bonds and remain devoted for life. These family groups can persist for decades, passing down knowledge through generations, raising cubs together and caring for sick or aging members.…
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Taiwan Quilt Festival – Taipei – November 2025
Last year I had 2 big adventures to quilt festivals in Asia: The Kyoto Quilt Festival in March 2025, and the Taiwan Quilt Festival in November 2025. I hope that by now you have had a look at my article about the Taiwan Quilt Festival, in issue 129 of Quilting Arts Magazine. Taiwan Quilt Festival Photo Album: You can also see photos of my solo gallery, and other quilt exhibits at this event in Taipei in November 2025. Besides the quilt exhibit, there was the joy of seeing friends from all over Asia. For many years I went to the Tokyo Quilt Festival to photograph the quilts, including the last…
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Taiwan Quilt Festival – Taipei – November 2025 – Intro
2025 was such an amazing year. I was so honored to be invited to show my work as a featured artist and speaker, at the Kyoto Quilt Festival in March 2025. This opened more doors and I was again honored to show my work in a gallery at the Taiwan Quilt Festival in November 2025. At both events I spent time with talented artists from Korea, Taiwan and Japan. After so many years attending the Tokyo Quilt Festival at the Tokyo Dome (since 2008, to the last event in Jan 2020), I missed seeing those beautiful Asian quilts, and I missed my beautiful Asian quiltmaker friends! So these 2 trips…
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2025 – Annual Review
Today we had our annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest and Holiday Party for staff at eQuilter.com. We feel so lucky to have such a great crew to help us run the company. Plus they are a lot of fun during the holidays. This is not the whole staff, but it includes those who pulled out their Xmas sweaters for the annual event today. 2025 has been a busy year. As I have pursued more of a full time art career, on top of still having some duties as owner of eQuilter.com, my schedule has been very full. This year I gave 7 lectures, attended 2 weeklong retreats, was the featured…
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Pro Tips for BERNINA Q 20
As I mentioned in my previous blog post, I sew on a BERNINA Q 20 and I just love sewing on this machine! Over the last year with the inevitable trouble-shooting that comes with pro-level sewing, I have learned a lot about how to keep my machine happy. I make art quilts with fusible applique, and I live in a dry climate, so I’ve had to experiment and make some adjustments to how I work on this machine. I compiled this list of tips for another pro quilter who works on a Q 20, and I got permission from BERNINA to share this list. Here we go! 1. Tune Your…