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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…
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Proud to be a BERNINA Ambassador
I am proud to be a longtime BERNINA Ambassador. When I joined in 2003 I met people like Libby Lehman and Yvonne Porcella, who befriended and mentored me. Over the years I’ve had 10 different BERNINA machines, and currently I sew on a B 790 and Q 20 – the sitdown model. 2003 was my first year in the BERNINA Fashion Show. Imagine my delight when my entry ended up on the cover of the show book! In 2006 I was invited to attend the ambassador trip to Switzerland, where we toured the factory, had cocktails at the owner’s villa, traveled to textile and lace museums, and….ate a lot of…
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World Animal Day
Last week we lost an angel on Earth – Dr Jane Goodall. Then Netflix released the interview with Jane – “Famous Last Words”. I am sure you have heard about it by now, and I hope you can take the time to hear the final interview with her. The first half she talks about her early life. The second half she speaks plainly about what is happening on our precious planet. And at the end she looks straight into the camera and gives us a message that will resonate differently, but deeply, with each of us. The interview was recorded with the knowledge that it would not be shown until…