Artists I Love

Christina Gordon Cards
Harlequin Ribbon
Paula Mills


I have been a fan of Christina for many years now and was glad to see she has cards with her art for sale now. She is a multi talented woman from Melbourne and I am lucky to have some of her original art above my fireplace. it is so quirky and I never get sick of looking at them.
Another of my favourite's is Paula Mills, Paula is a wonderful artist and has a variety of different projects on the go at one time including cards. She also has a great blog.

NEW FABRICS

Just popped in to Patchwork for 5 mins and there is a huge amount of new fabrics, these are some of them. Including lots of new Nano Iro.

Random

Anthropologie display
This made me smile

Bower bird beads
New scarves just arrived at scarlet jones

I'm feeling a little stir crazy today, you know I always wished I could just stay home and do nothing, but in reality it's not that great. Anyway as I have no new photo's I have posted a few totally random ones that i like.

Classes

Kate's gorgeous grandchildren under hand pieced and quilted patchwork quilts she made.
Angie's hand patchwork Liberty Circles Quilt
Effies Last Split nine patch appliqued quilt.

Kathy's machine sampler class.

We have been surprised by the resurgence of demand for classes here at Patchwork this year. For the last couple of years the demand has not been there due to tutorials etc. but I think everyone is starting to discover the joys of attending classes. Where else can you connect with like minded people from such a diverse demographic? and discuss a huge variety of topics while learning a skill.
I myself have always attended the odd class at a variety of locations, it gives my creativity a boost and I find it money well spent. There is nothing like hands on tuition to help learn a new skilland re inspire you.
Over the next few weeks I will put up some photo's of classes we offer this term, here are a few today.

Effie is beginning her Sleeping Beauty quilt class this week and there are a couple of places available. It teaches you basic applique and piecing skills, great for getting started in hand Patchwork, I only have a photo of her last version but this one is same but different applique design, same quilt design.

Awake

At the moment I am wide awake from all the rest I have been getting. I must say it's tough just lying around.
Thought I would post some photo's of awesome work that comes through the door at Patchwork.
This is Pat's second one of these quilts from Kaffe Fassett's book. It is gorgeous!
I never get sick of Hexagon Quilts and this one looks beautiful, can't wait to see it finished as it is now being hand quilted.

Inspiring Dolls

This is definitely top of my list of the most inspiring blogs for anyone that loves soft toys. The detail that goes into them is wonderful she certainly gets "the look"

Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC

I am now back home after a week best forgotten feeling a little worse for wear. But better than I was.
These are a few photo's I took on my trip. Funny I had been to NY a few times but thought that this museum may have been a bit stuffy only going to modern museums. . I was in awe when I started to explore it, it really would take a few days to see it all, I only got to a very small portion. As you can see for yourself it is wonderful a feast for your eyes. So Diverse! It will now be first port of call if I ever return to NYC.