How about this fabric. I bought it in London. Some of it is from designer Zandra Rhodes. Do you remember her from the 60's and 70's?
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I've just come back from 2 weeks in England. At this time of the year the conversation contains references such as "rather damp" and "quite chilly". Nevertheless I had a great time travelling the length, not quite the breadth of England. From Berwick-on-Tweed in the north to the Isle of Wight down south.
Not many quilt references sadly. You can't drag people off to quilt related things and get away with it every time. So I save my kidnapping for the must-see occasions.
On returning home, though, I caught up with all the lovely blogs and decided that I must do something about the state of my sewing space. No before photos. Just too awful.
I always start at the bookshelf. Very easy to sort and tidy, although the shelves seem to groan under the weight these days.
Rather than emptying the bookshelf I added to it. I brought back Kaffe Fassettt's newest book.
The pictures are great but I rarely make his quilts. To be totally honest, the instructions are baffling. Am I the only one, or does anyone else find reading the instructions like wading in heavy treacle? After all this time and so many books I am surprised that the editors aren't capable of making the instructions clearer.
I also came across these two second hand books and bought them for 3 pounds each. Bargain.
I've just come back from 2 weeks in England. At this time of the year the conversation contains references such as "rather damp" and "quite chilly". Nevertheless I had a great time travelling the length, not quite the breadth of England. From Berwick-on-Tweed in the north to the Isle of Wight down south.
Not many quilt references sadly. You can't drag people off to quilt related things and get away with it every time. So I save my kidnapping for the must-see occasions.
On returning home, though, I caught up with all the lovely blogs and decided that I must do something about the state of my sewing space. No before photos. Just too awful.
I always start at the bookshelf. Very easy to sort and tidy, although the shelves seem to groan under the weight these days.
Rather than emptying the bookshelf I added to it. I brought back Kaffe Fassettt's newest book.
The pictures are great but I rarely make his quilts. To be totally honest, the instructions are baffling. Am I the only one, or does anyone else find reading the instructions like wading in heavy treacle? After all this time and so many books I am surprised that the editors aren't capable of making the instructions clearer.
I also came across these two second hand books and bought them for 3 pounds each. Bargain.
Throwing out books is difficult. But this time, the plan was to be ruthless and throw out unloved magazines and ugly fabric. If you look at the blogpost title, it isn't a typo. I didn't actually do much throwing out at all. It appears that I brought in more than I put out. So I figure I was less than ruthless in the end.
2 comments:
That is so funny and also so true. My book shelf is jammed but usually it only gets sorted and if i got those books ... new or used... I got them for a reason and the reason still exists. (And that often goes for fabric too.)
I agree totally with your thoughts on Kaffe's books. The pictures are beautiful but the instructions are not well written!
Purging books and fabric always sounds like a good idea but when I get down to it I simply can't part with either!
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