New Year, New Inspiration – the Zaha Hadid project

Al Janoub Stadium, Zaha Hadid Architects The fluid lines in Zaha Hadid's architectural designs seem to lend themselves so well to a quilting project! In this week's project, therefore, the star of the show will be curving lines. There are two different designs you can try your hand at: one inspired by the Al Janoub …

New Year, New Inspirations – the Alma Thomas project

After viewing all the gorgeous Alma Thomas paintings for last week's artist post I was inspired to create something beautifully colourful - and something I could share to spread the joyous nature of her art. So for this week's project we're making a postcard. It's quite a quick, fun make so I highly recommend making …

New Year, New Inspirations – Alma Thomas

This week’s artist in our New Year, New Inspiration series is Alma Thomas. This week we’ll tell you a bit about this amazing artist, then next week we’ll have a project for you inspired by her work. © Michael Fischer, 1976; Courtesy of National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC About Alma Thomas …

New Year, New Inspiration – the Hepworth project

Thank you for all your amazing feedback on last week's post about Barbara Hepworth - it's always great to hear from you. I promised a project this week’s inspired by her work – did you guess what it would be? Squares with Two Circles 1963 Yes - it's the holes!! I am so fascinated by …

New Year, New Inspiration – Barbara Hepworth

The first artist in our New Year, New Inspiration series (read last week’s post for more information) is Barbara Hepworth. This week we’ll share a bit about this amazing artist, and next week we’ll have a project for you inspired by her work. Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975) is widely recognised as one of the most important …

New Year – New Inspiration

Happy New Year! Do you make New Year's Resolutions? Many quilters and crafters do, but so often it's about finishing UFOs, or using up stash before buying more fabric, or keeping our sewing spaces tidy. Necessary (perhaps) but not the most exciting. And after 2020 we think we all need something to look forward to. …