Saturday, 27 March 2010

More goodies

There is a new exhibition at the Victoria and Albert museum (which I think is the best one in the world!) and it is all about quilts!

http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/textiles/quilts-1700-2010/

I haven't been yet, but I've done some shopping from the online shop. They have an exclusive set of fabrics produced by Libertys just for the show and I bought all of them in 3 fat quarter sets as well as some yardage of my favourite. I also got the book to go with it. The idea is that when I do get to see it in person I won't be too tempted to buy too much!

ps. for some annoying reason the photo with the book keeps importing upside down!

3 comments:

GerryART said...

The reason your photo appears upside is because
Blogger loves to mess with our sanity. :^)
I have Kaffe Fasset's book with his quilts taken from his inspiration from Victoria & Albert
Beautiful stuff.
Hugs,
Gerry

Shay said...

Agreed. Blogger likes to throw technical hitches in as a test of patience. My challenge is that messes with my text layour frequently.

I love books about the history of quilting. But then I love vintage or antique quilts. I just took a peek at the website link which is amazingly well set up and informative.

Good to hear you survived your first week back at work. It's always a bit of a shock to the system after an absence isnt it?

Unknown said...

Those fabrics look wonderful - even upside down! I am getting ready to look at the site, but will be keeping my wallet on the other side of the room. Can't wait to see what you do with the material!