Fabric Club Installment #2: Avant Garde

Linking up with Molli Sparkles for Sunday Stash #167 which is over at Raspberry Spool this week.  I mentioned in my last post there may be an intervention needed as far as fabric acquirement goes, but I made it clear that that could not happen until after this weekend.  Craftsy is having a Winter Clearance with an extra 20% off and oh, I was there...and might be going back yet before it ends...

But this is about a collection by Art Gallery Fabrics designer Katarina Roccella...

Laid these out just so, and a quilt idea started to form

...a collection I drooled over and entered all the giveaways I could on the hop during January.  The colours are more vibrant than I envisioned.  It's the kind of fabric that I want to open my mouth WIDE and take a big ol' chomp out of it and digest it so my skin erupts in these beautiful images.  Although I didn't win, I kind of did, because it was my fabric club shipment this month!!!  You never know what collection you are going to receive, so I was especially overjoyed!

I'm on the hunt for some more of this text and butterflies print

One of the quotes on the fabric: "What a magnificent destiny for the arts is that of exercising a positive power over society, a true priestly function and of marching in the van i.e. vanguard of all the intellectual faculties."

I love that.  Jasmine of Quilt Kisses said to me about this time last year when I was feeling pretty down about horrific events in this country, in my own country and around the world, that she makes quilts to add some beauty to the world.  That is what art does, among a myriad of other things.  Seeing some of the ingenious projects that talented bloggers created with this fabric lifts my spirits.

Such unusual and eye-catching designs, no?

You can read about the ideas and meanings that inspired this collection on Katarina's blog, Like Flowers and Butterflies.

A couple of my favourite projects from the hop were Kathleen's quilt and those of Sari and her friend Nicole at Sariditty Handmade.

I also picked up a couple things from Fat Quarter Shop this week. Wow, like Craftsy, they have fast delivery too!!

I have never had any of these mini charms packs, and getting them at an unreal price on a Flash Sale deal was a treat.  Of course this last yard and a third of Winterfall by Lecien at a clearance price jumped into the package at no extra shipping charge, so how could I refuse?

Happy Sunday sewing and perhaps perusing of fabric deals at these shops! I am an affiliate for Craftsy, but no affiliation with Fat Quarter Shop, just a firm supporter.  :-)