My Creative Space

This has been my creative space for the past week. I ordered a couple new Japanese patchwork books to help me figure out how to use this one  (that link goes to a post from my old blog if you want to see what the book is).

I've seen some of the blocks out of it popping up on Flickr and decided to dust my copy off and try it out.

My first attempt was a fail but I have a different idea of how to do it now thanks to my new ABC book.

It is also by Kumiko Fujita and has some great projects inside. Here a few photos of some of the pages.

The other patchwork book (on the right) has some wonderful block piecing tutorials and projects. I think between the two I can master the Patchwork Pattern 318 book finally! I'll find out this weekend though after I hopefully get over my cold. :)

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Japanese 2011 Planner

I picked up this super cute 2011 planner in NYC and thought I would share it since it was so cute.

The attention to detail is really amazing and I love the patchwork.


The planner is really pretty too with colors and patterns throughout the months. It even has horoscopes and fashion info and even though I can't read it I still like looking at it.

The back contains pretty papers for notes and such. I think once the year is over I'll probably use a lot of these pages for art projects.



Surprisingly enough I didn't get any Japanese craft books. Trish got two though so I took some photos of them and will post them here since she doesn't have a blog. I didn't get enough time in there to look for craft books myself because I hung around the stationary section too long. Maybe next time. :)

 

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Craft Book Wish List

I was poking around online and noticed a few books I hadn't seen before and thought I would share.
These images are from Amazon. Click them to go to the product page.
(The Amazon referrel program is not available to NC residents so this isn't a plug for points here by the way)
Some nice quilty books:

The next three I am obsessing over. I will probably order them soon even though the bottom two are pre-orders.