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SERENE WORKSHOP WITH SUJATA SHAH

Arranging workshops

has become a really fun part of my life.

I love gathering like minded creative spirits

and sharing some good laughs and camaraderie

while basking in the energy

of these great teachers.

Last weekend,

Sujata Shah,

a most beautiful, sweet, calm, and creative soul...

http://therootconnection.blogspot.com/

 the author of the 

totally fun and right up my alley -

spent a lovely Saturday guiding us through her

Organised Chaos pattern.

In class,

I used my regular 

saturated, bright, and bold palette.

After class,

I had no mojo to keep going.

Why?

It was perplexing...

after five weeks of travel and no sewing

I was starting to think 

I might not enjoy quilting any more.

Really?!

Thankfully

(while driving in the car)

it popped into my cute brain

that perhaps

a gentler, grayer, and lower volume palette

was what was needed.

YES!!!

Sujata said these blocks 

are like potato chips...

very addicting.

Fianlly,

I agree (!)

and am envisioning 

a huge cozy quilt for 

our impending Godzilla El Nino winter!

I think the desire for this palette

has come from the many recent hours spent

staring at Jen Kingwell's fabulous quilts in her book -

Here's a beginning of one of her patterns

that I am hoping to finish before

she arrives in November!

Our last stop in Europe

had been on my bucket list for years...

Mont St. Michel.

Simply magical...