couch throw selection May 2010
shawl & baby blanket selection May 2010
black/white & black/color selection May 2010
pink & purple scarf selection May 2010
red scarf selection May 2010
orange scarf selection May 2010
brown scarf selection May 2010
tan scarf selection May 2010
blue/green scarf selection May 2010
blue scarf selection May 2010
green scarf selection May 2010
Pattiy got this photo in her email box with the message “We LOVE it! It turned out even better than I knew it would!”. Makes it all worth while!
Contact Pattiy @ 828.388.3526
www.pattiytorno.com
www.facebook.com/pages/pattiy-torno/37274024054?ref=ts
pattiytorno@CURVEstudiosNC.com
I began sewing in 1965. In my family, learning to sew was no surprise. In 1974, my last year in high school, I decided to become a fashion designer, as it was the only career I could think of, that would allow me to earn a living having something to do with what I love the most… sewing. I started quilting in 1983 right after I closed my first design company in NYC. I moved to Asheville in 1984 and opened Tornado Clothing Company. In 1989, I bought what is now Curve Studios. Starting in 2003, I helped to found the River Arts District.
Now it is 2010. I live and work in Asheville’s River Arts District @ Curve Studios. You are welcome to come visit the studio 7 days a week from 11am to 4pm. Inside #6 Riverside Drive you will find me making my Extraordinary Quilts, my Fun Fleece or my Eclectic Clothing lines.
Open to the Possibilities © 2008 Pattiy Torno
Fun Fleece Baby Hat on Alma Pereda Camp © 2008 Pattiy Torno
Pattiy Torno Handquilting © 2008
“I’m not sure why, but this shot is particularly captivating. It puts me in mind of an exotic aquatic creature that has escaped captivity but is still the object of our observation.” – WECAN neighbor Morgan Daven
Haywood County Arts Council’s Gallery 86 has invited CURVE studios’ Greg Vineyard to curate a show celebrating CURVE studios & garden & its artists called “CURVEilinear“. It’s all about what people see and feel when they walk through the doors of the three historic brick buildings at 6, 9 and 12 Riverside Drive in Asheville’s River Arts District. It’s the CURVE studios & garden working studio experience where vistors seven days a week encounter functional clay and decorative ceramics, textiles and weaving, jewelry, metal works, furniture and paintings, plus a beautifully landscaped garden… with a synergistic communication amongst the group nurtured by artist-owner Pattiy Torno’s desire to incubate a creative community. The show runs from January 11 to February 6, 2010. Gallery 86 can be found at 86 North Main Street in Waynesville, NC. or online @ www.haywoodarts.org
Jancy in her new Black & White Jacket & skirt
Grey Rose Long Sleeve Wrap Top & Aline Skirt $115
Grey/Black/White Polka Dot Long Sleeve Wrap Dress $95 (sold out)
Black Poly Crepe Long Hanky Hem Skirt & Split Top $110
CURVE studios & garden artist Pattiy Torno has been designing & fabricating the Athens Flagpole Music Awards Trophies for the entire 11 years they have been awarded.
For more info on who won, please go to the flagpole website: flagpole.com/Weekly/Features/FlagpoleAthensMusicAwardWinners-26Jun09
You can tell a man who knows how to make a lid sing!
“Red Magnolia” Fleece Comforter by Pattiy Torno 2009
The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina is presenting its Power of the Purse Luncheon on June 11, 2009 at the Grove Park Inn. CURVE studios & garden artists Pattiy Torno, Constance Williams & Cassie Ryalls have graciously donated work for the accompanying silent auction. Functional ceramic artist, Maria Troya will be providing 20 flower vases for the table decorations. So please come join us for a lovely luncheon with guest speaker & author Anne Quindlen. You had best bring your check book as well, to bid in the auction or take home a beautiful vase full of flowers… the table arrangements will be for sale at the end of the luncheon.
more info @ http://www.cfwnc.org/news/POP2009NewsRelease.htm
“Flight of Fancy” Encaustic Painting by Constance Williams 2009