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I'm pooped! What a day - laundry, house cleaning, patio furniture cleaning, grocery shopping, cooking & food prep for tomorrow. There will be a group of family & friends here tomorrow for "hopefully" a BBQ, weather permitting.
Here's hoping that all of you folksies have a wonderful Eastertime holiday : )
Since I'm planning a trip to Sicily later on this year I started wondering if they had any quilt shops. I cam across this information at the Victorian & Albert Museum. Here are a few of the panels of the Tristan quilt.
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Quilted clothing and armor began to appear in the 14th century, much of it made by armorers' guilds in Italy. The first surviving European quilts are three trapunto quilts made in Sicily in the late 14th century. All show scenes from the Tristan. A similar quilt is shown in Bartolomeo Bermejo's 1450 painting The Death of the Virgin, while a Provencal inventory of 1426 mentions linen bedcovers worked "in the style of Naples."
Still hunting for those quilt shops .....
I've been keeping a secret for about 6 mos but I guess it's safe to tell now. I have a new quilt book by Leisure Arts coming out soon. It goes to the printer June 1st ! Yippee ; )
It's been hard to me to post lately about light hearted things as I've been so wrapped up in the news and all that is going on with the economy. But ... we need light hearted posts to keep our spirits up!
I have been doing lots of sewing & new pattern designs seem to be constantly popping into my head.
In a few weeks we head to the lake (Lake Shasta in Ca) for our annual month vacation. I can already see the beautiful turquoise water, red earth & tall pine trees. Squirrels, chipmunks, deer, blue jays, ducks & geese will be visiting often.
There are some lovely quilt shops nearby & lots of antique stores so between that & the fishing, boating & reading I won't be bored.
p.s. My etsy shop is closed for vacation till the end of May.
