Quilting from memory

I'm really excited because tomorrow I'll be going to my first quilting class. It is one of those crafts that needs to get out of my system ever since I made a quilted pot holder in 5th grade.  That was the beginning and end of my quilting adventure until now.

My fabric stash. Mostly Liberty, Petit Pan and Monday's Milk.

Some book inspiration I got from Amazon, definitely not books for beginners.

Both my big and little scissors needed pouches, so quilting some seemed like a good idea because they're coming with me to the classes. 

Front and back views, just so you can see my expertise, mastery at doing this sort of thing.

While in grad school someone introduced me to the quilts of Gee's Bend. That is something that never left my mind. They were to me back then and still now, the most beautiful quilts I have ever seen. I only hope that one day I'll make one that closely resembles any of those magnificent quilts.

Happy Monday! Mine is already quite happy with anticipation!
Giova

London traveler

So I made it to London! While the tube tends to be really great to get around on time…the bus is quite perfect because you get to see everything! Combined with walking it tends to be the best choice! And London is great for doing so, specially with the Thames river walkway. I met with some friends I hadn’t seen in a while and thankfully they were fine walking- we went from Victoria Station all the way to the Tate Museum, went through and stopped to take pictures at Westminster>The Big Ben> across from the London eye and the Aquarium> a lot of Bridges (the beautiful and not so meaningful)> Shakespeare’s Theatre> St. Paul’s Cathedral and our last stop the Tate.   

We managed to do some more walking on another day and went to the other places that are not close to the river like the Buckingham Palace> St. James Park> Trafalgar Square> Covent Garden and the many places in between. And of course finding the time to squeeze in some great stores like Liberty which I was introduced to by my beautiful sister!!!

Don't let the gray skies shy you away from such a wonderful city!

Next stop...Amsterdam!!! and then we (as in my sister and me) we will only be a very short bunting away!

See you soon!

Giannina.