Last week I came back from Andalusia, and one of my favorite day trips was a visit to a farm near Jerez. This is the area where they make sherry wine, raise the famous Spanish bulls, and it is also where Andalusian Horses are bred and trained.
I have had a crush on this breed since I was a kid. When I went to see the Lippizaner horses as a girl, when I had my own horse as a teenager, when I visited the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, when I toured the Queen’s stables (Royal Mews) with her Windsor Greys near Buckingham Palace in London, admired Gandalf’s steed Shadowfax in Lord of the Rings, and now I had the chance to see these iconic horses in their native land.
Here is a collage of photos from this farm, including a gorgeous Grand Champion in the top left, and in the middle that is me about to get a velvety kiss from a curious boy. I’ve added in a few of our current horse-themed fabrics.
This Saturday at 10:30 am I’ll be speaking on a panel, moderated by Curator Marin Hanson, about Chinese 100 Good Wishes Quilts at the International Quilt Study Center & Museum in Lincoln Nebraska. Sophie will be with me, and we’ll be sharing her adoption quilts.
Sunday Aug 14 I’ll be hosting the VIP lounge at the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham UK. I am still looking for a ride from the Manchester Airport to the Hilton Birmingham on Saturday afternoon Aug 13, in case anyone can give me a lift!
I hope to see many of you in Lincoln or Birmingham! Please come and say hello – I love to meet our eQuilter friends and customers at these events!
sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana
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2016 Travel Calendar:
Aug 6 – Intl Quilt Study Center/Museum – Lincoln Nebraska
Aug 13-14 – Festival of Quilts – Birmingham UK
Sept 3 – Water is Life – Frascati Rome
Sept 18-25 – CUBA Arts Tour #2 – Havana, Trinidad & Varadaro
Oct 6 – Dairy Barn – Athens OH – “Intl Quilt Trends” Lecture
Oct 29 – Nov 4 – Houston Quilt Market & Festival
Nov 11-13 – Color Marketing Group – Albuquerque
Nov 15-20 – Luana’s Polar Bear Tour – Churchill Canada
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