This week I am writing to you from the South of Spain, in the Andalusia province. I’ve been visiting with our friends from Arte Patchwork there, and also photographing tiles and other decorative motifs here. It is a designer’s dream.
I visited Spain 7 years ago, spending time in Barcelona and Granada. This time I returned to Andalusia, but I also visited Sevilla , Cordoba, and Jerez for the first time.
I am sharing some images from the Cathedral of Cordoba. It is considered one of the most accomplished monuments of Moorish architecture. Between each of the columns are two arches with red stripes. The building is huge – as you walk through the arches stretch into the distance as far as the eye can see. With each step, the view changes, with an optical illusion of arches within arches, all striped. There’s a quilt in there somewhere!
Meanwhile, during my trip, someone is giving me a baby grand piano for our classroom space! Paul will oversee delivery on Thursday. What fun!
I am seeing spots, because we are now in Granada and we’ve been seeing flamenco dance/music shows at night here…and the dancers are all wearing polka dot ruffled dresses. The most popular are red with white dots… kind of like Spanish Minnie Mouse.
My next trips are to the Quilt Study Center in Lincoln Nebraska, and the Birmingham Quilt Festival in the UK. I’ll be home for a few days in between Spain and Nebraska. Watch for art, color and design inspiration photos from Spain, going up on my photo page in the next week or so.
sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana
2016 Travel Calendar:
July 20-29 – Seville & Granada
Aug 6 – Intl Quilt Study Center/Museum – Lincoln Nebraska
Aug 12-14 – 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
