We are thinking of all of you affected by the hurricane, and we hope you, your loved ones, your home and your stash are safe.
Things don’t always go the way we plan. I got home Wednesday night, decided to be a responsible human being so I took a Covid test Friday morning….and was shocked to test positive with no symptoms! Now I have mild symptoms and I am isolating in the bedroom. My last booster was mid-July so hopefully that is protecting me from something worse. Ugh.
However I came home with a sketchbook full of paintings from Tuscany/Umbria, and then spent a few days with a curator friend on the Ulysses Coast, and visiting the Caserta Palace and the Belvedere Silk Textile Museum. I think my favorite activity during the painting retreat, was going to a paper studio and making my own version of marbled paper. As a result, we are adding that activity to my Italy tour in December!
It is bird migration season, and although I am limited to my bedroom, I have the window open and I am using the Merlin app to identify the birdsong that is showing up in my backyard today. Right now I am listening to a chorus of Grackles, a Downy Woodpecker, and Blue jays in the distance. One thing I decided from this trip is to stop and enjoy the small simple things all around us, on a daily basis. I hope you are also finding joy and inspiration in the changing seasons.
I’ll be back in the studio working on a couple small quilts for a museum show, and also editing my TONS of photos from the trip to share with you next week!
sharing your love for fabric,
Luana and Paul
Travel/Quilt Dates:
Oct 31 – Nov 3 – Houston Quilt Festival
Nov 13 – Canada Zoom Lecture
December 5-13 – Textile & Costume Tour – Italy. Alpine Xmas Market Extension Dec 13-15.
Jan 21 – Visions Museum Zoom Lecture
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