{"id":5487,"date":"2019-07-01T08:28:32","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T14:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?p=5487"},"modified":"2019-07-01T08:28:38","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T14:28:38","slug":"making-a-masterpiece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/making-a-masterpiece\/","title":{"rendered":"Making a Masterpiece"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/category\/124\/african-egyptian-+-tribal?fn=nl_20190629193525\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/RUANIBNT_MD.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5488\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5488\" class=\"wp-image-5488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/RUANIBNT_MD.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/RUANIBNT_MD-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/category\/330\/travel-paris-france-italy-+-mediterranean?fn=nl_20190629193525\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/RUPAR5CB_MD.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5489\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5489\" class=\"wp-image-5489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/RUPAR5CB_MD.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/RUPAR5CB_MD-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/category\/13\/fairies-+-fairytales?fn=nl_20190629193525\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/TTAIR4AQ_MD.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5490\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5490\" class=\"wp-image-5490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/TTAIR4AQ_MD.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/TTAIR4AQ_MD-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis time last year I\nwas in the forests of Northern Sweden, as a chaperone with Sophie&#8217;s Swedish\nFiddle &amp; Folk Music tour. This last week over the Solstice, I kept having\nflashbacks to the land of my mother&#8217;s ancestors&#8230;the traditional red houses\nand barns with crisp white trim&#8230;the costumes of the musicians at the folk\nmusic festivals&#8230;so much color and design to inspire those of us who love to\nsew. So here is an encore of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/luanarubin\/albums\/72157693756484420\">images\nfrom those long Midsummer days<\/a> where the sun goes down at 11:30 and rises\nat 3 am! <br><br>\nI have also added <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/luanarubin\/albums\/72157709151239076\">more\nphotos from Quilt Canada<\/a>, so you can see more ideas from our talented\nneighbors up North. <br><br>\nYou may recall that in April I was speaking at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/luanarubin\/albums\/72157706787946451\">quilt\nfestival in Nantes France<\/a>, and then I popped up to Paris to see the fire\ndamage of Notre Dame.<br>\nSo many of you asked if we would do a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/product\/261507\/notre-dame-de-paris-cathedral-32-x-44-panel-digital-print?fn=nl_20190629193525\">Notre Dame fabric design<\/a><\/strong><strong>, so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/product\/261507\/notre-dame-de-paris-cathedral-32-x-44-panel-digital-print?fn=nl_20190629193525\">here it is<\/a><\/strong>. <br><br>\nI have a very long connection with Paris and Notre Dame, have visited there\nseveral times, starting in the late 80s. Last week Sophie and I went to see the\nLeonardo da Vinci exhibit at the Denver Nature &amp; Science Museum, and the\nlast section was a deep analysis of the Mona Lisa. The first time I saw Notre\nDame was also the first time I visited the Louvre and saw the Mona Lisa. In\nthose days she was in a small dark room and you could walk right up to her. I\nfeel very lucky to have had such an intimate experience with her, compared to\nthe madness of the huge crowd in front of the Mona Lisa these days. <br><br>\nDid you know that the Mona Lisa is unfinished? Did you know that Leonardo\ncarried the Mona Lisa with him and continued to work on her from 1503 to 1517?\nTalk about a heckuva UFO! Also through a series of tests, researchers have\ndetermined that da Vinci repainted and redesigned elements of the painting\nseveral times. <br><br>\nSo&#8230;even the great master had parallels to common quilter practices. We carry\nhandwork, rip up and re-do, and struggle with UFOs. What is YOUR latest\nmasterpiece? <br><br>\nsharing your Passion for Fabric&#8230; <br>\nLuana and Paul \n\n\n\n<\/p>\n<strong>Share Post:<\/strong><br><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5487&#038;t=Making%20a%20Masterpiece&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5487&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F07%2FTTAIR4AQ_MD.jpg&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=Making%20a%20Masterpiece\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/64x64\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5487&#038;text=Hey%20check%20this%20out\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/64x64\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-pinterest nolightbox\" data-provider=\"pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Pin it with Pinterest\" href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5487&#038;media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F07%2FTTAIR4AQ_MD.jpg&#038;description=Making%20a%20Masterpiece\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"pinterest\" title=\"Pin it with Pinterest\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/64x64\/pinterest.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-linkedin nolightbox\" data-provider=\"linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5487&#038;title=Making%20a%20Masterpiece\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"linkedin\" title=\"Share on Linkedin\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/64x64\/linkedin.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This time last year I was in the forests of Northern Sweden, as a chaperone with Sophie&#8217;s Swedish Fiddle &amp; Folk Music tour. 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