Tuesday, October 10, 2023

European Patchwork Vacation Part Two (Repost)

This is a repost from a blog post I wrote in 2015 about the quilt show in the Alsace region of France. 


We left Paris early in the morning on the high speed train to Strasbourg, where we rented a car to drive to the villages that the European patchwork was taking place. It was so beautiful and quaint!
 The first town we went to for the exhibit was Liepvre and the first building and the first quilt I saw was......
This amazing beauty! These were the " Quilts de Legende" Reproductions of antique quilts. They were all masterpieces!! I was so thrilled to see these in person.




 This is the border from the quilt above it. It looked like tapestry fabric.  I was intrigued.
 These were tiny baskets. I adore that pink print too!


 The workmanship was amazing- all hand done!



 The villa behind Rene was where one of the exhibits was. 
 Most of the churches were open with quilt exhibits.
 A view from our kitchen window in Thannenkirch. As you can see our pace slowed a bit from Paris.
 The hidden gem of Thannenkirch is considered the zone of tranquility and silence. 
We couldn't get enough of the beauty of the countryside!

Another exhibit I liked a lot was called, Log cabin: between Tradition and Modernity
11 contemporary artists created their own interpretation of an antique log cabin. Uh, I didn't get any photos of the contemporary versions, only the antiques! LOL Enjoy!






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5 comments:

  1. Janet O.October 10, 2023 at 8:25 AM

    This was a fun revisit. What an amazing journey, with such lovely scenes and incredible quilts!

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  2. Lizzy DOctober 10, 2023 at 2:04 PM

    Many of my ancestors came from Alsace. I really enjoyed seeing this post again. [the only family quilt from those grandmothers was a dusty pink watered silk whole cloth quilt that was used by my grandparents as a bedcover. No idea what became of it. Beautiful handquilting but as a child I didn't understand what it was or that it too was a quilt, like my other ancestors from America made. c. 1920?]

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  3. Kathy COctober 10, 2023 at 3:26 PM

    THANK You for the revisit! Lovely, lovely quilts and scenery! Makes me want to crawl into the photos and look around.

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  4. YvonneOctober 13, 2023 at 5:29 PM

    Such beautiful quilts!

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