I love to travel all over the globe shopping for textiles to add to my wearable art. I have taught quilting to school children in Nepal, seminole patchwork to seamstresses in Thailand, and jackets and embellishment to quilters in Turkey where I also served as a judge at 2 of their International Quilt Shows. I have created garments for 5 Fairfield and Bernina Fashion Shows and teach classes on embellishment and wearable art. Lately I have been leaning more toward making art quilts.
Trip to Thailand, Laos & Vietnam: The Sapa Trek #1
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My guide May picked me up with a van and we drove to the edge of Sapa to begin our trek down the mountainside.
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It was still a bit misty but not as bad as it was in Sapa the three days I was there.
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Three enterprising salesladies hiked down with us and, of course, tried to sell me things along the way.
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My guide May. She made all her beautiful clothing, all hand embroidered in silk
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A water buffalo in her pen along the trail.
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A local farmer's home.
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Baby buffalo.
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I had wonderful views of rice paddies along the trail.
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Just a basic pig along the road.
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At its best the trail was full of loose stones. At its worst it was a raging stream with large boulders.
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We stopped at a local home with a small loom on the porch.
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I didn't investigate the water closet.
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The corn was place here to dry, helped by a fire below.
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One of the cooking areas in the house.
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Indigo.
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Spinning wheel and an implement for grinding grain.
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And, of course, there were items for sale in the house. These blankets are recycled clothing.
Labels: Sapa, Vietnam
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