Bayeux Tapestry from Humble Quilts

We stayed in the darling Normandy town of Bayeux where the historical, amazing and epic Bayeux Tapestry is on display. It is an embroidered piece of astonishing art! (Not woven)

The entire tapestry is 70 meters long (229 feet!) with the entire story of the conquest of England in 1066!

They have eliminated any photo taking so I bought a few postcards and scanned them.

The detail is incredible!

We had headphones so we could listen to the story and look at specific scenes. I was blown away!

Now, I looked on the web site and you can look at ...

added by Lori 5 months ago. under bayeux tapestry , france

Pour L'Amour du Fil April 2025 Part 2 from Humble Quilts

Enjoy! And be inspired!

I'm assuming the challenge is the quilt show these Flower Power.

These were really adorable.

This was a mystery quilt sampler that was in Quiltmania.

I'm not sure why I only got 2 photos! They were really great and so different.

Embroidery Corner.

These are so charming!

There were so many antique quilts!

I hope you are having an amazing weekend.

added by Lori 5 months, 2 weeks ago. under france , nantes quilt show , quilt show

Pour L'Amour du Fil April 2025 from Humble Quilts

I tried to load these in the order I took them, name following the quilt. But it seems they got out of order while I was trying to post them here.

Regardless, enjoy! Lots of talented quilters!

This area was a display by one woman whose husband was obviously very proud of her as he was showing me her sewing bags! I thought that was very sweet and these are gorgeous!

The borders! I must add something similar to a quilt! I love that!

Lovely use of fabric in the borders.

I thought the black centers were interesting.

added by Lori 5 months, 2 weeks ago. under france , nantes quilt show , quilt show

Salt Marshes near Carnac from Daisychain Quilter

The Salt Pans of Kervillen Morbihan in Brittany France have over the last few years have been restored and production of salt has resumed.

If you are in the area of Carnac or La Trinite sur Mer, it is really worth a visit as the wild life is stunning.

added by Deborah, Daisychain Quilter 1 year, 3 months ago. under brittany , carnac , france , morbihan , salt pans

European Patchwork Vacation Part Two (Repost) from Humble Quilts

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 ...

added by Lori 2 years ago. under antique quilts , france

Bon Jour! Plus, a give-away from Quilting with Kimberly

Bon Jour!

A few weeks ago you may have seen a short little video I posted on Social Media about a new line of fabrics from Timeless Treasures called Bon Jour! I paired those pretty prints with several of my Solid-ish fabrics to create a “curated collection.”

Miss Tater graciously decided to “model” the fabrics.

At the time, I promised to show you the project I had planned for those scrumptious fabrics.

“Maraschino” from my Solid-ish line goes particularly well with Bon Jour…

…as do Mist, Stone and Black (shown from left to right next to Tater, above.)

I’m ...

added by Kimberly 4 years, 4 months ago. under cats , clever combo quilts , fabric , france , friends , fun , give-away! , giveaway , janome national spokesperson , janome_cat , solid-ish , solid-ish by ttfabric , solidish , star chain , timeless treasures , timeless treasures fabrics (Comments)

Two Antique Quilts from Quilting Stories

Summer in France

Hi everyone! Back to Greece... and to my blog after a long summer in France. I am still busy there restoring my 19th century summer house bought five years ago. I love doing this job and especially decorating, with the drawback that it keeps me temporarily away from quilting.

I have sent most of my quilts, the antique ones and those done by me, from Greece to France, with the aim of a future exhibition, but not only : my house is going to be filled with quilts on beds, on couches, hanged on walls...

The above picture ...

added by Quilting Stories 4 years, 11 months ago. under antique quilt , decorations , france , holidays , home , pink , quilt , scrappy , scraps , squares , star , water mill

English Paper Pieced Coaster Tutorial: Finish a Block, Enjoy a Fantasy Euro-Vacation! from Gefilte Quilt

Are you a wannabe traveler, sitting at home, while your muscles and your miles (frequent flier) stagnate?

This project can brighten your days and remind you of better times and more interesting places.

It's an English Paper Pieced Euro-coaster, upon which we can place our demitasse of home-brewed espresso, or perhaps a pot of Earl Grey.

Put another way, this tutorial shows how I used fabric from Paris, and one of the blocks in my new English Paper Piecing book, "Hexagon Star Quilts," to make a coaster. It would also work as a hanging ornament. You can adapt this ...

added by Cathy Perlmutter 4 years, 12 months ago. under coasters , english paper piecing , france , paris

Lovely Lavender from Telling Stories Through the Needle's Eye

Here in Germany, things are starting to open up after some pretty strong COVID prevention measures. Several countries that border Germany have opened their borders, and my husband and I decided to take advantage of this opportunity by fulfilling one of my bucket list items—seeing the lavender fields of Provence, France.

Lavender is one of my favorite flowers as it is beautiful, smells good, and as an essential oil, it is good for relaxation, burns, and so many other things. To see it bloom in such abundance was such an inspiration visually for me. Come along as I show ...

added by Teri and Kara—Through the Needle's Eye 5 years, 3 months ago. under france , lavender , provence

Wandering in Beaune from Celtic Thistle Stitches

On our recent trip to France we took the opportunity to travel to a New to Me part of the country, with a couple of days in the lovely city of Beaune in Eastern France. Our weather on the way across was grey and miserable but, fortunately, our main day there was bright and sunny.

Our hotel, which was in a former wine-merchants house was only a few minutes walk from the Collegiale, Notre Dame de Baune so that was our first port of call on our day of discovery. The Basilica is best known for its collection of 15th ...

added by Celtic Thistle 5 years, 7 months ago. under beaune , france , hospices de beaune

Travel Photoblog II: France, October 1-6 2019 from Nina Paley

After Krok, I flew from Moscow to Paris via Helsinki. My destination was this conference in the Loire Valley.

My cheap Paris hotel was near this cemetery.

I stayed in Paris just long enough to meet sister radical feminist Cecilia for lunch at a *crêperie* near Gare Montparnasse.

Leaving Paris on a TGV. France has excellent trains that put the US to shame.

A double rainbow as seen from the train. A trainbow?

French trains have dedicated bicycle areas, while in the US, I can’t even take my folded Brompton on a bus between Champaign ...

added by Nina Paley 6 years ago. under animation , france , travel (Comments)

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