Severin Nilsson

In the fall my cousin and I took a trip to Sweden.  We took a day and drove to the town that our great grandfather was from - Asige, a quaint area that I am happy to be from!

While exploring the countryside we discovered that an artist, Johan Severin Nilsson,  (quite well known in Sweden), had a atelier nicely preserved for tourists. He lived from 1846-1918.  Unfortunately it was not open the day we were there, but we enjoyed walking around and taking in the view.

I now have a pinterest board devoted to his paintings...

When I return to Sweden, I hope to find his artwork at the Nordic Museum in Stockholm.  I understand they have some photographs he took as well as paintings.  What a fun way to learn more about my Swedish roots!

Cruise ship inspiration

This column in the cruise ship caught my eye:

Now to play with some drawings and figure out a quilt block?

Crazy Women in my Head #1

So my dear friend, Beth, has lured me into another project.

Sharon B's PinTangle blog has gotten me into trouble more than once!  This time it is a crazy quilt project.  The goal is to use 2020 items (already in my stash, I will not purchase anything for this!) in my art piece and to complete it my the end of 2020.  I plan to use machine stitching as well as a bit of hand stitching.  I have also decided to use this little lady on each of the blocks.

Here is my first block:

Window shopping on Gamla Stan, Stockholm, Sweden

We spent the morning on Gamla Stan, just looking and enjoying.

Tallinn, Estonia

Painted building on the walk to the walled city:

Kiel, Germany

Home.  Our trip was wonderful, but there is nothing like sleeping in your own bed after spending 24 hours getting home...  Now I get to relive our adventure.  Day 1 was spent in Kiel, Germany.  We walked and explored this charming little city.  This church (Nikolaikirche) was on the walk and I was excited to find beautiful stained glass that spoke to the quilter in me:

Travel

Besides art, gardening, cooking (and eating), I love to travel!  Arrianne and I are traveling to Copenhagen to board a cruise ship.  Our adventure takes us to many ports in the Baltic Sea.  Of course I'll take a zillion pictures, but I am not sure if I'll have enough internet to post them.  I guess we just wait and see...