In my part of the world we say you are a fool if your passion for a pursuit overcomes all practical sense. I am a stitching fool, and I stitch foolishness.

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Day Two

We arrived at Winterthur today. I'm going to the symposium tomorrow and Saturday, but we came a little early to see the exhibits.

The Costumes of Downton Abbey are on display.

And, of course, I focused on the embroidery and beading:







Naturally, I also found a sampler, a beautiful whitework design:


Now if someone would reproduce this one . . .it's exquisite!

The symposium starts in the morning. I've been counting down the days. . .and now the hours . . .

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