Wednesday, 5 July 2017

Welcome to Quilts, Fiestas, & Living in Spain

Welcome back...the weeks just seem to fly past and July is nearly here. Its been very hot, with temperatures by the pool side hitting 41C in the shade.  Most days have been around the 35 to 37C mark, unusual for June, these are August temperatures.  August is the tine when most of the really large companies close, especially those in the Madrid area which is known as the "cooking pot" of Spain.  Streets have fine sprays of water above to help cool everyone.  I turned my cold water tap on and it ran very hot for a good while, they don't bury the pipes very deep so the water gets hot in the ground.
Its Fiesta time here in June, with many of the quaint "pueblos blancos" (white villages) holding there own special event.  The women dress in their beautiful flamenco dresses and the children too are dressed up.  Their hair shining with the olive oil, with a flower and large comb at the back. No outfit would be complete without a  Albaneca  (fan).  The children learn to dance from around 3 or 4 yrs old normally the girls, but boys are taught to.  The hand movements and flashing eyes take many years to perfect. Music to these dances is normally with a guitar and a special drum.  The flamenco dresses are extremely heavy and very expensive.
I am sharing a video this week, showing a beautiful village called Frigliana.
You tube  Romeria de Frigliana 2017 (pasa calles)

If you Google this you will see the quaint village with beautiful paved streets, the dancing, the flamenco dresses and the horses. They are carrying San Antonio through the streets with bullocks pulling the brightly decorated carts.  I hope you enjoy.  The streets are narrow and hilly.

WORK I HAVE DONE
A few pictures of quilts l have made






WORK IN PROGRESS

Mystery Bom by Esther Aliu called Secret Garden






Footnote
This week l am unable to share the promised Fuschia silk ribbon tutorial.  I am sorry, unforeseen problems.

Hope you enjoy this weeks photographs, please leave a message to let me know you visited.

Until next week
Hasta pronto  Ellie
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5 comments:

  1. Glenda7 July 2017 at 12:51

    Great blog Ellie and thanks for the link to watch the fun in Frigliana what a quant village no wonder people love to visit Spain. Like your DJ mine never got very far LOL But may be one day!!!!!
    Cheers Glenda

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  2. Jenny10 July 2017 at 20:34

    Lovely to see some of your quilts Ellie, especially like the colours in your first photo. Nice to see your lovely SG blocks, your little block sits with them perfectly. 41 degrees is far too hot for me even though I spent six years living in Rarotonga but it rarely went above 35. Cheers Jenny

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  3. Unknown12 July 2017 at 23:11

    Thank you for your lovely comments Jenny

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  4. Cuilteanna16 July 2017 at 01:29

    Your quilts are lovely, really admire anyone who can finish a Jane! I still remember your pretty ribbon work on Capricho too.

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  5. Unknown16 July 2017 at 06:44

    Hello there...you found me. Nice to hear from you and thank you for your lovely comments.

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