Downton Abbey costumes

When we were in Philadelphia our friends took us to the Winterthur Museum in estate-like grounds. We went to see the Downton Abbey costumes on display and were pleasantly surprised by another exhibit!!

Recognize any of these??!! 

And the surprise exhibit??

Amazing embroidery!

The gardens were also amazing:

This used to be a pool 

Next up will be pictures from the latest Wisconsin retreat! And after that?? There's a fabulous  quilt show this weekend nearby so I'm sure I'll have lots of photos!

Longwood Gardens near Philadelphia

We have a friend who is the director of the Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square near Philadelphia, and we recently had the chance to see him at the Gardens. OMG!! This is an amazing place to visit! Reminds me of a European estate! Here are some of the pictures I took. No quilts but the gardens and fountains are just beautiful!

This is Pennsylvania- not Italy 

I'd never seen a lightning protected tree! 

This is a special train garden!!

Everything is garden related, including the bread and butter at the restaurant!

Look at these colors!

Bathrooms!! Each room has greenery in the ceiling! Oh and I've got to tell you that they have THE cleanest bathrooms I've ever seen!

These lily pads were imported and regrow every year!

Orchid gardens with such vibrant colors!

This area is being completely remodeled in the next couple of years!

This is a bell tower that chimes regularly! Very old!

Amazing!

Newly opened meadows with restored house from the 1700s

Isn't this a gorgeous house??!!

Next up: pictures from Winterthur exhibit of Downtown Abbey clothes!!

Quilt pictures

I took these recently but cannot for the life of me remember where! We were in Philadelphia but I don't recall taking these. 

I will show you the beautiful gardens of Longwood next.

More quilt show pictures

I hope you enjoy looking at these quilts as much as I did!

Isn't this adorable?!!!

This was so creative--unfortunately the picture doesn't show its beauty

I loved this! See detailed picture next

Great setting, I think

Can you believe this quilting??!! Gorgeous 

Long overdue quilt show pictures

I've been traveling quite a bit this past month so have not been able to post. I went to a great little quilt show recently where I saw the most amazing quilts! I'm going to post some of the pictures here. I have many posts in my head so I will hopefully be a better blogger!!

Isn't that a great story!!

These are the quilts of the featured quilter, Sylvia Gegaregian

These other quilts really caught my eye. I don't necessarily want to make them but they are still interesting!

This one has a great story too:

Great use of hexagons!!

Great integration of piecing and embroidery!

This is a Piece O Cake design and the quilter was standing there when I took the picture.

Very simple block with great effect!

I have more from the show and will continue the posting in the next day or so!