Orvieto Italy day 4

This day we started to visit a ceramic museum for more inspiration.

Symbols of mariage and love.

Thisone was given to the man at the marriage...

And this one to the woman as a symbol of fertility.....

After the visit we went back to the classroom. I had finished my background the other evening sitting in my bed.

Then Sue proposed us to cut the background in several pieces.

Here is what i made with the pieces after cutting, isn't it amazing the difference it makes?

Then I started with the design i had in my had. I saw on our walk on saturday these beautiful composition of the roofs.

So i started to lay some fabric.

I added some birds.

First i have to attach these pieces and then i can start the embellishments. To be continued...

In the evening we had the cookingclass, a lot of fun.

Sue's dad is chopping the garlic.

We were listening to the chef, of course with a glass of wine...

Orvieto Italy day 3

This morning we went to the Duomo, beautiful and overwhelming. 

At lunchtime we had a meal prapared by the nuns, delicious.

And then .......stitching.We started working with background,Sue asked us to bring a FQ of felted wool in a neutral color and coordinated fabric for layers .So we started layering our background. This is Conny , working very concentrated.

And about four o'clock we went to the slow food palace for a wine tasting. And Gabriella not only let us taste the red and white wine from Orvieto but also some local food.... 

 And this day is not finished, we go to La Palermo for dinner.....

Life is good in Orvieto....

Orvieto Italy day 2

This afternoon the Sue Spargo class will start with an introduction, yesterday Sue and her father arrived and also two ladies from the U S and one from Austarlie. We are waiting for some more. So today we had another day to do some sightseeing. Lizzie and me did a long walk around the rock on wich Orvieto is built.

Here are some pictures.

Weather was not so good, a bit rainy but not too cold. It was a beautiful walk....

Orvieto italy day 1

Today was my first ady in the beautiful Orvieto. At breakfast this morning i met Lizzie from Australie, we spend all day rogether and she is not only a blogfriend now but much more. We talked as if we knew eachother for years. 

We went to the saturday market and walked through the small alleys of Orvieto. Come with me and enjoy....

This was our lunch, pizza with gorgonzola, pear and walnut...delicious!

See you tomorrow....

Ready for winter and I am off to orvieto Italy

Fall is in the air and everybody is preparing the wood for the stove. Here in the countryside most people only have a wood stove to warm their house in winter.

The donkeys are very curious..... and so is one of the hens.

Done!

Do you see the small mushrooms in the wood? 

Here you have a better look..

The crochet tutorial is here.

Tomorrow morning I'll take the train to the airport in Paris. I hope to arrive in Rome at about 16h00 o'clock, then another two trains and then I will see this  when I open the door of the convent....

  

And I am so glad that I'll  finally meet  my blogfriend Lizzie from Australie, she will also be there. 

I will take my Ipad with me so I promise you a lot of pictures and stories.

Orvieto Italy day 6 the convent

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We we so busy these last days with stitching and other activities , there was no time for blogging. everybody is gone now, i will leave tomorrow so today there is time to relax and do some shopping. On thursday we went to a vineyard, i forgot my camera so no pictures. I show you today some pictus of the convent.  Istituto San Lodovico is a large old palace that has served as a convent, a school and is now a Bed and Breakfast run by three nuns. Parts of the building date to as early as the 14th century. There are remnants of frescoes from the period, one that is said to have been done by Michelangelo when he visited on his way to Rome to paint the Sistine Chapel. 
 

My room is next to this gorgeous room, it was the ballroom in the castle, long ago.

The huge marble staircase.

The courtyard

The garden

These fresco's are in the room where we have breakfast.

These statues were in a corner in one of the rooms.

Another beautiful fresco.

So sweet and so cute

When I was in Holand I saw these cute cards in a yarnshop. You could buy the kit with pattern and yarn, which was cotton perlé from DMC, there was also a hook in the kit, number 1,5.

I made them for the Christmas market, made 18 cards and I love them.

And I want to announce the winnerbof the pincushion Bloghop giveaway. 

Joke from http://jokegaoxing.blogspot.fr/ is the winner, please send me your address and you will receive the fabric.