Ench By Sew-44-Part 2: Embellished and Printed Fabric, Reflections on an Exhibit at the Met in NYC

This month's show is, PART 2 of Embellished and Printed, Reflections from a Historical Exhibit from an Historical Exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City - Fashion and Virtue: Textile Patterns and the Print Revolution, 1520–1620 In this Show *Primeros Pensamientos/First Reflections – Chatting about my sewing and a little more My Kensington Gardens Shirt - Terminado!/Finished! *D’accurdo, tambien/OK also And a little more /y un poco más At work on Pinto another summer shirt *Entonces/Then Back to the exhibit at the Metropoliton Museum of Art in NYC - Fashion and Virtue: Textile Patterns and the Print Revolution, 1520–1620 Web Resources I mentioned the Tanna Lawn fabric for my cur.rent sewing project, that I purchased a few years back from Liberty of London. In this podcast "Laurel Loves London" I talked about a trip to Liberty http://enchantedbysewing.blogspot.com/2013/06/ench-by-sew-009-laurel-loves-london.html One of the items in the exhibit we visit in this cast comes from the Victoria and Albert in London (V&A;). Below is a link to a walk I shared with you around the fashion gallery at the V&A.; http://enchantedbysewing.blogspot.com/2013/07/ench-by-sew-010-v-fashion-gallery-tour.html -Fashion and Virtue: Textile Patterns and the Print Revolution, 1520–1620 http://www.metmuseum.org/press/exhibitions/2015/fashion-and-virtue - “The Third Knot”. Interlaced Roundel with Eight Wreaths and a Scalloped Shield in its Center Artist:Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg) Artist:After Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, Vinci 1452–1519 Amboise) (or workshop) Date:1521 before http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/388791 - Link to the 10th century block printed lions - that I think would make a great quilt block - Spoonflower would be my ticket! http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/448647 Ancient Egypt print block http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/448512 Many wonderful links turn up when I searched on 'printed textiles' at the Met https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls;=en&q;=www.metmuseum.org+printed+textiles&ie;=UTF-8&oe;=UTF-8 "Nineteenth-Century European Textile Production http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/txtn/hd_txtn.htm