When this blog hop was announced by mdm Samm I joined right away.
The batik I had purchased long time ago, without any plan for the end use. ( as often is the case, or??) So I thought, no problem at all.....
Then I started to think.
60's ...........
What did my 60's look like?
Well, it was Elvis, Tommy Steel, Bob Dylan, Beatles, sailing boats and Jazz. JAZZ !! That's it.
In my hometown Molde, a couple of young men from Storyville Jazz Club started to think BIG! They would like to arrange a Jazz festival, an International Jazz Fesitval!! In little Molde, a small village on the coast of Norway, in the middle of close to nowhere..!
We did not have an airport, and no railroad. The closest airport was in Alesund, and that was on the other side of the fjord, with a ferry, and some extra miles to drive, and the roads was not a highway.
But sometimes miracles happens....
In 1961 they got a festival for the first time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldejazz
Take a look. The artist gallery is just amazing.
Remember
Dexter Gordon,
Jimmy Witherspoon,
Keith Jarrett,
Ben Webster and so and so on??
The list is endless. From the later years we had
Dizzy Gillespie,
Miles Davis,
Chick Corea, and
Carla Bley, just to point out some artists.
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The Street Parade ( this picture is from 2010) is one of the big events for everyone. Marching in the main street, and a lot of the artists participating, walk along, and play.
They also attracted a lot of pop artists as Bob Dylan, Sting, Van Morríson, Leonard Cohen and Eric Clapton.
And remember, this is still a small village with ca. 25000 inhabitants on the west cost of Norway.
Think then a young girl like me, ( born in 1949) walking into town, and listening to a concert with Dexter Gordon??!!
The BIG world had come to Molde!
So, I had a plan.
I got some embroidery thread from Jane ( se the side of my blog) witch I should use for a challenge on her blog. This I used for the pictures on the front of my pillow ( that means I had to make some new ones for her challenge... but I had more thread left, so no problem... )
On the back side, the JAZZ and the music got all the attention... :-)
So, Thank You Mdm Samm from
Sew We Quilt and Mary from
I Piece 2-Mary for arranging this blog hop: It took me back to the 60's and a lot of hidden memories . :-)
And the result looks like this:
The embroidery on black fabric. I made all the patterns to fit my small blocks.
I tried to get the sense of the time, with love, flowers and peace.
The pillow sewn with batik. I love the way it turned out. :-)
And don't forget to visit my fellow bloggers today.
Hill Valley Quilter
Enjoy the blog hop. :-)
