These are some of the amazing carvings I saw at the temples. I think they speak for themselves--but how about that dinosaur??? It was rather teeny and tucked away--my guide pointed it out. Remember, these were constructed a little over a thousand years ago. ??? I thought the birth scene was interesting, too. Then, my favorites--the Apsara--the nymphs who acted as cheerleaders in the creation battle. In the carvings each Apsara, and there are a gazillion, has different facial features, different hair do's, skirts, and accessories. I thought they were charming.
I'm so tickled to be a part of this year's Bloggers' Quilt Festival ! My entry was done in Outer Mongolia (literally! --read on). This quilt is one of my favorite recent projects that I named "Renegade Geisha's" --renegade because two of the geisha's don't conform to the rest (mainly because I ran out of coordinating fabrics!). Can you find the two renegades? ;) The quilt incorporates fabric origami and the quilt itself is from Fantastic Fabric Folding --many projects from this book were a big hit with the Mongolian class pictured below. Due to my husband's work, we live in Mongolia; and I was privileged to teach classes at a local quilting studio. I've included a picture of the class where we were working on the geisha blocks. The students spoke almost no English and I speak what I call Monglish--a lot of English sprinkled with Mongolian. Regardless, we all had a blast! ...and, I'm very pleased with this quilt of mine!
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