You know those gigantic Lego constructions at stores and theme parks? Ever wonder about how they’re constructed? Ever wonder if you could build one at home?
I learned this week that they’re not solid Lego bricks. 
And that maybe they’re harder to build at home than I first thought.
My thoughts turned today to the Kaleidoscope quilt. It’s been hanging on my design wall for a number of days now… taunting me.
I got around to deciding to set the Kaleido-snowflake things into a white ground, off-setting some of them so they don’t look like they are all falling too uniformly. I liked that, but there is too much white space. Even counting on interesting quilting giving texture to the white space, I’m thinking there’s too much white.
Then I thought about adding some lines, pieced into the white as a design element. I wasn’t sure where to put those and auditioned a few swatches on the quilt top…Not quite right.
So now I’m auditioning snowflakes. They’d be pieced into the white. I think I like these better but I’m still not sure. Maybe more of them?
No final decisions today. We got distracted by the toad who came to the door.
The Ferry Building in SF has become a place in the Bay Area where foodies gather… A far cry from the days when the Embarcadero Freeway ran in front of the Ferry Building. Back then, I worked in an office on the other side of this and remember this place as a desolate bay front building. It was a former transportation hub that had fallen into disrepair, and was obscured by a double layer freeway. Only the tower rose above the level of the freeway. The rest was darkened by the layers of cement blocking the light, and by exhaust layered onto the building.
It’s transformed now. While the archways used to be a haven for the homeless, it’s now unquestionably upscale. A place to sample food, drink tea and coffee, shop the farmer’s market, boutiques, food carts….and find little mosaic treats.
On the left in the above and below photo, and on each and every end of each archway, lives a little square mosaic done in a style that evokes ancient Roman mosaics. Each is different made of little bits of naturally colored stone and pebbles.
A number of them were blocked by vendors’ shelves, carts, and merchandise so I couldn’t see them all, but I photographed my favorites to share.
They’re beautifully done. We enjoyed them as much as the food, drink, and merchandise.
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