the Argentine Love Song

Don't forget to go back one post and read about the evolution of the piece. 

And I will be linking up to Nina Marie's Off the Wall Friday.

Frank was rushing me to take the dogs for their walk this morning and I hit the send button before I wanted to.  So here is the rest of what I wanted to say about the Spanish Lady.

Previously  known as the Zen Lady.  Names are malleable too, I guess.

So I decided she looked more Spanish than Geisha.

There is this marvelous Argentine Love Song that Frank sung to me when we were so  deeply in love.  He strummed  his guitar and spoke the most beautiful words, and they moved me.  I fell in love with him and we lived happily ever after.

NOT!

None of that is true.

Sorry.  Nothing about Frank is romantic.

But I did have an enjoyable afternoon listening to Latino studs sing deep voiced love songs to me through the computer.  I chose the words I wished Frank had sung to me.  I keep emailing them to him but he just doesn't get it........yet!

It is called “Todo Cambio” by Camila (click here to hear it)

It basically says:

Everything changed when I saw you, 
From black and white to color.  
It was so easy to love you, 
I cannot even imagine

It was my love to give you a look
Everything trembled within me
The universe wrote that you were for me
And it was so easy to love you so much

Something never imagined
It was lost in your love
simply step
And now I'm all yours

Now, isn't that dark and handsomely romantic?  Can't you just hear his heavily accented voice crooning about black and white turning to color?

How perfect for a quilter.

When you dig down deep, it is amazing what you find!

I needed to clean those blinds in my quilt room.  They were like, caked with fibers and dust.  And dog hair I am sure.  That is the window the Boyz fight over.  So I got some Lysol all purpose cleaner that kills 99.9% of whatever it comes into contact with, and sprayed that sucker down!

It actually cleaned   Up pretty nicely. There was a box at the bottom of the window in the corner I hadn't noticed lately. When I stuck my hand in there I came up with this amazing find.  I think it will be perfect for the Zentangle Lady.

What do you think?

Now I need to soak it, but I'm almost afraid to.  It looks to be so delicate.    And the piece I am making is not something that will be used.

It is handmade, most likely linen.  There is no tag on it so I'm not sure who made it but I think it might have come from a bunch of stuff my cousin gave me from her mother. It could be something Aunt Evelyn bought on one of their travels.

I do remember my Danish grandmother forcing me to sit down and do this cut work stitching where are you pulled the threads on a linen handkerchief and then went back and caught the threads in interesting patterns. The tablecloth/runner does have this on it.  But I'm not sure my grandmother would've been someone who did this.

I have to ask my cousin what she remembers of it.

But first I think I'll wow her with it in this Lady piece.  She needs  nice Spanish lady's name.

Oh,  I know.........Ana Sophia, La Duena del Poeta

Ohhh, bad, bad girl!  Maybe that is why she is glancing around so guilty looking and all. 

Now I need a love poem.......