I really did not think about souvenirs on our travels. My thoughts were more along the lines of pictures and experiences. But then we entered a fabric store in Juneau that catered to quilters. The fabric store was quite exciting because another shopper, who was from South Africa, got woozy and fell over. I sat and talked with her until she felt better, my parents sat in the lobby, and while I looked at more fabrics, my Beloved walked her down the stairs in the building.
The thing I liked about the fabric store is that they carried Alaska artist Barbara Lavallee's work as quilting squares. I had seen the prints as prints, note cards, and post cards but the quilting squares spoke to me. I walked out with too many but now I am going to make a quilt of them. I just have to have enough energy again to get started. The cough is better!
I also came home with this bronze of a momma polar bear and her cubs. The bronze has a titanium finish to give it colors. The family joins a pewter bear and a dragnet. Koda Bear thinks the animals who watch over me when I sew are pretty cool. They all sit at the end of my sewing machine.
Now, I have to make my souvenir. But that is pretty normal. I have some wood block prints to hang near my sewing machine as well. Sitka was a lovely place for art.