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Visit London's V&A Museum for Quilts: 1700- 2010

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels, Art

If you're looking for a crafty excuse to visit London in the next few months, I've got a good one for you: Quilts 1700 - 2010, a new exhibit opening at the V&A Museum.

The exhibit, which opens March 20th and runs through July 4th, focuses on quilts both historic and contemporary. The quilt pictured above, "At the End of the Day", is a 2007 creation of artist Natasha Kerr; historic quilts include those commemorating the lives of Admiral Lord Nelson, Charles II and the Duke of Wellington, among others.

(Bonus for fans of Tracy Chevalier, who wrote the novel Girl with the Pearl Earring, which became a movie starring Scarlett Johansson -- she's written a story based on the George 111 quilt, which is in the museum's magazine. There's a great video of her research process here.)

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Glass Fiber Baskets

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Filed under: Decor

Glass is not something you'd usually think could be made to genuinely look like fabric, but of course it can be done! These handmade glass fiber baskets take that idea and make it into a flowing folding basket, suitable for candy or fruit or whatever else you might want to keep in a bowl. Made by fusing strands of glass together into a woven pattern and then slumping them into a draped shape. Available in rainbow or violet color patterns, the small baskets measure 7" x 5" x 3" and large ones are 10" x 9" x 5.5". $90-$350.

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