{"id":1426,"date":"2019-09-24T12:45:05","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T12:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/triciawilson.co.uk\/?p=1426"},"modified":"2019-09-24T12:45:05","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T12:45:05","slug":"chanias-folklore-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triciawilson.tyler.gb.net\/?p=1426","title":{"rendered":"Chania’s Folklore Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When I travel I love to visit museums that feature local handicrafts and costumes. I found a little gem of a museum in the back streets of Chania’s old town on the island of Crete. It was developed by Irini Koumandraki who displays historic pieces of embroidery, applique and lace in vignettes alongside old irons, farm utensils and crockery. It’s charming and protected by Irini’s ten year old dog who likes to check out any visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best of all was talking to Irini about her own work (see the first five photos) which she makes entirely by machine with silk threads (see the photo of her thread stash). “It is all just in my head,” she said, “I don’t have a pattern!” I bought the olive tree piece for my own collection and in driving around Crete I realised that Irini has got the tree just right with it’s numerous scraggy trunks and the purple hued leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n