In Summer 2015 we headed to the Basque region on our holiday visiting Biarritz, San Sebastián, Bilbao Santillana del Mar and Santander. I'd been wanting to go to Bilbao for ages to go to the Guggenheim and San Sebastian for the food.

Whenever I travel I get inspired by what I see and both the in museums and the architecture In Bilbao inspired me.

The Guggenheim Bilbao reminded me of silver beading. Whilst the floral puppy sculpture by Jeff Koons at the Guggenheim Bilbao reminded me of a patchwork toy. . The colourful windows of a building on the opposite side of the river from the Guggenheim were beautiful and the white stone a great contrast to the bright blue cloudless sky. It got me thinking about bright and colourful crochet blankets. Whilst opposite the entrance to the funicular railway was this mish-mash of a building. Art Deco, Moorish and modern architecture all in one space. The art deco curves reminded me of the beading on 1920s flapper dresses.