Lego Americana Roadshow

Earlier this week I was lucky enough to get to see the Lego Americana Roadshow at a local mall. It is described as "Iconic buildings and architectural structures throughout the mall made entirely of LEGO bricks". It was pretty incredible. I started to ask myself how anyone could want to build a gigantic thing out of thousands of tiny little blocks but then I realized that I create (relatively) big needlework projects out of tiny little stitches so I guess it does make sense.

 

[Note: double-clicking a picture brings up a larger more detailed version.]

 

In addition to the big patriotic displays there were some excellent small ones too.

 

It is hard to see, but under the white structure there is a circular green spaceship that has crashed into and derailed a train.

 

 

This next one was named Good Earth Mall but it has been vandalized by the little fellow on the ladder.

 

 

 

 

 

This one is a mining operation.

 

 

 

And this one is New York City.

 

 

 

 

Now for the really big stuff.

 

The Washington Monument.

 

 

The Liberty Bell. Note that this one is actual size!

 

 

 

The Old North Church.

 

 

The Jefferson Memorial

 

 

The Lincoln Memorial

 

 

 

The Statue of Liberty

 

 

Independence Hall

 

 

 

 

The White House

 

 

 

 

The Supreme Court

 

 

 

 

US Capitol This one was really BIG!

 

 

Left ....

 

 

Right

 

 

Center

 

 

 

And the whole thing

 

 

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Victoria & Albert Museum, Part 2

In the afternoon we visited the main part of the V&A. It is a beautiful building. This is the interior courtyard.

 

 

 

There is also an awesome cafe. It has three rooms. These are the two side rooms.

 

 

 

And this is the main room.

 

 

 

 

Embroideries can also be found here. This is a man's so-called nightcap dating from 1600-1625. Despite their name, they were worn at home during the day.

 

 

This deconstructed embroidered jacket was made in the early 17th century.

 

 

 

 

 

And this lovely glove is from 1615 to 1625.

 

 

And last but very definitely not least, is the Martha Edlin collection. She was born in 1660. She embroidered this sampler when she was 8!!!!

 

 

She finished this casket when she was 11.

 

 

 

And this beaded jewellery case when she was 13.

 

 

These pieces were finished before she was 20.

 

 

 

This one was never finished.

 

 

And this marks the end of another great trip.

 

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