From Pumpkin Pies to Loom, Music and Buttons: A Life-Long Journey

Exactly sixteen years ago today, on March 24, 2010, I hit ‘publish’ for the very first time. I was a young woman who had recently returned from a year in London, searching for her path in the tangled world of freelance translation. Food blogging hadn’t quite exploded yet in Italy, but I had discovered a passionate love for cooking, and so the idea of starting a blog for translated recipes was born. The first post? A pumpkin pie.

That explains the photo accompanying this post. It’s a bridge between yesterday and today: a collection of buttons resting on a tablemat I hand-sewed and cross-stitched with pumpkins. It is a tribute to that first post, to the handicrafts that have always been my silent constant, and, above all, to that woman full of dreams. Sixteen years later, I am still trying to make them come true. Just in a different way.

Welcome to PieLilli. This is a place where I share my creativity in weaving and my love for music.

Elena