Asilomar 2nd day at Empty Spools/Asilomar 03-02-13

Oh, dear, I didn't mean to stay up so late.  As usual after class all day and hiking up and down the stairs and along the paths I am very tired.  But don't want to miss sharing part of the day with you.


One thing different at Asilomar this year is the construction going on.  They are renovating all of the paths and ramps and stairs, so the routes to different places on campus are strange.  This stairway goes up the side of the Pirate's Den building (one of the original 1920s sleeping locations) where my room is on the SE corner.  The room below me is blocked off and the forms are being set for ? concrete?  Several pathways that were always packed dirt have been repaved with beige bricks.
 

 
The driveway across the front of the Administration Building is torn up in preparation for repaving and the same for the small short term parking lot on the S side of the building.
 

Here is Rayna Gillman talking to her students in the morning.  The quilts behind her are part of the display of the artist-in-residence this week, Phyllis Binkley.

Today was devoted to cutting fabric strips and sewing them together in different widths and lengths.  These will be cut again and rearranged to make blocks for our quilts. 
 

A completed top and "Strip sets" by Eloise Catugno   Rayna Gillman class 03-02-13

Beautiful completed top by Dolores Roseveare.  Lots of Marsha Derse fabric in this one.  Rayna Gillman class 03-02-13
 

 
"Strip sets" by Jo Van Loo.  Rayna is encouraging us to "make stuff" using different colors and cuts, they won't  necessarily go in the same quilt.   Rayna Gillman class 03-02-13
 

Carole Pirruccello has cleverly fused her name in fabric to hang on her board.  She has completed a number of sets and some blocks.  Rayna Gillman class  03-02-13
 

Pippa Moore is using a limited palette for her strip sets and blocks.  Rayna Gillman class 03-02-13