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Creating Glow

4/4/2024

Harnessing the color power of SKY Ombrés.

SKY makes us color mavens. Trust me when I say we all learn a lot about color when we just cut up a few SKY ombres, study them, play with them and sew them back together! It's that easy. Plus it's super rewarding and so much fun. March was a a big month for teaching. Today's post is about Empty Spools seminars, which takes place on the coast of California, a world away from Santa Fe and Georgia O'Keeffe of last month. .

The Lodge houses visitors. Designed by Julia Morgan in 1916. My room becomes home the instant I throw a quilt on the bed

I find Asilomar to be such a creative and peaceful place supportive of curious minds. It's also chock-a-block full of women's history about leadership, education and famous patrons such as Phoebe Hearst and Julia Morgan. It's a pretty neat place to settle in. Quilters and creatives thrive here.

Student work of capturing glow

The class I taught was called Capturing Glow. I enjoyed sharing with the students about seeing with a deeper sense of awareness. Color, value and the relationship between them can really make our quilts sing when we take the time to ponder and experiment with different combinations to see what happens.

Students just glowing :). What great energy these gals have!

Shell is a new color in NUANCE SKY, and very beachy too.

If you don't have the dark, you can't get the glow

Students looked all around them to see glow and contrast of light and dark

We have a newbie to the quilt family. Yay!

Log cabin blocks really looking great!

New color Abalone in NUANCE SKY and also has a Cali beach vibe.

California poppies are our state flower. They're everywhere now!

Students creating glow and sharing their ideas, questions and knowledge!

The Asilomar dunes are abundant with flora and fauna

Refuge by the sea. Boardwalk is just minutes from our classroom

Let's put them all together....WOW!

The Pou-Crew Glow Gang :)

I will be back to teach at Empty Spools at Asilomar next year on April 30-May 4th, 2025. Stay tuned for information coming out from Empty Spools and get on their mailing list if you want to partake in a class. There are many good teachers and sign up is by snail mail only. Get on it early as my class tends to sell out quickly. I would love to see you there!

Around the studio...

Cherry tree blossoms the first week of April.

Cherry blossoms are blooming from coast to coast. My first born, Tommy lives in NYC and we talk about how different the seasons are between San Francisco and NYC. But his photos and my photos this week are in synch. He spent Easter weekend with friends enjoying the Great Lawn in Central Park and we passed the time under the blooming cherry trees in our back yard. Our photos we shared in our family chat show that spring has sprung across the country!