Asilomar

Hello dear blogging friends.

So glad you stopped by. Have you got time for me to show you a few photos of my trip to California? I was at a conference grounds called Asilomar in Pacific Grove CA. What a beautiful place. It was originally a YWCA camp designed in the early 1920's by a famous woman architect who also designed the Hearst castle. Her name escapes me for the moment. Lovely old redwood and stone buildings with big stone fireplaces, no TV no telephones in the room and it sits looking out to the ocean. My room was in a building called The Lodge. It even had it's own fireplace, a view of the ocean from the window and a little deck where I could sit and watch the ocean. At night we left the window open and let the sound of the waves lull us to sleep.

The first one to greet me as I made my way to my room (with no luggage! It didn't show up for another 24 hours!) was this sweet dear. I wonder if she's related to Daisy? I arrived a day before the quilting classes started so I had lots of time to go for a long walk along the boardwalk and enjoy the sights and sounds of the ocean. It was breathtaking.




There were lots of little flowers popping amongst the sand dunes.

I love these. I remember seeing them growing wild along the Devon and Cornwall coast in England.coast

The setting was spectacular, but the reason I came was to quilt. Here I am with one of the my teachers. I am the one in the pink. The teacher is Freddy Moran. She makes wonderful quilts and has really influenced my growth as an artist. I feel like she is my mentor even though this was the first time I'd met her.

Here are a few examples of some of the work done in my class.

Oops! It's sideways!

Of course we found time for a little shopping. This is a quaint store in Carmel called Findings. They specialize in ribbons, trim, buttons and other types of embellishments. A fun little shop.
We visited the local quilt quilt shop Back Porch Fabrics, in Pacific Grove.

Here are both our teachers, Gwen Marston and Freddy Moran. You can see the roof of the building we are in which gives you a little idea of how beautiful it was. I sat right at that window and could see the ocean as I looked out. To tell the ruth I didn't look out very often as I was too intent on my work!

Some more photos of quilts.


I go for one more walk along the ocean before I head for home.
I had such a wonderful week, just sewing and creating all day long. No one to worry about but myself. I feel very spoiled! Feels good actually! I am in the process of quilting what I made so as soon as it is finished you'll see a picture of it. And speaking of quilting it's time for me to get back to my sewing machine.

Hope you are having a good day. Stop by again. I'd love to hear from you, so leave a comment if you have time.

Rhondi xo