October 21, 2010

It’s day 4 of Katie Pasquini Masopust’s workshop and everyone is working feverishly to assemble their designs. Colors and fabrics were selected yesterday and no time was wasted at the breakfast table this morning! Before you could say “Scrambled Eggs with Horseradish Cheddar Cheese” (the daily special), everyone had rushed off to the studio to get cracking!

This piece is by Alison Chandler. She is working totally abstract, as a number of others in the class are as well.

I had taken a picture of Alison ironing some of the pieces in place, but decided not to put it on the blog when Alison said, “Oh, great. Now my husband will want me to do ironing for him!” I understand her sentiment – don’t ask an art quilter to iron clothes!

Jane Strickler is working on a still life of a tea pot.

This is friends, Libby and Pam, hard at work in their corner of the studio.

Katie is showing her technique of using spray starch to get a neat edge turn over on the pieces.

This is Barb Caldwell, who is working on a really nice leaf composition.

Everyone is making great progress and I’ll bet the studio lights will be burning late into the evening for a bunch of folks.

Meanwhile, there is a lot of color happening outside of the studio. The leaves on the trees seem to changing right before my eyes. Within a couple days, I’ll bet the trees one either side of the yellow tree with be changed as well.