Students enjoyed the sewing workshop for 3 nights.	Some students opted to stay for 4 or 7 nights.
Some of us have been lucky and attended several of the workshops with Jane Foster.  A few of the ladies have come each year.  It is a real treat to be able to sew with Jane in the glass walled room just steps from the ocean.   To have someone that is not only talented in design and sewing, but also kind hearted and generous is really unbelievable.  We, her students, so appreciate her!! Many of us took an hour or two break in the afternoon.  Of course the break was often to go to fabric stores.  Back Porch in Pacific Grove is a quilt shop, but has very interesting fabric.  They had a display of quilts by Mary McDowell that was fabulous.  Jane loved the quilt made from a photo of a dog.  So look for a quilt of Sadie on the walls soon.   Across the street from Back Porch quilt shop is the Pacific Grove Museum featuring wildlife quilts.  Very interesting to see.  One of our favorite quilts was made from photos of Asilomar and the tide pools.  The photos were grouped in Photoshop and then printed out on cloth.  Findings (a fabric and notions store) in Carmel was wonderful as usual.   Their buttons are always very interesting and unique, and several ladies liked their wide assortment of ribbons.  We all go away with a small (or not so small) bag of goddies, and then some of us just have to return the next day for more.  So we are glad Carmel is only about 10 minutes away. Besides shopping, walking on the beach, bike riding, reading while listening to the ocean, you can also take short outings.    Sally planned on stopping at the famous Monterey Bay Aquarium before she went home,  and Sharon and Claire enjoyed the Elkhorn Slough  were they saw nesting herons and trees with huge woodpecker holes.    But after these short breaks, we are all back to enjoying our time sewing with each other and Jane.
Sally  is wearing a tee-shirt she made, and currently  venturing into the art of fabric painting.  She had stencils from Marcy Tilton and stamps which she used with paint to created her designs on plain colored tee-shirts.	Her tee-shirt was surely enhanced.  How fun.
Sally made her pink jacket, and also worked on felting blue yarn unto the white coat.  How did she find time for all of this in only 3 days?  And she was walking on the beach too!	These sisters were thinking.  They bought the same serger so they can help each other out!
Yolanda had Jane take her measurements, and then she used this information to draft a moulage on paper.  Then she drafted a sloper, and from this made a muslin.  Jane fitted this muslin to her body, and Yolanda was then ready to put it on her dress form.  After stuffing the form, she has a replica of her body shape!!	She then found a pretty cotton print at Findings for her dress form.  This will enhance her studio decor!
Zelda is working on a  cape like jacket from  Vintage Vogue.  She finds very interesting patterns and fabrics.	Now what could be better than this?  Standing on a bench looking at the sand and ocean while Jane marks the hem on your slacks.
Vicki used her dress form to drape a muslin which will be used as a pattern for a Chanel type jacket.	Jane then checked to be sure the muslin fit Vicki.
This photo just doesn't allow you to see the great fit on the jeans Lark made.  Between Lark's shape and Jane's fitting ability, you couldn't have gotten a better fitting pair of jeans.	Lark used a Sandra Betzina Vogue pattern to make a coat from white boiled wool.  The collar had to be shortened, but its an interesting pattern, and will surely be a great coat.
Janice was determined to go home with her Diane Ericson Java Jacket completed!	She purchased all the fabrics at Stone Mountain and Daughter with Jane's help.  She brought bolts of fabric in the store to Jane,  and Jane would keep or reject the bolts and send her off to find others.  The result is awesome.
Diana with her great Folkwear pattern coat.  You can tell she loves it.	JoAnn really looks great in her Sandra Betzina top and slacks.  The colors are in her harmony and look stunning on her.
JoAnn made several skirts while at Jane's workshop.  She is standing on a deck outside of the our sewing room.	Group discussion was followed by a spinning demonstration by Kathleen.
Kathleen is learning the joys of quilting and getting all those blocks to match exactly in size!
Claire is making 11 garments that all coordinate for her European vacation.   They are in shades of grey / lilac.  She is going to look and feel fabulous.	Helen came with her daughter.  She had two pieces of tee-shirt fabric that she purchased from Emma One Sock.  They each made their tee-shirts in no time at all.  Also note the vest Jane is wearing which won a prize at a Marin show.
Jane is giving a demonstration on the pressing machine.	Jasna used the pressing machine to adhere Armor weft interfacing to all her pattern pieces for her jacket.  She became the queen at pressing.
After all the pieces were interfaced, Jasna constructed the jacket and its time to press again!	Even the best of us need a seam ripper once in a while.
Christine was fun to watch, and she got a lot accomplished.	Diana looks relaxed and peaceful.  A wonderful lady that sews with Jane.
Maria is having fun.	Jane has achieved a great fit on Maria's jacket.  She is a gifted student, and we are waiting to see her projects at the next Asilomar workshop with Jane.
Part of the group posed with garments in various stages of completion using fabric from Emma-One-Sock.  The mother daughter team in the back completed their yellowish tee-shirts, as did Diana at the far right.  JoAnn finished her asymmetrical top, and Kathleen and Maria are still in the draping stages.   Jasna has a bit of work left on her jacket, and Sharon's vest is almost done.  They all were pleased with their purchases from Emma One Sock.
Notice all the smiles and laughter in these photos.  We couldn't have had a better time.	She is beaming!!  So happy to be with Jane at her workshop.

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