March 20, 2010

It just warms the heart of any quilter or fiber artist – the sight of fabric and supplies available for purchase in a shop! In this case the shop is at the Greenville Arms 1889 Inn and it is provided by Log Cabin Fabrics in Ravena, NY (just a short drive from the inn).

Londa, the owner of Log Cabin Fabrics, came by yesterday to set up because our first fiber art workshop checks in tomorrow. I always have to restrain myself from wanting to deplete the stock before the workshop participants even arrive. Such a tempting array of fabric and other goodies.

Karen Rosasco’s workshop group checked-out this morning. It was sad to see them go – such a happy group! Quite a few have already vowed to come back in 2011 for Karen’s workshop in June and one already signed up because she wanted to make sure she got in her request for her favorite room!

We are already for Susan Shie’s group to check-in tomorrow.

This will be the first time that Susan has taught here but we have been hearing such wonderful things about her for years and years. I’m sure it is going to be a fun and exciting class.

The smell of chocolate has been in the air recently (actually it is all the time!) due to all of the chocolate rabbits we’ve been busy making. Here is one of the chocolate display areas.

This years menu is still being tweaked (it’s an ever evolving thing) but two new additions are this yummy cream puff.

and this delicious meatball and pasta dish. The meatballs were made with a combination of beef, turkey, and lamb (and we made plain turkey meatballs for the non-beef eaters). The sauce included eggplant and broccoli. The pasta is a wonderful new organic pasta, Lensi, in a fun twisted shape called Gigili. It was one of the favorite meals this past week.