August 23, 2016

Susan Brubaker Knapp was here last week to teach her popular Paint, Fuse, Stitch workshop. The first process was learning to paint images from photos onto white fabric.
Some garden inspiration around the inn! It is peak echinacea season at the moment.

Then next process that Susan taught was raw edge fused appliqué, using a sheet of vinyl to aid in exact placement of each little piece.
We have finally arrived at the season of beautiful, temperate weather! Just warm enough, with a tiny bit of chill in the evenings. This was taken just after a 5 minute rain storm.

This was the first painted image by one of the students who said she had never painted before in her life! She credited her success to Susan’s teaching and process!
Susan brought a whole bunch of her work for the class to see. This is one big stack of talent here.
The final process Susan taught was thread sketching, which is using machine stitching to emulate the look of pencil sketching. In other words, not as heavy stitching as thread painting. On the last day was a critic of the students work, with each person describing what they liked best about their work and what they thought needed improvement.





Since the chill is back in the evening air, we now have in stock some fabulously soft and warm hoody sweatshirts. They come in black, navy, and blue with a contrast color on the inside of the hood. The minute I put them out most of our staff said they wanted one!