sutton075

My favorite thing in the world is taking tapestry classes.  It is the jammiest of my jam!  I kept stalking  Ruth Manning's website  to find her woven faces class.  Last May, I gave up waiting for Ruth to come south and signed up for her class at  Lost Art Fiber Studio  in Wisconsin.  I am so glad I did. Last Thursday I flew into Milwaukee and drove to Waukesha.  It is a lovely little town on the Fox river. Friday, we started class with looking at Ruth's work and enjoying freshly baked pumpkin scones and coffee Nancy lovingly provided. Ruth's work reflects a joy and vibrancy that I love and of course her use of wedge weave with traditional techniques drew me right in. Ruth brought an amazing variety of colors and textures for us to work with and got us started on our woven faces. She demonstrated various techniques and because the class was small, provided lots of personal attention. Not having a drawing or art background, I had trouble with p...