Day Two

Susan replied to yesterday's post by asking, but how's the FOOD? Well our first real meal at Sewing Summit was dinner last night. We did our research and decided to make a trek to Eva, a quirky little Mediterranean restaurant featuring small plates. We shared a  butter lettuce salad with strawberry relish and goat cheese toasts (yummy) ... baked Greek mac and cheese with bacon and arugula (yummier) ... and eva's "baker's pie" that was all cheesy with a tomato and fresh mozzarella salad on top (yummiest)! mmm. Highly recommend.

Open Sew was up and running after dinner, and we spent several hours there just stitching away. Between machines and sewists, there was quite a hum in that room.

Today started with a quick coffee run and then straight to class! Mine was "Metal Frame Pouch" with Kelly of KelbySews. The pattern was quick and easy and shock of shocks, the gluing into the frame was a snap. What was I worried about?

From there it was on to "Creative Fabric Selection" with Jeni Baker of In Color Order. Her presentation was so engaging and enlightening.....very enjoyable! And what a treat to all get a Michael Miller Cotton Couture color card!

Lunch was really nice - the first hotel meal - bountiful salad and dessert bars. We met all new people at our lunch table and enjoyed getting acquainted and swapping cards. Also during lunch was a brief presentation by the team from Threadbias, which was cool as I'm a newcomer to their site.

Last class today was "Photography for Bloggers" with Vanessa Hewell of LBG Studio. If anything, this is where I need and want help and Vanessa gave us alot to think about and try with our cameras.
So now it's down time for a bit ... later on we'll head out to a mixer sponsored by the Salt Lake City Modern Quilt Guild ... out on the town with most of SS!