We were so pleased that Fiber artist, Susan Norman was available to spend this beautiful Saturday with us, sharing some of the secrets to her incredible thread painted art. This workshop was all about developing a technique.
Susan explained how she uses photographs to help her achieve the look she wants. Working to duplicate the effects in the background and bringing out the details of the foreground………all with fabric and thread and her sewing machine.
She showed us how to create a “painterly” background by building layers with tulle followed by stitching with thread. 
She generously brought with her, a fabulous stash of tulle and thread in wonderful colours for our use.
We were instructed to think of our needle and thread as a “very fine brush” with which we would paint our creations.
Participants eagerly followed instructions, Susan was able to answer the many questions put to her and gave us terrific one on one guidance. Although our projects are not yet finished, and as you can see some chose to do backgrounds while others tried their hand at abstracts and yet others, florals.
Susan pointed out the strengths in each piece along with ideas and suggestions on how we might best proceed to develop them into a completed art work.