The Last Piece

Enchanted Look Book

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Sarah's hubby here - thought you might want to have a geek whilst she is travelling - also those going to market don't forget to drop by and say hello at her booth in the Windham Fabric stand. :)

The Grand Hotel

Well here I am on Mackinac Island in Michigan and ready to teach for the Needle Art Seminar! Thanks to my lovely host Jackie who has put me up for the last few days at her beautiful house while I adjusted to the jetlag. There has been some concern over wether we would be able to get to the island in the usual manner - being such a cold winter here the lake has been iced over pretty badly and the ferries haven't been able to run! They are back to normal tomorrow thankfully for the students! But today we took the freight ferry over which was fun. Here is our trusty barge, the Sacre Bleu

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The Sacre Bleu doesn't usually take passengers and so to accommodate all the people they parked busses on the deck and we all sat inside. So I travelled in style through ice on a bus on a boat :) Oh the adventures of my job. It was a little misty today but as we approached the hotel suddenly appeared through the gloom. Wow! It's quite a spectacle.
Susan was our trusty driver ;) I didn't take a good picture of the hotel from the front but I will do that tomorrow, they were still putting all the pretty awnings up etc as they have only just opened for the summer today. Now they need some summer!! There are no cars on the island so we were driven to the hotel in a horse and cart taxi.
Teaching here with me are Bonnie Hunter, Susan Carlson and Lucy Neatby who is a knitter. I think we're going to have a fantastic time! Classes start tomorrow. I want to do a post on the incredible decor of this hotel but that will have to wait for tomorrow. In the meantime here are mine, Susan's and Jackie's rooms. Every room is different. Aren't they gorgeous?


Oh all right and here's the lobby because I couldn't resist.