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Bloghop-Giveaway: Susan Brubaker Knapp

I just LOVE IT when I get to share the amazing work my friends make!   Today I get to introduce you (in case you haven’t already seen / met her) to Susan Brubaker Knapp of Blue Moon River Studios.  If you surf over to her website and blog, you have another chance to win a copy of my video workshop, Art Quilt Design From Photo to Threadwork (which you can also order, here).

To order a DVD, visit my Store page here, or to order either the DVD or a digital download, visit Quilting Arts' Interweave Store, here.   And, of course, you can enter the various giveaways thanks to the generous quilt artists who are helping me give away copies!

My video workshop.

or to order either the DVD or a digital download, visit Quilting Arts’ Interweave Store, here. And, of course, you can enter the various giveaways thanks to the generous quilt artists who are helping me give away copies!
The first quilt of Susan's that I saw was this one, and it took my breath away.  I had recently "met" her online through the QuiltArt list.  We share a similar approach and style, and have become friends and finally got to meet in person when teaching at the same venue. I always look forward to finding her at a show and getting caught up in person!

The first quilt of Susan’s that I saw was this one, and it took my breath away. I had recently “met” her online through the QuiltArt list. We share a similar approach and style, and have become friends and finally got to meet in person when teaching at the same venue. I always look forward to finding her at a show and getting caught up in person!

Susan’s background in graphic design is clear in her work.  She has such a strong sense of who she is as a quilter and artist. We share a love of the quilting, though most of Susan’s art quilts are now wholecloth painted, we approach the quilting and use of thread in a similar (though not identical) way.   I See The Moon was in the Dinner@8 exhibit in Houston a couple years ago:

I See the Moon, by Susan Brubaker Knapp

I See the Moon, by Susan Brubaker Knapp

We also share being moms two two teens/young adults (hers are girls, mine are boys) and cats!  We have four (of every color so no matter what you wear the hair shows); not sure how many she has, but there are at least these two:

Susan Brubaker Knapp's cat Maximum, in "Maximum Cat Nap"

Susan Brubaker Knapp’s cat Maximum, in “Maximum Cat Nap.” Look at that fabulous fur!

I LOVE that one is named Trouble, hence “Trouble in the Pumpkin Patch!”

 

Trouble in the Pumpkin Patch by Susan Brubaker Knapp.

Trouble in the Pumpkin Patch by Susan Brubaker Knapp.

Susan is a great teacher, and now hosts–with Lyric Kinard– a retreat each Fall in her home state of North Carolina.  Please do visit her site and have an enjoyable browse.  Then if you can see her quilts in person…wonderful!

Thank you so much, Susan, for being my friend and for being part of this bloghop!  Remember to visit her site and her blog.

 

 

 

 

3 Responses to “Bloghop-Giveaway: Susan Brubaker Knapp”

  1. Claire Graham-Smith Says:

    I loved meeting Susan at our guild last year. Such a supportive person too.too

  2. Claire Graham-Smith Says:

    I loved meeting her at our Vermont guild last year. So supportive.

  3. Marti M Says:

    Love Susan work. Would love to take a workshop from her.