2026 Black Cat Makerie : Poetic Landscapes with Sandrine Torredemer

POETIC LANDSCAPES WITH FOUND FABRIC & THREAD WITH SANDRINE TORREDEMER

The heart of this retreat is experimentation – joyously creating embroidered landscapes from different source materials, textures and colors.

Spend playful days at Black Cat Farm with Sandrine Torredemer, aka La Filature, learning how to translate images into textile collages. Her approach is more artistic than technical, requiring no particular knowledge of sewing or embroidery, and giving free reign to imagination. We’ll learn how to embroider the details of a photograph to bring the characters to life; create mini landscapes with tiny scraps of fabric saved (just like the artist who never throws anything away) during our time together; and devote time for personal interpretation of a photograph brought in by each participant. The originality of Sandrine’s work lies in the recycling of fabrics and the use of every last bit of material, enabling a deep appreciation for the ritual and richness of repurposing textiles.

THE VENUE: BLACK CAT FARM

Black Cat Farm ~ a place where all are welcome and the seeds of hope surround you. Nestled among the rolling fields just outside Boulder, Colorado, this rustic working farm is home to our Black Cat Makerie retreats. Tucked away from the rush of the world, time stands still. The beauty here isn’t curated, but rather defined by the ever-changing seasons and the pulse of growth and possibility at every turn. No matter where you are coming from or which season of life you find yourself in, you’ll feel the embrace of something so grounding and deeply authentic you might not ever forget it.

Using Black Cat’s Certified Organic farm as a source of creativity, Chef Eric Skokan creates an award-winning cuisine vibrant with seasonality. The kitchen draws heavily from the farm’s more than 250 varieties of organic vegetables, legumes, grains, herbs and flowers, as well as its large flock of heritage sheep and its robust population of heritage pigs, paving the way for a limitless palette of flavors, colors, and textures from which to build each food experience. The farm team devotes hours every day to harvesting ingredients, and then crafting them into outstanding dishes that mirror what is thriving in the fields. We can’t wait for you to experience it all for yourself!