Recently these Throwback Thursday posts have focused on introducing the technique of fabric collage. The first post described how to create a pattern. The second post gave you guide for choosing your fabric. The third post explained the importance of value in creating form. This week’s post takes you to the next step: cutting your fabric. “Running with Scissors” shows you how I use my favorite, “pelican-bladed” applique scissors: cutting to prints, cutting to your pattern, and cutting the subject way from the foundation fabric.
If you don’t have these kind of scissors and would like to know where you can get them, please visit my “Fabric Collage Toolkit” page. There you’ll find not only the scissors, but also the glue and other supplies I use.
In Saturday’s regular post I’ll finish up my series on Empty Spools with another Finish Line post of completed fabric collage quilts that were started in my Empty Spools classes.
Fabric Collage Master Class
For instructions on the entire fabric collage process, you can purchase the Susan Carlson Fabric Collage Online Master Class Manual. Using video, photos, and text I take you from soup to nuts, beginning to end in creating your own fabric collage masterpiece.