I trust you are all managing well during these trying times. There seems to be very little we can do but hunker down and wait it out. In fact, that seems like the best thing we can do. I hope you find these posts a diversion from coronavirus induced worry and stress. I know it does me good to think of all of you on the other end of these posts, in our own socially-safe network. Take care and stay well, everyone.
In this week’s Throwback Thursday, “Using Sheer, Netting, and other Semi-Transparent Fabrics,” I talk about how I use those filmy, decorative fabrics. As I demonstrate in the blog post below, sheers (a term I use to describe all these fabrics) can be used in various ways.
- To add glitz
- To add highlights
- To add shadows
- To soften or blend fabrics
This post ties in nicely with tonight’s Thursday Night in My Studio Live presentation. This week I will present a slide show of my quilt “Monarch Maia.” Then I will display some of the many decorative sheers, nettings, and other semi-transparent fabrics I sometimes employ, and demonstrate how I apply them. On Saturday, in your regular post, the slideshow will appear in this week’s blog post update to my Quilt Story of “Monarch Maia.” A full version of the presentation will be available on demand on Saturday for $5. Free to Thursday night attendees.
For an up-to-date listing of current and past presentations, visit the front page of this website and scroll down to the Thursday Night in My Studio Live! section.
Free Fabric Collage Pattern
I would like to repeat the offer I made earlier in my Throwback Thursday post, “Fabric Collage Coping.”
To help you cope with these strange and worrisome times, please accept a free pattern using the following coupon code: collagecopingfreepattern
Feel free to share this with your friends. So far more than 150 people have downloaded their favorite pattern. Let’s keep it going.
Once you’ve selected your pattern, copy and paste the coupon code into the box in your shopping cart and click “Apply Coupon.” One pattern will be yours free (though feel free to purchase more at $5 each). Offer (for now) expires May 31, 2020.
These patterns are download only, meaning you will be able to download the pattern immediately after payment. An email with a link to download the pattern will be sent to you automatically. If you do not see it, check your Spam or Junk folders. If you still do not find it, contact us directly though my website and we will email it to you. This pattern, and any you have ever purchased, is always available to you by visiting the “My Account” page and clicking on the “Downloads” link.
Susan Carlson Fabric Collage: Sea Turtle eWorkshop
Learn fabric collage with Susan Carlson. Each step is clearly written, illustrated with photos, and demonstrated with video. Learn with a Sea Turtle then launch into any fabric collage project you wish.
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.
Serendipity Quilts for Sale
My book on fabric collage, Serendipity Quilts, is back in stock! The price is $29.95 plus shipping. For a signed copy click the button below. Note: If you want a inscribed copy (as in “To Jane”) I have to be home to do it, so you may want to check my teaching schedule. Otherwise your order may be delayed.
Bless your ever-loving pea picking heart, Susan! What a great gift to share with your readers/doers. We are home fo over a month now and thankful that we live in the country so we can go for long walks with our two dogs. As soon as I finish the masks I am making for family/friends and a local nursing home I’m going to get back to sewing for the joy of it. I’ll enjoy the pattern I downloaded. Thank you for your generosity,
Paula
You are a fabric genius! I have seen your crocodile/alligator collage at Houston and was totally amazed. What a gift you have, and it is wonderful that you share it.