As any of you who have followed me for a while know, I travel all over the country and internationally to teach fabric collage. I chronicle these travels in my On the Road series of blog posts. Of course my current classes and travel have been cancelled at least until this fall. In an attempt to inject a semblance of normalcy into an insane world, today’s TBT is an On the Road post from the same area of the country where I would have been just now returning from, had the world not slipped off its tracks.
If all had gone to plan this year, you’d have been reading about my April trip to teach for Luana Rubin at eQuilter.com in Boulder, Colorado. Instead, this On the Road Throwback is from Lyons, Colorado where I lectured and taught in April 2016. That’s me, above, with Linda Blue, who was a student in that fish-themed class.
This Saturday in your regular post, I’ll present a fresh batch of competed fabric collage quilts in a new Finish Line post. If you have a completed quilt you’d like to submit for publication, please use the link below. Of course, we’re looking forward to seeing finished quilts from the new Sea Turtle eWorkshop or Spiral eWorkshop—we know there’s quite a few of you out there keeping creatively busy with them!
Submit Quilt for "Finish Line"
Don’t forget! Thursday Night in My Studio Live! presentations return on May 7. My preliminary plans for that presentation (I may change my mind!) is to show what I’ve been working on lately, then provide a simple project for my viewers based on what I’ve been doing. To register, use the button below.
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.
Susan Carlson Fabric Collage: Spiral eWorkshop
Wondering if fabric collage is for you? This eWorkshop is intended for beginners in fabric collage. The spiral project is simple, low stress, but still teaches the basic techniques of fabric collage. It also serves as a handy refresher course for those with more experience.
Free Fabric Collage Pattern
I would like to repeat the offer I made earlier in a 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 500 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 in your mailbox, PLEASE check your Spam or Junk folders. If not there, 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.
Will you be doing an eworkshop for the moon?
Not immediately. However, in my upcoming Thursday Night in My Studio Live session I will be talking about faces, freeform, intuitive, fun faces, rather than portraits. If you go to my home page, http://www.susancarlson.com, you can find a link to register for that.
Hi
Am working on the spiral and finished the 1st spiral
Do I glue the pieces now. Or work the 2nd spiral and glue at the same time
Am I having fun?
It’s a little more stressful than I thought, good practice for the next project
Thanks
Brenda Schulman