This title of this week’s Throwback Thursday gave me a little chuckle, a snort of ironic realization. “What are your intentions?” For most of us, our intentions have been completely upended by the pandemic. Certainly, very little of what I intended for this year has happened or is going to happen.
Well, you can dig in your heels and stubbornly insist on holding onto your plans, or you can roll with it and adjust your intentions accordingly. Most of us have either chosen or been forced to adjust.
In this week’s Throwback Thursday post I talk about how intention, if it is well-defined, can help guide our fabric collage quilts. For example, deciding that you are going to work with a certain color palette—as I did when deciding to make my rhino pink, above—is an intention. What I didn’t give enough attention at the time of writing the post is flexibility. Maybe the intent you defined for your quilt isn’t helping you, or is even hindering progress. In this case you have to be flexible enough to change your intent, to roll with it, and come up with a new plan.
Here’s wishing you the flexibility you need to adapt to whatever life throws at you.
TONIGHT: Thursday Night in My Studio Live!
Tonight we continue to “fill in the gaps” from the previous Improvisational Faces series with a presentation on “Making Eyeglasses.”
To sign up for this and other live events visit the website: www.susancarlson.com and scroll down to the Thursday Night section. You can also purchase recordings of past three series of presentations there.
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.
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.
Thank you for this fabric collage intent it has opened my mind and is very helpful.
Lise Dionne