Tonight, Thursday Night in My Studio Live! returns (7:00 p.m. eastern time). In this session we’ll be covering the first four steps in fabric collage: choosing a photo, creating a pattern, choosing fabric, and creating a fabric palette. If you have questions about any of these subjects, please join me tonight by registering here.
This will be the first of three monthly sessions scheduled to answer your questions about the fabric collage process, a particular collage project you’re working on, or to respond to a photo you submit—so send these to [email protected]. Please include “Thursday Night” in the subject head. Thanks! I look forward to seeing you there!
Each of the first four steps listed above has been covered in a Throwback Thursday this month, including today’s post: Creating a Palette for Fabric Collage. Creating a palette is an extremely useful but often overlooked step that helps you work faster and more successfully.
We’ll continue this series throughout the months of February and March. See the schedule below.
The fabric palette pictured above is from my upcoming Fabric Collage Master Class module: Celestial Portraits. In this add-on to the Master Class I’ll use text, photos, and video to lead students through the steps of the fabric collage technique by creating Sun and Moon faces. More information coming soon about this new online offering.
Schedule of How-To Posts and Thursday Night Presentations
January 7: From Photo to Fabric: Choose the Best Shot
January 14: Making a Pattern for Fabric Collage Update
January 21: Choosing Fabric for Fabric Collage (Updated with Video)
January 28: Create a Palette for Fabric Collage
January 28: Thursday Night in My Studio Live!: Fabric Collage Basics 1 PURCHASE $10
February 4: Why Glue? Updated with Video
February 11: Fabric Collage and the Messy-Scary Stage
February 18: Sequence in Fabric Collage Part 1
February 25: Telling the Story: Fabric Collage Backgrounds
February 25: Thursday Night in My Studio Live!: Fabric Collage Basics 2 PURCHASE $10
March 4: Using Sheer, Netting, and other Semi-Transparent Fabrics
March 11: When Is My Fabric Collage Quilt Done?
March 18: Free-Motion Quilting on Fabric Collage Quilts
March 25: Hang It Up: Making Your Art Quilt Art
March 25: Thursday Night in My Studio Live!: Fabric Collage Basics 3 PURCHASE $10
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
$29.95 plus shipping. Full color throughout. Four complete projects, start to finish, of increasing complexity. Learn fabric collage with this book.