We’re already on Step 6 in the fabric collage process!
If you’ve been following along, you’ll know that I’ve been using Throwback Thursday How-To posts to cover the entire technique of fabric collage. This week we tackle the “Messy-Scary Stage.” This is the point during the piecing of your quilt where you are far enough along to start covering the foundation, but the image itself has yet to really form. You look at the collage and wonder if it will ever resemble your source image. Your enthusiasm starts to get sucked away.
Everyone hits this stage. Being aware of it can help you get through it. Read the TBT below to forewarn and fore-arm yourself.
Over the next two weeks of Throwback Thursdays we’ll cover the importance of sequence in fabric collage and the challenge of backgrounds. Then on February 25, the last Thursday of the month, we’ll host a Thursday Night in My Studio Live! Zoom presentation to discuss the four How-To topics that have been posted this month.
Check out the schedule below for links to all the How-To posts in this series covering the basics of the fabric collage technique. Links are also listed to register for the coordinated Zoom presentations.
We got off to a great start with this series of Thursday Night in My Studio Live! The first four steps in the fabric collage technique were discussed: choosing a photo, making a pattern, choosing fabric, and creating a palette. If you missed the live event, you can watch a recording of the presentation here: PURCHASE RECORDING $10.
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.