This Saturday in your regular weekly post, I’ll unveil my (finally) finished quilt, “Earthshine.” The piece is a portrait of my son as a crescent moon, the third portrait (one each decade) of Sam (see “Samuelsaurus Rex” and “Peace, Love, Tie-Dye, Save the Whales”).
The road to the end of this fabric collage quilt was a long and winding one. I recorded my progress in a series of posts, the subject of this week’s TBT. What was intended to be a Part 1-5 series, had some detours, part 3.5 and 3.75 for example, as I made good progress down roads I hadn’t foreseen, and sometimes leading me to dead ends from which I had to reverse!
Take the journey of “Earthshine” with me by perusing these posts leading up to the grand unveiling this Saturday.
In Progress Part 1: The Third Fabric Collage Portrait of My Son Sam
In Progress Fabric Collage: Quilt Stories—”Blue Moon Sam” Part 2
In Progress Fabric Collage: Quilt Stories—Sam’s Moon Portrait Part 3
In Progress Fabric Collage: Quilt Stories—Sam’s Moon Portrait Part 3.5
In Progress Fabric Collage: Quilt Stories—Sam’s Moon Portrait Part 3.75
In Progress Fabric Collage: Quilt Stories—Sam’s Moon Portrait Part 4
In Progress Fabric Collage: Quilt Stories—Sam’s Moon Portrait Part 5
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.
Susan Carlson Fabric Collage: Spiral eWorkshop
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Susan Carlson Fabric Collage: Sea Turtle eWorkshop
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Your step by step videos on Sam’s Moon Face have been so informative. Loved those Thursday evening classes!