In this week’s brand new Saturday post, I’ll be sharing another wonderful batch of finished quilts from you, my blog readers. The Finish Line posts are always a popular read as the creators share their fabric collage journeys. A big decision along the way to a finished quilt is the background behind the subject—a thought that’s often overlooked, until you get to that point in the process.
And then it hits you: backgrounds can be hard. Hard because of the almost unlimited choices backgrounds can pose—it’s like you’re back to square one, “What do I do now? Where do I start?” But once you come up with an idea for a background, it’s often quite straightforward, though there are some tricks that could make it simpler. So getting that idea for a background is usually the toughest part. To help the decision making process, I propose (in the TBT post below), that you ask yourself a series of questions that define the “story” of your quilt.
- What’s the subject?
- Where is the subject?
- What is it doing?
- Why did you choose this subject?
- What’s important about the subject?
Answering some or all of these questions should give you a real sense of how you can use the background to help tell the story of the subject you have chosen. Enjoy and then come back in a couple days to see how others have solved their backgrounds.
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
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.
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I am interested in your Fabric Collage Master Class. Is it all on line? Is there a time line and do have videos as your teaching class?
Thank you for your time.