Fabric is our medium: our oils, our watercolors, our inks. Unfortunately our choice of medium can take up a lot of space. Plus there’s so much more variety! Color, pattern, texture! How do we keep it all stored safely and conveniently? That’s the issue I addressed in today’s Throwback Thursday. Actually I addressed it a couple times—as you’ll see in the post—first back in 2016 then updated in 2021.
There are obvious ways to organize fabric:
- Color (reds, blues, greens)
- Pattern (Aboriginal, flowers and leaves, animal prints)
- Fiber content (cottons, synthetics, sheers)
- Novelty fabrics (butterflies, coral reef, maps)
Then there are less obvious (some known only to me) ways:
- Fabrics I collected on a particular trip (New Zealand, Yellowknife)
- Fabrics by a particular designer (Kaffe Fassett, Jane Sassaman)
- Future quilts I have in mind (Daisy, Hassan, and Max)
None of these schemes begins to address the issue particular to fabric collage: scraps! What to do with all those little bits. I do cover that in the post and this Saturday in your regular post you’ll get another glimpse of my scraps and how I’ve used them in my quilts. So stay tuned!
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.
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.