Africa is our theme this week as I lead up to my participation in the Quilt Africa Online Summit next weekend, July 6-8, 2022. My participation will of course be virtual. If you want to attend virtually yourself, please click the link below to purchase tickets. There are numerous speakers and instructors in the 3-day line-up. For myself, I’ll be talking about African fabrics and how I have used them in fabric collage.
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Today’s TBT quilt doesn’t use many African fabrics. It does, however, have an African subject. The marabou stork is a large scavenging bird considered by some to be one of the ugliest animals on the planet. I like to think that my version, “Kaloli Moondance”, in the link below, sees through some of the bird’s exterior flaws to the beauty within. Kaloli is made entirely out of scrap fabrics from other projects, which made sense considering she is one of the meanest scavengers on the African plain, reportedly making vultures and even hyenas wait their turn at the carcass!
This Saturday in your regular post, I’ll share a little more about African fabrics and their use in collages and quilts. So brew your cuppa and look for my email in a couple days!
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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$29.95 plus shipping. Full color throughout. Four complete projects, start to finish, of increasing complexity. Learn fabric collage with this book.