Yes, I realize I talk a lot about creating a fabric palette, but I do have a specific reason to refer back to it in this Throwback Thursday post. You see, in this Saturday’s regular post, I’ll be giving you a preview of my Quilt Africa Online Summit 2022 lecture by showing you the fabric palette I created using many of the lovely African fabrics (below) sent to me by organizer Miriam Galadima-Benson. These are not at all the types of fabrics you’ll read about in this Throwback Thursday, but I’m happy to say I did create a bold and beautiful palette for fabric collage and am excited to show you something new!
You can still sign up for next week’s Quilt Africa Online Summit 2022 on July 6-8, and attend my full online lecture, plus the other lectures, demos, and workshops from the other presenters at the event by following the link below.
Hope to see you there!
But why all the emphasis on a fabric palette in the first place? It took years of teaching for me to realize just how important it is to create your palette first, and I’ve come to believe that nothing makes for an easier beginning to your fabric collage project than a pre-cut fabric palette, ready to pick up and place onto your drawn design. It speeds up the fabric selection process (since you’ve already done that) and allows you to dive right into the fun part—auditioning and arranging those chunks of fabric onto your drawn design.
And then there’s the issue of how to cut out the “hand-sized” chunks that will make up your palette. So read up on it in today’s Throwback Thursday, below. And then tune in Saturday for more ideas!
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.
I’m looking for to the Quilt Africa Online Summit very much. This is the year I decided to seek out “new to me” quilt artists, techniques, and explore where the “new” takes me. I took your Spiral eWorkshop and plan to take more classes from you in the future.