This coming Saturday’s post will be Finish Line #89! Has a nice ring to it, eh? Tom and I usually decide on the main Saturday post topic first, before the Throwback Thursday posts, like today’s. Kinda like a topic of the week—decide on the one, then do our best to find a connection of something from the Saturday post in our Throwback Thursday post—a sort of preview to the topic. In that way you could say we work backwards with our scheduling.
Sometimes the choice for a TBT is obvious, like a repeat of a “Part 1” before the new posting of a “Part 2,” to remind you guys where we were at. Sometimes Tom and I do a lot of head scratching and testing of our memories of the previous seven and a half years of weekly blog posts. Which one should we choose to repeat?
Today’s Throwback Thursday post choice is due to one of my students, Pat Beaudoin, who’s detail of her amazing fabric collaged lioness, Sheba (pictured above), is in the post, linked below. Thank you, Pat! What’s the connection? Well, Pat has a new quilt that will be featured in Saturday’s post, and we remembered that there are multiple past posts that feature other finished quilts of hers. Of those, we chose Finish Line #23, as this week’s throwback—a past post with great work all around and a nice variety of subject matter as well. Enjoy!
And as always, if you too have a finished fabric collage quilt you would like to share in a future Finish Line, please click on the button below for more submission information.
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Spaces available in two Live Online classes this May and June, 2023
May 2023 Live Online Class
You are invited to join me via Zoom for a 5-Day Live Online Fabric Collage Class. This class is for all levels of fabric collage proficiency, from beginner to advanced.
Subject matter is animal subjects only—furred, feathered, or scaled—pets, exotic animals, birds, insects, sea life, sea slugs, whatever type of animal appeals to you.
• Five-Day Live Online Fabric Collage Class—Animals Only
May 29-June 2, 2023
Class size: 12 max—all levels
2 Spots Remaining (as of April 26)
Price: $995 per student
Register and pay here:
https://susancarlson.com/product/may-2023-live-online-fabric-collage-class-with-susan-carlson-animals-only/
I have included an update of the number of spots available and will do my best to keep it updated as it changes. If you find on the registration page that the class has sold out and would like to be placed on a waitlist, please email Tom ([email protected]). Thank you.
Included: Forty-five minute private pre-class coaching session to prepare you for Day One of class.
Required Class Fee: $169 for the Fabric Collage Master Class—an online resource “manual” to refer to before, during, and after class—yours for life ($199 regular price; contact tom@tomallenbooks for coupon code for discount. This fee is waived if you already own the Master Class)
Hardware and Software Requirements: Computer, tablet, or other larger-screen device; reliable internet; ability to photograph and send images of collage in progress (a cellphone is recommended); Zoom meeting software (free to download)
See link below for more information.
https://susancarlson.com/2022/10/29/upcoming-fabric-collage-learning-opportunities-with-susan-carlson/
June 2023 Live Online Class
For the first time ever, I will be offering a portraits only class. Portraits of people—usually people we know and love—are the most difficult of fabric collage pieces because we hope to make them look like the person, of course. In order to open up more class time to focus on specific portraiture issues, I’m limiting this particular class to 8 students.
I’m also classifying it as “intermediate level” as I feel that students need to have a certain amount of familiarity with fabric collage (as I teach it)—either through previous classes with me or independent work through my book, Serendipity Quilts, or my Online Fabric Collage Master Class.
• Five-Day Live Online Fabric Collage Class—Portraits Only
June 26-301, 2023
Class size: 8 max—intermediate level
1 Spot Remaining (as of April 26)
Price: $1490
If you are interested in this class or have any questions, please email Tom ([email protected]) with “portraits only online class” in the subject line.
For more information see the description of my Live Online Fabric Collage Classes.
Included: Forty-five minute private pre-class coaching session to prepare you for Day One of class.
Required Class Fee: $169 for the Fabric Collage Master Class—an online resource “manual” to refer to before, during, and after class—yours for life ($199 regular price; contact tom@tomallenbooks for coupon code for discount. This fee is waived if you already own the Master Class)
Hardware and Software Requirements: Computer, tablet, or other larger-screen device; reliable internet; ability to photograph and send images of collage in progress (a cellphone is recommended); Zoom meeting software (free to download)
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.
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