If your New Year’s resolution is to finally attempt your first fabric collage, then I suggest you start with a spiral—besides, a spiral symbolizes a new beginning and therefore works great with the start of a new year. Today’s Throwback Thursday features some beautiful examples of this enjoyable and low-stress project, such as the spiral above, “Life Begins at Forty!” by Ruth Warner.
A spiral project helps you to learn and practice many fabric collage skills—choosing fabric, cutting, blending from one color or fabric shape to another, gluing—it even covers free-motion quilting, binding and display of your new creation.
The Spiral eWorkshop, available below, is also a part of the Fabric Collage Online Master Class. We make it easy to upgrade by refunding the $25 cost of the Spiral eWorkshop when you purchase the Master Class.
Enjoy the following colorful creations, and the stories of their makings, in today’s Throwback Thursday—and have some fun creating your own “new beginning.”
Susan Carlson Fabric Collage: Spiral eWorkshop
Wondering if fabric collage is for you? This playful eWorkshop, though intended for beginners, is suitable for all levels, with lifetime access. The spiral project teaches the basic techniques of fabric collage and is simple and low stress. However, it also serves as a handy refresher course for those with more experience.
Why does a spiral make a great project for fabric collage? Find out in my post The Under-Appreciated Fabric Collage Spiral. The Spiral eWorkshop is included as an exercise in the Fabric Collage Master Class. Get a taste of the process, then if you decide to buy the Master Class you’ll get the full $25 cost back as credit toward the purchase.
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Fabric Collage Online Master Class
The Susan Carlson Fabric Collage Online Master Class Manual is a multi-media resource guide to the process of fabric collage. Using video, photos, text, and links to my blog posts for further relevant reading and information, I take you from beginning to end in creating your own fabric collage masterpiece, following my guidelines in a step-by-step format. Lifetime Access. Suitable for all levels, including beginners.
Read all about the process of creating the Master Class—explanation of its genesis—the whys and hows Tom and I made some of the decisions we did in this post: Online Master Class Now Available: Some Reflections.
Facial Features eWorkshop
Designed as a supplement to the Fabric Collage Online Master Class, or for those who have a good understanding of the basics of Fabric Collage. Lifetime Access. Intermediate or advanced levels suggested.
The Facial Features eWorkshop contains 8 videos and over 8 hours of in-depth instruction for creating each feature of a portrait in fabric. The videos are annotated with “Jump Points” allowing you to scan forward and backward to the information you need. Facial features PDF templates are included as reference and basic designs to work along with. Like the Fabric Collage Online Master Class, membership in this eWorkshop is for life.
Susan Carlson Fabric Collage: Sea Turtle eWorkshop
Learn fabric collage through a start-to-finish project—from pattern and fabric selection through quilting and binding. Each step is clearly written, illustrated with photos, and further demonstrated with videos. Learn the technique with a Sea Turtle then launch into any fabric collage project you wish. Lifetime access and suitable for all levels, including beginners. Sea Turtle Pattern included
Read all about the Sea Turtle eWorkshop in this blog post: Fabric Collage Sea Turtle eWorkshop Launch.
Book: Serendipity Quilts—Cutting Loose Fabric Collage
Full color throughout. Five projects of increasing complexity, four patterns to enlarge are included.
These books will be signed by Susan and can be inscribed to a particular person.
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Susan Carlson Patterns
Sent directly to recipient’s computer, these are line drawings that work well with the book, Serendipity Quilts or the Fabric Collage Online Master Class. Select desired design(s) and check email to print a PDF to have enlarged at a local copy shop.
Live Online Fabric Collage Classes
Five day classes with Susan that immerse you in fabric collage—in the comfort of your own home and surrounded by your own fabric stash. Join and learn from other students as everyone embarks on their own journeys creating an image of their choice in fabric. Beginners will learn the technique of fabric collage including the theory of choosing and blending colors based on pattern and value. Those with experience will further hone their fabric collage skills.
Options available for beginner through advanced levels—animals only and portraits only classes available in 2024
For a thorough explanation of what a Live Online Class is about, see this post: First Live Online Fabric Collage Class Results.