Today’s selection of in-progress portrait collages from my live online class students are actually all double portraits—based on either a son or daughter with granddaughters, or an old-time sepia “dress-up” photo celebrating a 25th wedding anniversary, 45 years ago. Amazing memories now being captured in full-color fabric collage.
This second online class of the year focused on intermediate and advanced students who were interested in delving into fabric collage portraiture—either to continue their learning or as a first-time subject—such as Sara Crocker’s challenging tooth-filled portrait of her daughter, Devon, detail above.
If you are inspired by these or other fabric collage quilts you see in my posts, there is still room in our five-day class this fall. Learn fabric collage live from the comfort and convenience of your own home space (as today’s students did). See the information below.
October 21-25, 2024
Live Online Class ALL LEVELS Animals Only
Maximum Class Size: 12
Price: $995
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This next online class is for all levels of students
Focused exclusively on animal portraits
Click here for more information about attending either of my remaining 5-day online classes in 2024.
I’m proud to say they all did spectacularly, as you’ll see in both this post and last week’s Saturday post—three students and their work in each. Each person has sent us a nice write-up about their chosen subject, which we have included along with in-progress photos below.
At the end of each student’s section of their classroom collage project, you’ll find a gallery of previous work they shared for our after-class “happy hour” one evening that week. It was enjoyable to get to know these ladies a little better as they talked about their quilts.
Please click on those images to see the pieces larger and to scroll through each photo gallery.
Dale Goldberg
From Dale:
Dale Goldberg Shore and Share
Grace Crocker
From Grace:
Grace Crocker Show and Share
Sara Crocker
From Sara:
I was planning on doing a portrait quilt of each of my 3 grandkids, Anu (20), Nico (17), and Rahul (16). I started with Anu, but she didn’t like the photo I was going to originally work with, and she asked for a quilt based on a photo of her and her mom (my daughter Devon). They are an extremely close pair and love to tease each other, so I thought this photo captured their personalities a bit. I had not done a portrait of a person in Susan’s technique yet, so wanted to use this opportunity to learn how to collage facial features based on a photo. Devon’s big smile was a challenge — 21 individual teeth!! My daughter Devon on the left and granddaughter Anu on right.
Sara Crocker Show and Share
Introducing a special summertime Thursday Night series—live from my studio!
Fascinating Fabric Collage Bugs and Butterflies Zoom Follow-Along
July 18 and 25, and August 8 and 15, 2024—7:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Each session will last roughly 1-1/2 hours.
Price: $78
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Included:
• Four presentations of instruction and demonstration
• Question and answer periods
• Free bug or butterfly pattern
• Recordings of all sessions sent to your email
• Materials list
I learned a lot in this class. Despite a difficult first day (for me) where I felt stuck and on the verge of tears for most of the day, Susan and my classmates were very helpful in moving my work forward. It was a very “safe” atmosphere as any suggestions offered were coming from a helpful vs critical place. Everyone brought their own special talents and perspectives to contribute. Susan is a fabulous teacher!
These portraits are amazing and absolutely beautiful. The personalities shine through … whether or not the collage is finished..Bravo to all!