Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Back to School 2024—Upcoming Live Online Fabric Collage Classes

As kids head back to school this week, I thought it would be a good time to remind you of our upcoming educational opportunities.

This fall we’re offering two Live Online Fabric Collage 5-Day Classes. If this would be your first fabric collage class, the October class is for you. Or maybe you’ve attended either the Fantastical Fish or Fascinating Bugs and Butterflies Follow Along classes (see example above)—for you also, this all-levels class would be a great place to stretch your skills with a more complex subject. Pick an animal subject and join us!

If you have taken either an in-person or Live Online Class with me before, then our November class might suit you. Designed for those who already have a good understanding and experience with the fundamentals of fabric collage, this class allows participants to dive deeper into the process with a project of their choice, including portraiture.

Live Online Classes now include both pre-class coaching—to ensure you are ready for class on day one—and then follow-up coaching—to help you get closer to the Fabric Collage Finish Line. See the info below for more details.

So gather your fabric, scissors, pins and glue, and come back to school for a few days—from the comfort of your own home—with one of these Live Online Fabric Collage Classes!

Live Online Fabric Collage—Fall 2024

I made annotations on Judy Bilardello’s amazing lion in our February 2024 All Levels Live Online Class. These mark ups helped Judy further define the values that give her lion form.

Live Online Class ALL LEVELS Animals Only

October 21-25, 2024

Maximum Class Size: 12
Price: $995
USE THIS LINK TO REGISTER

This class is for all levels of students and is limited to animals only. Classes are five days long (six hours class time each day). Ownership of the Fabric Collage Master Class ($169 with student discount) is a prerequisite as this acts as the “textbook” for this class.

Grace Crocker began her 20th fabric collage quilt in our June 2024 Live Online Intermediate/Advanced Class. A mere month or so later, this double portrait is finished! (see photo below)

Live Online Class INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED LEVELS Any Subject

November 18-22, 2024

Maximum Class Size: 8
8 Students maximum to allow for more time and instruction to delve farther into the fabric collage process
Price: $1,495

To Register: This class is for experienced students at the intermediate or advanced level. You should have a grasp of the fundamentals of fabric collage before starting this class, preferably through taking a prior class with Susan, or having worked through the Master Class or other eWorkshop. Please submit your request to register to Tom ([email protected]) and he will send you the link to register or ask for further information. Thank you.

Grace’s finished this lovely memory quilt of her and her husband Bill based on a photo of one of those staged old-time sepia photos. They dressed up and posed for their 25th wedding anniversary back in the mid 1970’s.

Fabric Collage Live Online Class Menu of Benefits

Tom and I strive to make the live online fabric collage experience special and different in its own way. Both online and in-person classes are great ways of learning that we now have access to—each good for their own reasons and I find it an interesting balance that I enjoy teaching classes both ways.

Mary McKay is a student that continues to attend both in-person and online classes—like I said, they both have their benefits—and she’s worked on this double portrait of her daughter and their family dog in both venues. However, it’s online that I can give detailed annotations (above) on her photos as a “checklist” to work from. In photo below, Mary shared her southern California home studio (and well organized fabric) with us.

Since we’re talking about online classes in this post, in addition to the advantage (and cost savings) of attending from the comfort of your own home—no travel involved and access to your fabric stash—Tom and I have added the following menu of perks.

Through our online classes each student receives:

In pre-class coaching I met with Judy to help simplify her pattern into the larger light/dark value areas for creating her lion collage.

Pre-Class and NEW Follow-Up Coaching

We’ve always had individual (pre-class) coaching sessions live with Susan to get you better prepared for class—and now (due to many requests), we have added group (follow-up) coaching afterwards as well. A “class reunion check-in” of sorts a couple weeks after class has ended, to share progress and help you continue your fabric collage journey.

Daily Class Videos
Pre-recorded videos of daily class demonstrations on the process of fabric collage are yours to keep and review both before and long after our week together has ended.

A Fabric Pack for Fabric Collage
Susan has been curating special 10-fabric collections—mailed to every Live Online student since the week-long classes began in 2021—colorful and helpful designs that may come in handy during the week, or to horde for a later project if not.

Pre-Class Meet and Greet
Meet your classmates in a pre-class Sunday evening social. This meeting also serves to further familiarize everyone with our Zoom classroom format.

Mid-Week After Class Social Hour and Show and Share
On a chosen evening after class, we kick back with beverage and food to relax and get to know our classmates better. Usually everyone sends us extra photos share some of their past work in fabric.

Daily Walkthrough of Student Progress
At the end of each class day we go back and visit the beginning and ending photos of everyone’s subjects—oohing and aahing at the great progress and lessons learned as we worked together.