Welcome to week two of Throwback posts of fabric collage in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Today I revisit the second of my two 2022 classes—the first class was covered in last week’s TBT. This second class is a group of students who are well versed in my way of teaching fabric collage, having taken at least a couple classes with me prior.
So, be prepared for some great in-progress projects in this TBT–such as Nancy Bonkowski’s very large feline (above), plus more gobsmacking work from my intermediate and advanced students. And as always with my On The Road posts, I include curated galleries of photos giving you a sense of the place I was teaching at—such as the warmly inviting town of Santa Fe.
Please join me in this second trip back to May 2022, visiting the sunny days, great people, bright colors, and fantastic fabric collage work of this talented class of collage artists.
This Saturday in your regular weekly post I’ll finish up with my recent visit to Santa Fe, March 2026. So use this post to further whet your appetite for more fabric adventure in the Southwest!
On the Road Teaching: Fabric Collage Week #2 in Santa Fe, NM—May 2022
Last Minute Openings! There’s still time to register for April’s Fabric Collage Immersion: a 10 Day Workshop at Woodland Ridge Retreat—Pre-class coaching will be available prior to class.
April 21, 2026 – May 2, 2026
Menomonie, WI
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Recent cancellations have opened a couple spots in this Fabric Collage 10-day Immersion. The class runs over the course of two weeks, Tuesday–Saturday each week. The two days in between are to relax, sightsee, or spend more time in the classroom. 😉
Retreat owner Chris and I are considering opening the workshop to a limited number of students who are interested in attending only one of the two weeks. Students attending only one week must have previous experience in my fabric collage technique—intermediate+ level. If you are interested, please reach out to Chris Daly via the Woodland Ridge Retreat contact page. We hope you can join us!
Remaining Fabric Collage Classes in 2026
July: 5-Day Live Online Fabric Collage Class via Zoom
July 13-17, 2026
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More about my 5-Day Online Fabric Collage Classes
September: Susan Carlson Fabric Collage in Bar Harbor, Maine 2026
September 14, 2026 – September 18, 2026
Bar Harbor, Maine
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Click here for more about all my 2026 teaching offerings
Fabric Collage Online Master Class—Updated
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.
Click here for more information about the Fabric Collage Master Class.
Price: $199
Lifetime Access
Suitable for all levels, including beginners
Further Susan Carlson Learning Resources include: Facial Features eWorkshop, website, Serendipity Quilts, patterns, blog (in general), YouTube videos, Sea Turtle eWorkshop, Fabric Collage Online Master Class, Patreon. , and our February Fantastical Fish and Summertime’s Fascinating Bugs and Butterfly Work-Alongs
Susan Carlson Fabric Collage: Fantastical Fish eWorkshop I
INCLUDES:
• All four recordings from the four-week class.
• Extended 10-minute edition of piecing time lapse (see below).
• Over six hours of video instruction.
• Annotated videos with “jump points” to help find the information you need.
• Materials list
• Links to helpful blog posts.
• Free fish pattern of your choice.
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.
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.
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.