Wish me luck. This week during my ten-day fabric collage immersion class in Wisconsin at Woodland Ridge Retreats we will be taking a field trip to Minneapolis to visit SR Harris, a fabric store that I’ve heard is well-stocked with sheer fabrics, which I love. I may have to check another bag for my return flight!
I love sheers of all types. I love how they subtly and not-so-subtly change a fabric collage quilt by adding color, texture, and (sometimes) sparkle (see the details in my cat Djinni above). Today’s Throwback Thursday discusses how (and when) to use sheers in your fabric collage. The more you know how to use them, the more you will want to use them!
Oh, and by the way, if you have questions about using sheers or other fabric collage techniques, I will be holding another series of Open Studio Hours in May. Each Tuesday (May 5, 12,19, and 26) I will be setting aside my afternoons to provide short, half hour coaching sessions (Cost: $65). To register, follow the link below, choose a day and time slot, then email Tom ([email protected]) and he will follow up with payment details and other info.
REGISTER FOR OPEN STUDIO HOURS HERE
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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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.