Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Butterfly Wings and Other Things
The adage says that little girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice. In this quilt of my niece, “Monarch Maia,” she is made of butterfly wings and … Read More
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Live Online Fabric Collage Classes for Fall 2024: Register Now!
My schedule for the rest of this year will be full o’ fabric collage classes—some for an evening here and there, and some for a whole week at a time. … Read More
Susan Carlson’s “Specimens” Fabric Collage Quilts at National Quilt Museum
I’m currently at the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky visiting the display of a dozen of my “Specimens” quilts. I am honored to have my quilts shown in such … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: “Specimens” Fabric Collage Quilts Return to Paducah
My “Specimens” exhibit of fabric collage quilts opened on July 19 at the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky. Currently I am in Paducah teaching a three day class at … Read More
Susan Carlson—Further Thoughts On: Creating Skinny Lines in Fabric Collage
These blog posts are often inspired by whichever fabric collage class I happen to be teaching at the time. Last week I started my Fascinating Fabric Collage Bugs and Butterflies … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Teaching My Fabric Collage Students to Work in Drafts
Working in drafts isn’t a concept that everyone is familiar with. And if they are familiar with it (like drafting a letter or story), they might not be aware that … Read More
Enlarging a Pattern for Fabric Collage: How to Do It at Home Online
The way I create a fabric collage almost always involves using a line-drawing pattern of my subject. For my week-long classes, students create their own patterns. For my shorter classes, … Read More
Fascinating Fabric Collage Bugs and Butterflies Zoom Follow-Along—Has Begun!
Response continues to be enthusiastic for my new Zoom Follow Along—Fascinating Fabric Collage Bugs and Butterflies—a step-by-step project that will introduce you to or perhaps build on your fabric collage … Read More
On the Road: Teaching Fabric Collage at Woodland Ridge in Downsville, WI, Part 2—May 2024
We’re heading back to Woodland Ridge Retreat this week, back to the very end of April and beginning of May, back to a lovely week of a Wisconsin springtime. As … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Fabric Collage in Bar Harbor, Maine—Past and Future!
A couple years ago I taught for the first ever Madeline Island School of the Arts class in Bar Harbor, Maine. Based in Wisconsin (on Madeline Island in Lake Superior), … Read More