Small Business Saturday at Susan Carlson Quilts
Hello and thank you for all the lovely comments in last week’s Thanksgiving post—you guys are the best. I felt gratitude to hear how you were adapting your own holiday … Read More
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Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Revisiting the Fabric Collage Relatives
Happy Thanksgiving! (to those here in the U.S., at least.) I suspect many of you are missing your loved ones today as we hunker down and stay safe during this … Read More
What’s Thanksgiving without Fabric Collage? This Post.
We do our best to make all of our posts relate—somehow—to fabric collage. But sometimes we want to talk about something that has no obvious ties to our favorite art … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Thursday Night Faces
The end of the year feels a little bit like stumbling down a hill. The holidays seem to create some form of gravity, pulling us toward December 31, faster and … Read More
A November Harvest from Oma’s Pumpkin Patch
Update: Sunday morning 8:45am—Good morning! Our son Sam, just got up and let me know that every, single, pumpkin, in Oma’s Pumpkin Patch has been sold. When I wrote this … Read More
Five Years of the Susan Carlson Fabric Collage Blog
It’s our fifth anniversary and they say that wood is the appropriate gift. In Maine, that might mean a cord of firewood, split and stacked. But really, wood is said … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Critiquing Fabric Collage—Staying Positive
Positivity. That’s something we can all use more of in this pandemic era. If we first reflect on what is going right, it helps us accept what needs to be … Read More
Fabric Collage Finish Line (Sort of): Thursday Night Spirals
Last month, I presented a series of Thursday Night in My Studio Live! webinars called “Is It Drafty in Here? Fabric Collage Drafts.” I used a spiral design to demonstrate … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Fabric Collage Master Class Quilts
Tom and I are working hard to keep you creatively entertained and occupied with fabric collage-related happenings—where to begin? First, let’s start with this week’s Throwback Thursday where we revisit … Read More
Create a Palette for Fabric Collage
A painter’s main tool, beside her brushes, is her palette. For each painting, an artist chooses from her countless tubes of paint just the ones she wants for this particular … Read More