Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Fabric Collage in Kalispell, MT
This Saturday in your regular post, I’ll talk about my latest visit in June to the Quilt Gallery in Kalispell, MT. To get you warmed up for the trip to … Read More
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On the Road: Maine Fabric Collage Quilt Retreat, June 2019
If you checked out this week’s Throwback Thursday post, you would have seen links to 12 previous posts from my Maine retreats—and those are just the ones from 2016 through … Read More
Throwback Thursday: 12 Susan Carlson Maine Quilt Retreats
The Fourth of July is a day to eat until you can’t eat anymore at a backyard barbecue. Or to gorge on strawberries as they come into season. Or (here … Read More
Quilt Stories: Kissin’ Cousins
“Kissin’ Cousins” is a fabric collage quilt I made as a gift to my parents. It is a portrait of my son and my niece as little more than toddlers. … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Scraps vs. Yardage in Fabric Collage
Fabric collage is a creative method of working. The “rules” are few and flexible. In this week’s Throwback Thursday I feature the Quilt Story for my piece “Samuelsaurus Rex,” which … Read More
The Finish Line: Collage Quilt Designs Available From My Website
As I work on this post, the Summer Solstice—Midsummer’s Day—the Longest Day of the Year (in the Northern Hemisphere), is passing outside. And here in my part of Maine, it’s … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Fun with Patterns
Quilters come to my fabric collage classes with their subjects in hand: their pets, other large animals, their relatives, and so on. They work hard and sometimes stress out about … Read More
The Fabric Collage Finish Line: Show-and-Share from Empty Spools 2019, Part 2
As promised, this week’s post finishes up the fabric collage quilts from Show-and-Share at this year’s Empty Spools Seminars at Asilomar Conference Grounds, in Pacific Grove, CA. (If you missed … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Cutting for Fabric Collage
Recently these Throwback Thursday posts have focused on introducing the technique of fabric collage. The first post described how to create a pattern. The second post gave you guide for … Read More
Quilt Stories: Elements (Updated with Video)
I owned my fabric collage quilt “Elements” for such a brief time that it was lovely to visit with it when it was borrowed back from the owner to be … Read More