The Fabric Collage Toolkit (Updated)
You don’t need a lot of specialized tools or materials for fabric collage. The basics are very simple: some fabric, some glue, a pair of scissors, and you can start. … Read More
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Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Fabric Collage Celestial Quilts
The student celestial faces in the following Finish Line post—especially the suns—are almost all based on the same pattern, yet they are all so very different, reflecting the tastes, skills, … Read More
The Fabric Collage Finish Line: Online Submissions 13
I hope you admire the pieces in this collection of Fabric Collage Finish Line quilts. This is an especially varied bunch—not so much in subject as in style. The impressionistic … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Washington State Fabric Collage
In this Throwback Thursday we finish up the re-visit to Washington State begun in last week’s Throwback Thursday. Just a year ago Tom and I traveled to the Seattle area … Read More
Susan Carlson Fabric Collage Classes 2021—and Now
“The future is never certain” is a well-worn aphorism, and it’s never been more true than during this pandemic. However, sometimes we just have to move ahead with the attitude … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Fabric Collage in Washington State
In this week’s Throwback Thursday you can add a little armchair traveling to your fabric collage appreciation. In this post we revisit my trip to the Seattle, Washington area with … Read More
The Fabric Collage Finish Line: Online Submissions 12
In Maine there comes a day in August when the weather turns. One day the temperature tops out at around eighty with ninety percent humidity. You sit in a pool … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Fabric Collage with Intent
This title of this week’s Throwback Thursday gave me a little chuckle, a snort of ironic realization. “What are your intentions?” For most of us, our intentions have been completely … Read More
In Progress Fabric Collage: Quilt Stories—”Blue Moon Sam” Part 2
A little over two months ago I posted the first installment of a quilt I’m working on this year, a portrait of my son Sam, at age 23—as a blue … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Thinking of Fabric Collage in Drafts
Most people who try fabric collage for the first time come from a quilting background. Because piecing (machine or fusible) is what they’re used to, it sometimes takes them a … Read More