Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Telling the Story with Backgrounds
As I was writing a recent series of posts featuring completed student work (The Finish Line), a theme arose that at some point many of my students said their projects … Read More
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Work On It: Pinning Boards for Fabric Collage
Fabric collage is 10 percent making a design, quilting and finishing. Between the making-a-design and quilting, 90 percent of your time is spent cutting and gluing. During this time you’re … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Why Glue?
Okay, for those of you paying real close attention you know that this is a Throwback Throwback Thursday. I’ve used this post as a TBT before, but because it is so integral … Read More
Susan Carlson 2019 Maine Quilt Retreats Registration OPEN
Price: $925 (lodging and some meals are extra) Non-Refundable Deposit: $200 due at the time of registration. You will need a credit card to register. Balance to be payable upon request … Read More
The Finish Line: Completed Student Quilts #16—the Maine Edition
This week’s Finish Line selection is focused on quilts begun in past Maine Quilt Retreats. I love sharing Maine with my students and it’s a nice change of pace when I … Read More
Reminder: Susan Carlson 2019 Maine Quilt Retreats Registration Begins Saturday, January 5, 2019
Registration Information How to Receive Notification: On Saturday, January 5, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. (noon) Eastern time (9:00 a.m. Pacific), I will post information to my blog about registration for … Read More
The Finish Line: Volume 15—Auld Lang Syne 2018
For this edition of the Finish Line—completed student fabric collage quilts—I’ve created a retrospective of fabric collages that were started this year, most of which were begun in one of … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: My NEQM Show Closes This Weekend
My exhibit of over thirty of my fabric collage quilts has been showing for the last three months at the New England Quilt Museum. What a wonderful opportunity it has … Read More
The Finish Line, Volume 14: A Second Fabric Collage Aviary
One of nature’s most successful animals, birds are everywhere—including my fabric collage classes! I see one or two birds in almost every classroom. Their exotic colors and interesting shapes make … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Revisiting Backgrounds
This Saturday, I’ll continue with another in the year-ending series of Finish Line posts. It’s always interesting to see what catches peoples’ attention. One comment from last week’s Finish Line … Read More