Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Teaching in Wisconsin
While I finish up more than a week of teaching in Wisconsin, including five days at Woodland Ridge Retreat, I figured it would be a good time to revisit my … Read More
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Choosing Your Subject for Fabric Collage
What makes a good subject for fabric collage? Since virtually any image can be recreated using this process, that’s not really a helpful question to ask. Instead, speaking as a … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: To Tulle or Not to Tulle
One of the last decisions to make on your fabric collage quilt is how to quilt it. Since this is raw-edge quilting, you have to take the edges into consideration. … Read More
On the Road: Portland, ME Collage Quilt Two-Fer—October 2018
I pretty much squeezed the month of October full with my Maine Quilt Retreats. I reported on my Harpswell Retreat a couple weeks ago. Now you get a two-for-one deal … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Using Sheer, Netting, and other Semi-Transparent Fabrics
I use all kinds of fabric in my fabric collage quilts. That part seems pretty obvious when you see pictures of them. What might not be obvious is that I … Read More
Opening Reception for Susan Carlson’s Fabric Collage Quilts at NEQM
Standing room only—pretty cool. That’s how crowded the room was during my presentation for my opening reception at the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell, Massachusetts. Granted it wasn’t a … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: “Dain,” My First Fabric Collage Quilt
I like to choose these Throwback Thursdays so that they lead into the week’s new post. This Saturday I’ll be talking about the opening reception for my show of fabric … Read More
Portland, Maine Advanced Students Share Their Favorite Fabric Collage Tips
It’s a nice change of pace to teach my advanced-student class. Once a year I invite students who have taken multiple classes with me to bring existing or new projects … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: (Re)Introducing “Crocodylus Smylus”
Saturday, October 20 was the opening reception for my show at the New England Quilt Museum. I was there at 1:00 p.m. to give a short slide presentation. Afterward I … Read More
On the Road: October 2018, Harpswell, Maine Quilt Retreat
The four seasons of my year: Winter, Spring, Summer, and Retreat Season. While I do a couple other of my Maine Quilt Retreats in the spring and early summer, I … Read More