Introducing Susan Carlson Fabric Collage “Throwback Thursday”
Surprise! Bet you didn’t expect to hear from me today. I’m trying something new. It’s been two and a half years since I began writing this weekly blog. That’s a … Read More
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Get in Line: Skinny Lines in Fabric Collage
At some point in every fabric collage quilt, typically as you’re adding those final details, you’ll need to add a little thin line to your piece. Whether it is in order to outline a feature or as part of the feature itself, such as laugh lines around an mouth, these little details add a lot but are sometimes frustrating to manage. How do you cut a line so thin that you can barely pick it up and glue it down?
On the Road: Empty Spools, March 2018, Week 2 of 2
It was my second week teaching for Empty Spools Seminars at Asilomar State Park Conference Grounds on the Monterey Peninsula in California, and the cycle of rain and clouds broke … Read More
On the Road: Empty Spools, March 2018, Week 1 of 2
It was mid-March and I found myself preparing—as I have so many years before—for my annual pilgrimage to Asilomar to teach two sessions at Empty Spools. As I was packing my … Read More
Eye Spy: Using Novelty Prints in Fabric Collage
What types of fabrics do you use for fabric collage? I am often asked that question. It would probably be easier to answer the opposite of that question: What types of fabrics don’t I use for fabric collage? I use them all, if appropriate. But what about novelty fabrics? Do I use them? Oh, yes. All the time.
The Finish Line: Margaret Jessop
It’s time for another entry in my Finish Line series of blog posts. This week I feature just one student, Margaret Jessop of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. I first met Margaret in Canmore, Alberta, years ago when I was teaching there at a shop called The Sugar Pine Company. She also has taken classes from me in Kalispell, Montana (at the Quilt Gallery) and we recently renewed our acquaintance in Calgary a few weeks ago when I taught a private class there.
Online Master Class Now Available: Some Reflections
In 2016, when I first decided to create an online class to teach fabric collage, I had no idea. No idea how much work it would be. No idea how … Read More
On the Road: Calgary, Alberta, Canada—February 2018
At the end of February I returned to Calgary to teach a fabric collage class. Previously, over the course of a few years, I had taught at quilting seminars sponsored by the Sugar Pine Company quilt shop in nearby Canmore—the last being eight years ago. That year sticks in my mind since it was the year of the Vancouver Winter Olympics and this year the Winter Olympics were on again—though not in Canada. One day, I hope to visit the Calgary area when it’s not below freezing.
Fabric Collage Master Class Follow Up
Yesterday I sent out a blog announcing that my online class, the Susan Carlson Fabric Collage Master Class, would launch on March 17. I asked for reactions, comments, and questions … Read More
Launching March 17: Fabric Collage Master Class
On March 17 I launch my online Fabric Collage Master Class. That’s in two weeks and I’m starting to get butterflies. Tom and I are hard at work making last … Read More