Quilt Stories: California Dreams
Last Sunday I returned from two weeks of teaching. Ordinarily after a teaching jaunt the next blog would be an “On the Road” post, featuring student work and a summary of my travel. On … Read More
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Happy Anniversary: Best of the Second Year
According to tradition the second year anniversary is commemorated with gifts made of cotton. Sounds good to me. I’ll take mine in fat quarters, thank you! So, yeah. Here we … Read More
Hey! I Have a Website!
I like getting comments and questions. Often they lead me to ideas for other blog posts. And it shows me that people are paying attention, which is nice to know … Read More
On the Road: October 2017 Maine All Levels Quilt Retreat
First-timer Mary Cannizzaro (above) traveled to Maine with her husband Joe (also above), for my third and final fall quilting retreat here in my home state of Maine. Just as … Read More
On the Road: October 2017 Maine Advanced Quilt Retreat
Between September’s four-day Harpswell, Maine retreat (which I talked about in last week’s post), and October’s first five-day Portland, Maine retreat, there was a whopping two days off. So I unpacked and repacked … Read More
On the Road: September 2017 Harpswell Maine Quilt Retreat
While chronicling the step-by-step process of creating my quilt “Kissin’ Cousins” in four consecutive blog posts in September, I was also busy teaching. And now it’s time to share those classes and the … Read More
On the Road: SoCal Guilds September 2017
One of the first fabric collage quilts I made was a portrait of my sister, entitled California Dreams. She’s sitting on—an imagined—California beach under a night sky with multi-colored palm … Read More
I’m Humbled and in Awe! Classes filled.
To alleviate the stress so many of us are feeling right now, I’m sending out this post immediately. All five my 2018 Maine Quilt Retreats filled within 15 minutes. In fact … Read More
Registration Open for Susan Carlson 2018 Quilt Retreats
It’s time. Registration is now open for my 2018 Maine Quilt Retreats. I hope if you plan to attend that you’ve made your choice by now of which date (or … Read More
Kissin’ Cousins: An Online Class Preview Part 4
In this post I continue with the fourth and final installment of the preview of my online course, currently in development. I’m using an in-progress quilt, Kissin’ Cousins, to demonstrate each of … Read More