Susan Carlson Fabric Collage: Finding Funky Fabric
This is the perennial question I receive: Where do you find your fabrics for fabric collage? Or as a recent student asked, “Where do you find your funky fabrics?” The … Read More
Susan Carlson Fabric Collage Throwback Thursday: Creating with Intent
There is no right way to be creative. Let’s get that established right away. So when I say that it helps to have established an intent when starting a new … Read More
Fabric Collage (Not) On the Road: June 2025 Live Online Class Part 2
As the Dog Days of Summer continue, we’re going to chill out with some cool critters such as LeahGrace Kayler’s tranquil zebras, above. See more peaceable beings—a languid roseate spoonbill, … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Finding Fabric Collage Inspiration
What do you do when you get in a creative rut? Are there books you read? Podcasts you listen to? Activities or exercises you participate in? Today’s Throwback Thursday from … Read More
Fabric Collage (Not) On the Road: June 2025 Live Online Class Part 1
It’s the Dog (and Goat and Pig) Days of Summer! We’ll begin this first post of August 2025, with Shadow (above)—a wild and perky small dog with a big personality—a … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: A Height-of-Summer Creativity Pep Talk
In the post selected for this Throwback Thursday, Susan handed the reins over to me—Tom, her husband—for the week. In that post from March 2022, I mentioned how lucky I … Read More
Susan Carlson This Week in My Studio: Plus 40 Years Ago in Harpswell
Forty years ago this past Tuesday I met Tom (above) at his gramp’s lobster wharf, here in Harpswell, Maine, just half a mile down the road from where we now … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Sequence in Fabric Collage Faces to Calm the “Messy Scary”
Ah summer! So many distractions, so many outdoor activities. So this is when I chose to start a new project of course! Last week I held the first of four … Read More
Susan Carlson This Week in My Studio: Summer Moons and Summer Sun
There’s so many things that I notice now, that I don’t remember paying attention to when I was younger—such as the particular aspects of passing seasons. Maybe that’s because I’m … Read More
Starting Today: Susan Carlson’s Fly on the Wall— Bella Luna Studio Watch
For this week’s Throwback Thursday, I’m directing you to three past posts that cover fabric collage techniques I’ll be using in today’s Fly on the Wall presentation—choosing fabrics, cutting a … Read More