Susan Carlson Fabric Collage: Top Tip—Adding Color to Your Black & White Subject
If you’ve been following my blog, you must know by now that I love color. You may have also heard me say that “Color Is Irrelevant.” These two ideas are … Read More
Susan Carlson Fabric Collage Throwback Thursday: Taking the Creative Leap
The theme of our recent Throwback Thursdays has been inspiration—where it comes from and how to get it. That theme continues today with a post that first appeared on February … Read More
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