Tom’s Favorite Posts: Susan Carlson’s Fabric Collage Quilts—”Crocodylus Smylus”
From my husband Tom: Susan is temporarily handing over the keys to the blog post to me. I’ll see to it that you continue to receive your regular dose of … Read More
A Good Way to Learn Fabric Collage Portraiture: Sun and Moon Faces
Among you, the readers of my blog post, there are so many who are familiar with my family—there are old friends, neighbors, other family members, and students and followers who … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Fabric Collage Faces
Faces are challenging to create in fabric collage, which is why back in 2020, I chose to host an eight-part Zoom series, Thursday Night in My Studio Live: Facial Features. … Read More
The Fabric Collage Finish Line #91
We are going to celebrate the Dog Days of Summer with a few Finish Line fabric collage quilts—including the finished version of the in-progress happy canine by Kathy Harvey, in … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Photos for Fabric Collage
This Saturday when your weekly blog post arrives, prepare for another Finish Line post featuring the completed work of my fabric collage students. A theme that came up in the … Read More
NOT On the Road: May 2023 Live Online Fabric Collage Class—Part 3: Animal House
In this final installment of in-progress work from my May 2023 Live Online Class, there are several collages from this class, such as Mary McKay’s Galapagos tortoise, “Oliver” (above), that … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Filling in the Fabric Collage Corners
Backgrounds of fabric collage quilts are surprisingly challenging to design. You’ve spent all this time on your main image—a portrait of a pet or a person perhaps—and now you have … Read More
NOT On the Road: May 2023 Live Online Fabric Collage Class—Part 2: Progress Not Perfection
When I began teaching fabric collage more than three decades ago, I never could have imagined teaching any way other than in person. Whether I was traveling to a venue … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Out of Pins? Time to Glue
This past week in my monthly Patreon Show and Share Zoom Meeting, a very basic but very important question came up: How do I approach gluing when I have hundreds … Read More
NOT On the Road: May 2023 Live Online Fabric Collage Class—Part 1: Diggers
Usually when I teach a fabric collage class, very soon thereafter I feature the class in a series of blog posts. In the case of my May 2023 Live Online … Read More