Susan Carlson Fabric Collage Finish Line #111: Dreamy Dogs
In our household, dogs are family members. I’m sure that’s true for many of you, too. They are an extremely popular subject for my fabric collage students. Over the years … Read More
Susan Carlson Fabric Collage Throwback Thursday: From In-Progress to Crossing the Finish Line
This week, there are fantastic fabric collage quilts in-progress in my current 5-day online class. These art pieces have more than made it past the beginning “messy-scary stage”—and it’ll be … Read More
This Week in My Studio: Making a Few Steps Forward
You know the saying, “Two steps forward, one step back?” Tom and I were both feeling that this past week—but he had it a lot worse with computer stuff. He’d … Read More
Susan Carlson Fabric Collage Throwback Thursday: A Mardi Gras Parade of Quilts
In many parts of the world and a few parts of the US, Mardi Gras celebrations and parades were in full force the last few days—and here in this Throwback … Read More
This Week in My Studio: Preparations Abound
This post continues a new series: This Week in My Studio. As the title implies, in these posts I’ll be showing what I’ve been up to recently in my work … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: A Fabric Collage Finish Line to Finish Up February
In this week’s Throwback Thursday, we are continuing to share Fabric Collage Finish Line posts—created to celebrate the finished versions of collage quilts that students began in a class. Last … Read More
This Week in My Studio: Fabric, Pin, and Glue Do-Si-Do
This post introduces what I expect to be a new series: This Week in My Studio. As the title implies, in these posts I’ll be showing what I’ve been up … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: The Very First Fabric Collage Finish Line Post
Over eight years ago, in August 2016, we created a new collection of blog posts under the title of The Finish Line. This was the first time we featured the … Read More
(Not) On the Road Fabric Collage: January 2025 Live Online Class—the P’s in a Pod Plus One
For the sake of organizing an online class, we (Tom and I) usually divide a class into breakout rooms, where as they work, they discuss among themselves what their group’s … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Fabric Collage Fish to Inspire You—From One Year to the Next
It’s still kind of amazing to me how a relatively small and uncomplicated project can demonstrate the entire fabric collage technique. The same steps that I and my students use … Read More