Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Working Fabric Collage in Drafts
This TBT takes readers back to the original post I wrote in December 2015. I know, I’ve thrownback to this post plenty of times, but that’s because the idea of … Read More
Reflections on Online Fabric Collage Classes: A Gallery of Student Work
As Tom and I were reviewing in-progress fabric collage images and testimonials from former Live Online Class students for this post, we were reminded which features have made the classes … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Live Online Fabric Collage Classes—First and Next
Just over two years ago, Tom and I hosted our very first Fabric Collage Live Online Class—five full days of teaching and learning, lots of fabric and lots of work … Read More
Susan Carlson Fabric Collage: Finish Line #89
Even though this is a “Finish Line” post, I decided to open with an in-progress photo of Maribel Marrero’s tortuga (turtle) above. It’s a detail shot that really shows off … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: A Fabric Collage Finish Line—from #23 to #89
This coming Saturday’s post will be Finish Line #89! Has a nice ring to it, eh? Tom and I usually decide on the main Saturday post topic first, before the … Read More
In Progress: Winfrieda the Lace Polar Bear—Part 2
It’s sometimes useful to repeatedly follow the same path creatively. This is called practice. To understand things deeply and in detail sometimes requires that we repeat familiar techniques and subjects. … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: A Fabric Collage Lace Polar Bear Part 1
Progress on Winfrieda the lace polar bear was interrupted for a while, but now I am gradually getting back to work on her. Nevertheless, she’s come a long way from … Read More
The Fabric Collage Finish Line #88
The idea to share the finished work of my fabric collage students goes back to the end of August 2016, almost a year after the beginning of this blog in … Read More
Susan Carlson Fabric Collage Throwback Thursday: Unlearning Looking and Learning Seeing Part 2—Your Subject
Last Saturday in one of Tom’s Favorite Posts, we revisited Unlearning Looking and Learning Seeing Part 1—Colors, that invited us to reevaluate how we see when making our fabric choices. … Read More
Tom’s Favorite Fabric Collage Posts: Unlearning Looking and Learning Seeing Part 1—Colors
From Tom: Like last week’s, this post is another that focuses not on the technique of fabric collage but your mindset as an artist. The technique while challenging to master, … Read More