New Year Calendars
Best Wishes for a Lovely New Year to Come! Stay safe and warm, from Susan and Tom I love calendars. I enjoy moments of trading out old for new calendars … Read More
Susan Carlson Fabric Collage: A Look Back at 2025 (with a song)
This is it, our final blog post. Of 2025. 😉 As 2025 draws to a close, like many folks do, Tom and I are looking back at the year past. … Read More
Christmas Trees
During the holiday season we tend to think of time spent with family and friends. For me, hanging ornaments on the tree triggers so many memories—of who gave me a … Read More
Susan Carlson Fabric Collage: Top Tip—Working With Diagonals to Create Balance
Sparkling wishes for a serene and reflective Winter Solstice to those in the Northern Hemisphere, and the same light-filled wishes for the Summer Solstice to those in the Southern Hemisphere. … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Square Up Your Fabric Collage Quilt
A couple Saturdays ago I suggested that you crop your fabric collage quilt with the same “rules” you would crop a photograph or other artwork for framing. Even if you’re … Read More
A New Year of Fabric Collage: 2026 Classes and Such
Cheers! The New Year is coming up fast—like it always seems to do—but my teaching schedule for the year is almost complete. Included on the schedule are live online classes, … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Another Fine Kettle of Fabric Collage Fish
In last week’s Throwback Thursday post, I re-introduced you to some of my fish quilts—small quilts that focus of color and texture. That post prepped you for the Saturday post—a … Read More
Susan Carlson Fabric Collage: Top Tip—Cropping Your Quilt
Here’s a gentle reminder that your fabric collage quilt is a piece of art. Like a painting or a photograph, the image you create is meant to be presented in … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: A Fine Kettle of Fabric Collage Fish
In this week’s Throwback Thursday I discuss the beginning of my career in fabric collage. Back then I was creating small quilts to sell in galleries and art shows. I … Read More
Susan Carlson’s Bites of Inspiration: Fabric Collage Travels to the Renaissance
My October trip to Italy to teach a one-week class has been the source of inspiration for a lot of recent blog posts. Italy—the small corner I experienced—continues to inspire … Read More