The Quilt Africa International Summit—July 5-8, 2023
I’m sending out a special blog post today to invite you to The Quilt Africa International Summit 2023, an online 4-day annual event with multiple speakers and classes celebrating the … Read More
Tom’s Favorite Posts: Fabric Collage and the Messy-Scary Stage
From my husband, Tom: Susan has returned from her trip to Germany, but between the exhaustion of traveling and jumping straight into a live online class starting this week with … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: “Tickled Pink” Quilt Story
Last week the blog was guest-written by two of my students who met in Edinburgh, Scotland to visit my quilt “Tickled Pink” where it is on display at Dovecot Studios. … Read More
Student “Field Trip” to Scotland to Visit my Quilt, “Tickled Pink”
More than a year ago I was contacted to see if I would like to participate in a show of quilts inspired by the fabrics of Kaffe Fassett called “The … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Photography with Your Phone
I don’t often have guest posts, but when I do it’s because the guest has a particular skill or experience I don’t have. In the case of this week’s Throwback … Read More
Tom’s Favorite Fabric Collage Posts: Copyright and Copywrong
From my husband, Tom: I field the emails that come from people submitting their quilts to the Fabric Collage Finish Line, an ongoing series of posts featuring the finished fabric … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: No Scrap Too Small to Save
This past week I finished up a live online fabric collage class. One question that came up during the week and often comes up in class is: How small a … Read More
Facial Features eWorkshop: A New Resource for Learning Fabric Collage Portraiture
For some time I’ve been trying to figure out how to satisfy the interest students have shown in fabric collage portraiture. Specifically, how could I teach this online—preferably in a … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Fabric Collage Portraits
Perhaps the biggest fabric collage challenge one can give oneself is to create a portrait of a person. I admire the courage it takes to choose to create a portrait … Read More
Susan Carlson Fabric Collage: Finish Line #90
I love Finish Line quilts. I love reading the stories behind the quilts and examining the images, letting them pull me in to see and notice all the details and … Read More