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
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Fly on the Wall Studio Watch—Lace Polar Bear 2nd and 3rd Drafts
There’s still time to register for this live Zoom event! March 2 and April 6 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time via Zoom All registrants will receive links to recordings of both … Read More
Tom’s Favorite Posts: What Are Your Intentions? Fabric Collage with Intent
From Tom: As an instructor of fabric collage, the most straight-forward part of Susan’s job is teaching the technique—the concrete steps one takes to create a fabric collage quilt—taught through … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Quilt Stories Revisited—Dixie Dingo Dreaming
This post featuring my quilt “Dixie Dingo Dreaming” tells the story of my dearly departed dog Pippin. Having a story attached to a quilt adds a depth of meaning in … Read More
Tom’s Favorite Posts: Always Be Beginning (Your Fabric Collage Quilt)
From Tom: Occasionally when I have an idea for a blog post that particularly appeals to me, Susan hands over the reins for a week. This was one of those … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Quilt Stories Revisited—Crocodylus Smylus
You can’t go any further back into the susancarlson.com archives than when you search for posts about my 20-foot long saltwater crocodile, “Crocodylus Smylus,” aka “Stevie.” My blog itself launched … Read More
Tom’s Favorite Posts: How to Jump Start Creativity—From a Fabric Collage Point of View
From Tom: Susan wrote the following post between sessions of her Thursday Night in My Studio Live! series which ran during the heart of the COVID pandemic. This is one … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Quilt Stories Revisited—Tickled Pink
For the next few weeks Throwback Thursday will feature Quilt Story posts. In these posts I tell the tale of how certain of my quilts came into being. I like … Read More