A Happy Birthday to Oma and a Throwback Thursday to Oma’s Pumpkin Patch!
Today my mom turns 89 years old!! Readers of my blog posts know plenty about my family, both people and pets, through my fabric collage portrait quilts. And for the … Read More
In Progress Fabric Collage: Quilt Stories—Sam’s Moon Portrait “Earthshine” Part 6—Finished!!
This collage portrait of my son Sam, has been in progress almost as long as COVID-19 has been on our radar. In other words, almost two years. And like COVID, … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Making “Earthshine,” a Fabric Collage Portrait of Sam
This Saturday in your regular weekly post, I’ll unveil my (finally) finished quilt, “Earthshine.” The piece is a portrait of my son as a crescent moon, the third portrait (one … Read More
The Belgian Connection 3: A Fabric Collage Finish Line Update
Ria Mille, along with her friend Rit Verhoeven, have the distinction, I believe, of traveling the furthest to attend one of my classes here in Harpswell, Maine. Ria and Rit … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Fabric Collage International
Today’s Throwback Thursday and again this Saturday’s post have distinctly international flavors. Today we revisit a transcontinental fabric collage connection between two students of mine, one from Australia and one … Read More
Susan Carlson in 2022: The Year Ahead in Fabric Collage
Happy New Year! Out with the old, in with the new! As proud as I am of all I and my students have accomplished in the past 12 months, it … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Back to Fabric Collage Basics
As I look back on the blog posts my team and I (a.k.a. Tom and I) put together this year, I feel there are lots of good ones. But one … Read More
Ficus of the Fabulous Feathers: A Fabric Collage Holiday Story
No matter how you spend this holiday season, or better yet, how you’re able to spend this time, there will probably be stories to tell, or hear, or watch. Well, … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: A Different Fabric Project for the Holidays
Today’s Throwback Thursday post has come around at least a couple times since first posting in December of 2016. It’s a project that I get reminded of at least once … Read More
Fabric Collage Finish Line No. 74
I have three orders of business for today’s post before we get to some new finished quilts from our readers: Registration is open for a newly scheduled 5-Day Live Online … Read More