What types of fabrics do you use for fabric collage? I am often asked that question. It would probably be easier to answer the opposite of that question: What types of fabrics don’t I use for fabric collage? I use them all, if appropriate. But what about novelty fabrics? Do I use them? Oh, yes. All the time.
It’s time for another entry in my Finish Line series of blog posts. This week I feature just one student, Margaret Jessop of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. I first met Margaret in Canmore, Alberta, years ago when I was teaching there at a shop called The Sugar Pine Company. She also has taken classes from me in Kalispell, Montana (at the Quilt Gallery) and we recently renewed our acquaintance in Calgary a few weeks ago when I taught a private class there.
In 2016, when I first decided to create an online class to teach fabric collage, I had no idea. No idea how much work it would be. No idea how … Read More
At the end of February I returned to Calgary to teach a fabric collage class. Previously, over the course of a few years, I had taught at quilting seminars sponsored by the Sugar Pine Company quilt shop in nearby Canmore—the last being eight years ago. That year sticks in my mind since it was the year of the Vancouver Winter Olympics and this year the Winter Olympics were on again—though not in Canada. One day, I hope to visit the Calgary area when it’s not below freezing.
Yesterday I sent out a blog announcing that my online class, the Susan Carlson Fabric Collage Master Class, would launch on March 17. I asked for reactions, comments, and questions … Read More
On March 17 I launch my online Fabric Collage Master Class. That’s in two weeks and I’m starting to get butterflies. Tom and I are hard at work making last … Read More
There’s a long tradition of artists making self-portraits. Often the reason (or intent) of these self-portraits was simply exploratory. They needed to practice or try something out and they used the model … Read More
Still a few tickets left for my slideshow and trunk show Saturday night in Calgary, Alberta, Canada if any of you are in the area. Here are the details in … Read More
Fabric collage—indeed all art—is a reflection of the artist’s intent. Now, that might sound kinda fuzzy, kinda abstract and not very useful or practical. But let me expand on it a bit … Read More
Some things that spread are bad. Like the flu. But some things that spread are good. For example, when one person likes something and shares it with a friend. That’s how the … Read More