Quilt Stories: Twilight
We’re not calling it a retrospective. However, this October through December, the New England Quilt Museum (NEQM) in Lowell, MA, will be hosting a show of my work. There will be, give … Read More
Online Class Update: It Works! (Phew!)
For the past couple months I’ve been running a trial version of my online fabric collage class—enrollment of which ended last November. Thirty-eight of my $10 and $20 Patreon supporters signed up … Read More
Running with Pelicans: Scissors for Fabric Collage
One of the most basic skills in fabric collage is cutting. Using scissors is a skill so taken for granted that it’s something we let pre-schoolers do. But there’s a pretty … Read More
Behind the Scenes: Shooting Video for Blog and Class
Background About year ago I started incorporating more video into this blog about fabric collage. Video is everywhere these days. It has become or is becoming the preferred media in many online sites. … Read More
The Finish Line: Completed Student Work Volume 9
In the unscheduled blog post I sent out two days ago, I warned you that we were in the middle of a blizzard and could very possibly lose power—and our internet—delaying this … Read More
Susan Carlson Storm Warning: Just in Case…
Another big storm is bearing down on us. Some of you may remember the (rain and wind) storm we in Maine had at the end of October that knocked out … Read More
The Finish Line: Completed Student Work Volume 8
As promised last week, here’s a second installment of finished student quilts along with their in-progress photos (when available) from the classes they were begun in. In this batch, the … Read More
The Finish Line: Completed Student Work Volume 7
At almost every teaching stop of mine this year at least one or more past students came up to me to tell me about the quilt they started in a class and … Read More
Quilt Stories: California Dreams, A Sepia-Toned Update
Every so often, in the two year course of this blog, I do an update of one post or another—usually months apart. Well, three weeks ago, I posted a Quilt … Read More
On the Road: Woodland Ridge Retreat November 2017
My last teaching of the year was at a location that I also traveled to in April of this year—Woodland Ridge Retreat in Downsville, Wisconsin. In April’s post I shared how owner, Chris … Read More