Throwback Thursday: 12 Susan Carlson Maine Quilt Retreats
The Fourth of July is a day to eat until you can’t eat anymore at a backyard barbecue. Or to gorge on strawberries as they come into season. Or (here … Read More
Quilt Stories: Kissin’ Cousins
“Kissin’ Cousins” is a fabric collage quilt I made as a gift to my parents. It is a portrait of my son and my niece as little more than toddlers. … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Scraps vs. Yardage in Fabric Collage
Fabric collage is a creative method of working. The “rules” are few and flexible. In this week’s Throwback Thursday I feature the Quilt Story for my piece “Samuelsaurus Rex,” which … Read More
The Finish Line: Collage Quilt Designs Available From My Website
As I work on this post, the Summer Solstice—Midsummer’s Day—the Longest Day of the Year (in the Northern Hemisphere), is passing outside. And here in my part of Maine, it’s … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Fun with Patterns
Quilters come to my fabric collage classes with their subjects in hand: their pets, other large animals, their relatives, and so on. They work hard and sometimes stress out about … Read More
The Fabric Collage Finish Line: Show-and-Share from Empty Spools 2019, Part 2
As promised, this week’s post finishes up the fabric collage quilts from Show-and-Share at this year’s Empty Spools Seminars at Asilomar Conference Grounds, in Pacific Grove, CA. (If you missed … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Cutting for Fabric Collage
Recently these Throwback Thursday posts have focused on introducing the technique of fabric collage. The first post described how to create a pattern. The second post gave you guide for … Read More
Quilt Stories: Elements (Updated with Video)
I owned my fabric collage quilt “Elements” for such a brief time that it was lovely to visit with it when it was borrowed back from the owner to be … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: The Importance of Value
Sometimes students ask me “What art class or instruction can I take to improve my fabric collage quilts?” My answer is for them to take a beginner drawing or painting … Read More
On the Road: Empty Spools Seminars 2019, Fabric Collage Class Part 2
Two weeks ago, I posted Part 1 of this year’s travel and teaching for Empty Spools Seminars. I left you as I was heading of to the second week’s class … Read More