Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Top Down, Bottom Up Fabric Collage
Here’s looking at you, kid. On this Valentine’s Day, let’s take a look at that window to the soul, the human eye. Nothing gives your fabric collage portrait more life … Read More
Promoting the Appreciation of and Enthusiasm for Fabric Collage
I like to imagine my readers opening their emails on Saturday morning to read the blog, cup of coffee in hand. It gives me a lot of pleasure to picture … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Dixie Dingo Dreaming
I usually have a method to my madness in choosing these Throwback Thursdays. I try to find some sort of tie-in to the upcoming Saturday morning post. This post, however, … Read More
A Special Finish Line: Road to California Showcase 2019
I never tire of showing off my students’ quilts in these Finish Line blog posts. It’s my small way of recognizing their hard work and the inspiration that they in … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Hang It Up
Quilts can be hung for display in a number of different ways. In the Throwback Thursday post below I explore some methods to hang your fabric collage quilt. Deciding which … Read More
On the Road: MISA, January 2019—at Tanque Verde Ranch, Tucson, AZ
“Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” Like Dorothy says to her loyal pup in “The Wizard of Oz” I might have said something similar during my recent … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Revisiting My First Fabric Collage Class at Tanque Verde
I have just returned—after a delay due to the winter storm (more on this Saturday)—from teaching a fabric collage class in Tucson, Arizona. This was my second time teaching at … Read More
The Finish Line #17: A Focus on Two Friends in Fabric
As attentive readers of my blog have noticed, I’ve been putting out quite a few Finish Line posts lately. Recent posts have shown completed works with the focus on bird … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Telling the Story with Backgrounds
As I was writing a recent series of posts featuring completed student work (The Finish Line), a theme arose that at some point many of my students said their projects … Read More
Work On It: Pinning Boards for Fabric Collage
Fabric collage is 10 percent making a design, quilting and finishing. Between the making-a-design and quilting, 90 percent of your time is spent cutting and gluing. During this time you’re … Read More