These blog posts are often inspired by whichever fabric collage class I happen to be teaching at the time. Last week I started my Fascinating Fabric Collage Bugs and Butterflies … Read More
The way I create a fabric collage almost always involves using a line-drawing pattern of my subject. For my week-long classes, students create their own patterns. For my shorter classes, … Read More
Learning fabric collage should be enjoyable. And I can’t think of a subject that’s more fun to learn the fabric collage process than fish. They come in such a wide … Read More
I encourage my fabric collage students to go wild with color and pattern, especially when their subject is something like a Quilter’s Fantastical Trophy Fish (above). But how to do … Read More
Creating a pattern is a critical early step for creating a fabric collage quilt. Because it’s so important, describing how to make a pattern was one of the first “how … Read More
It’s time to introduce a new series of posts that expand with further thoughts and information on popular fabric collage topics covered in earlier versions. Over time my experience as … Read More
From my husband, Tom: Susan has returned from her trip to Germany, but between the exhaustion of traveling and jumping straight into a live online class starting this week with … Read More
In last week’s post, I talked about value in fabric colors—lightness and darkness—by converting all photos to a gray color scale. Specifically, photos of the fabrics I’ve chosen for my … Read More
“What happened to the color?” You may ask yourself this question as you scroll through this post. My posts tend to be color-rich, as that is what I’m drawn to, … Read More
“Almost nothing need be said when you have eyes.” ― Tarjei Vesaas, The Boat in the Evening In the fabric collage portraits I specialize in—those of animals and people—one of … Read More