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
Hang It Up: Making Your Art Quilt Art—Fabric Collage By the Numbers #16 Most quilters are familiar with the most common way of hanging up their quilt. Adding a sleeve … Read More
Finishing: Put the Final Touch on Your Fabric Collage Quilt—Fabric Collage By the Numbers #15 You’re nearing the finish line. You’ve quilted your piece and now are considering methods for … Read More
Free-Motion Quilting for Fabric Collage Quilts—Fabric Collage By the Numbers #14 Learning to free-motion quilt is a daunting proposition for many. Sure, learning to control the length and direction of … Read More
To Tulle or Not to Tulle—Fabric Collage By the Numbers #13 This is the third post of our Summer Special series where we’ve talked about using netting and other sheer … Read More
When Is My Fabric Collage Quilt Done?—Fabric Collage By the Numbers #12 By its nature fabric collage is flexible. It allows you to make changes on the fly. Even after … Read More
Using Sheer, Netting, and other Semi-Transparent Fabrics—Fabric Collage By the Numbers #11 Recently in this series we talked about using sheer fabrics (netting, tulle, and so on) in sequence: when … Read More