Follow Up Link to Today’s Susan Carlson Post
We’re aware that some of you did not receive today’s post, or received an email with a link that didn’t work, so please excuse this follow up link if this … Read More
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Susan Carlson Fabric Collage Review 1 of 6: Choosing Fabric—Preparing for 2025 and Our Thursday Night Classes
In 2025, which is right around the corner, we’ll be holding two four-week live follow-along classes via Zoom. You may have seen them promoted in a previous blog post. This … Read More
Further Thoughts On… An Eye for an Eye—Creating an Eye in Fabric Collage
“How do you make an eye?” It’s not uncommon for me to get asked that simple yet perplexing question. After more than three decades of making fabric collage quilts, and … Read More
Susan Carlson—Further Thoughts On: Creating Skinny Lines in Fabric Collage
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
Enlarging a Pattern for Fabric Collage: How to Do It at Home Online
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
Announcing the Susan Carlson Fabric Collage: Fantastical Fish eWorkshop
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
Further Thoughts On… Creating a Palette for Fabric Collage
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
Further Thoughts On… Creating a Pattern for Fabric Collage: Using Apps or Not?
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
Further Thoughts On… Scissors for Fabric Collage
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
Tom’s Favorite Posts: Fabric Collage and the Messy-Scary Stage
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