No Scrap too Small to Save (for Fabric Collage)
Fabric collage involves a lot of fussy cutting—and trimming—and snipping. Inevitably the process creates a ton of scraps. I tell my students to save their scraps. And they ask me, … Read More
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Dog Noses and Fabric Sources for Fabric Collage
I obviously love fabric. And I have a decent collection from shops all around the United States and from several foreign countries. Traveling to teach fabric collage has been a … Read More
Susan Carlson’s Back to Basics Fabric Collage: Part 3 of 3
This is the third and final week of a 3-part series of posts going back to the basics of fabric collage. My intent has been to explain the process in … Read More
Susan Carlson’s Back to Basics Fabric Collage: Part 2 of 3
This is the second week of going back to the basics of fabric collage. My intent is to explain the process as a Summertime Challenge to consume in small bites … Read More
Susan Carlson’s Back to Basics Fabric Collage: Part 1 of 3
This week and for the following two weeks we’re going back to basics. If you are interested in learning fabric collage but thought it was too difficult, let these posts … Read More
Choosing Your Subject for Fabric Collage (Revisited)
Tom here. Susan is away teaching and she left me in charge. We’ll find out whether that was a good idea or not! Until recently, I had watched Susan teach … Read More
Inside the Mind of Susan Carlson: Fabric Collage First Draft Editing
Fabric collage is flexible. You can change things, then change them again, as much as you want—sometimes it’s hard to stop. This flexibility allows me to work in drafts and … Read More
Sequence in Fabric Collage Part 3: Using Sheers
It’s becoming more and more clear to me how important it is to pay attention to sequence in fabric collage. The order in which you tackle the phases of your … Read More
Sequence in Fabric Collage Part 2: Faces
Some of you may remember Part 1 of this series on sequence in fabric collage, which covered those thin “between” spaces: for example, the veins in a butterfly wing or … Read More
Sort It Out: Organizing Fabric (Updated)
UPDATED FEBRUARY 2, 2021 I first published this post about storing my fabric in January 2016—five years ago. Though the world itself has changed mightily since then (ahhh, sweet days … Read More