Susan Carlson Fabric Collage Travels to Italy: Under the Tuscan Sun(portrait)
Next year in October 2025, I’ll be teaching in Italy! I invite you to come join me. For a few years now, Tom and I have tossed around the idea … Read More
On the Road Teaching
On the Road: Catching Fabric Collage Fish at The National Quilt Museum
On August 1-3—in a very roomy, light-filled, and temperature-controlled (it was very hot outside) classroom off a side hallway of The National Quilt Museum—a fanciful fabric collage school of sea-life … Read More
Susan Carlson’s “Specimens” Fabric Collage Quilts at National Quilt Museum
I’m currently at the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky visiting the display of a dozen of my “Specimens” quilts. I am honored to have my quilts shown in such … Read More
On the Road: Teaching Fabric Collage at Woodland Ridge in Downsville, WI, Part 2—May 2024
We’re heading back to Woodland Ridge Retreat this week, back to the very end of April and beginning of May, back to a lovely week of a Wisconsin springtime. As … Read More
On the Road: Teaching Fabric Collage at Woodland Ridge in Downsville, WI, Part 1—May 2024
In Maine, there’s a saying that we have two seasons—winter, and the Fourth of July. Hope you had as beautiful a summer season as we did! For this post, we’re … Read More
NOT on the Road: June 2024 Live Online Fabric Collage Portrait Class Part 2
Today’s selection of in-progress portrait collages from my live online class students are actually all double portraits—based on either a son or daughter with granddaughters, or an old-time sepia “dress-up” … Read More
NOT on the Road: June 2024 Live Online Fabric Collage Portrait Class—Part 1
I’ve had a bit of a break from my week-long online classes—the last was at the end of February—as I was back to in-person teaching during the last few months. … Read More
On the Road: Alegre Retreat 2024 Part 2—A Banquet of Fabric Art
Alegre in Spanish means cheerful. And I have to say that a week at the Alegre Quilt Retreat in Gateway Canyons, Colorado would make just about anyone cheerful with its stunning … Read More
On the Road: Alegre Retreat 2024 Part 1—An Experience to “Eclipse” All Others
The Alegre Quilt Retreat in Gateway Canyons, Colorado was only adjacent to the path of the total eclipse on April 8 (the first day of classes), but attendees got into … Read More
NOT on the Road: Live Online Class—Part 2: The Return of Susan’s Angels
“Once upon a time there were three very different little girls who grew up to be three very different women with three things in common: they love fabric, they’re talented, … Read More