On the Road: Maine Fabric Collage Quilt Retreat, June 2019
If you checked out this week’s Throwback Thursday post, you would have seen links to 12 previous posts from my Maine retreats—and those are just the ones from 2016 through … Read More
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Throwback Thursday: 12 Susan Carlson Maine Quilt Retreats
The Fourth of July is a day to eat until you can’t eat anymore at a backyard barbecue. Or to gorge on strawberries as they come into season. Or (here … Read More
On the Road: Empty Spools Seminars 2019, Fabric Collage Class Part 2
Two weeks ago, I posted Part 1 of this year’s travel and teaching for Empty Spools Seminars. I left you as I was heading of to the second week’s class … Read More
On the Road: Empty Spools Seminars 2019, Fabric Collage Class Part 1
This is my 10 year anniversary of teaching at Empty Spools Seminars. Held at the beautiful Asilomar State Park on the Monterey Peninsula in Pacific Grove, California, Empty Spools has … Read More
On the Road: Australasian Quilt Convention, April 2019
I’m sort of getting used to the flight to Australia. This was my third trip Down Under, and while modern air travel is never a joyful experience, I know what … Read More
On the Road: MISA, January 2019—at Tanque Verde Ranch, Tucson, AZ
“Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” Like Dorothy says to her loyal pup in “The Wizard of Oz” I might have said something similar during my recent … Read More
On the Road: Madison, WI Fiber Arts Group
One of the highlights of my 12-days in Wisconsin was the time I got to spend with Nancy Blake—my student, fellow art quilter, chauffeur, organizer, hostess, and now friend. Nancy, … Read More
On the Road: Woodland Ridge Retreat, Downsville, WI, November 2018
This was my fourth trip to Woodland Ridge Retreat, a retreat center in Downsville, WI, owned and operated by Chris Daly. My flight from Portland to Madison was blessedly uneventful—a … Read More
On the Road: Portland, ME Collage Quilt Two-Fer—October 2018
I pretty much squeezed the month of October full with my Maine Quilt Retreats. I reported on my Harpswell Retreat a couple weeks ago. Now you get a two-for-one deal … Read More
On the Road: October 2018, Harpswell, Maine Quilt Retreat
The four seasons of my year: Winter, Spring, Summer, and Retreat Season. While I do a couple other of my Maine Quilt Retreats in the spring and early summer, I … Read More