NOT On the Road: May 2023 Live Online Fabric Collage Class—Part 1: Diggers
Usually when I teach a fabric collage class, very soon thereafter I feature the class in a series of blog posts. In the case of my May 2023 Live Online … Read More
Student Work
The Fabric Collage Quilts of Grace Crocker
Grace Crocker is a self-identified Fabric Collage Super Fan, a.k.a. Fanatic. A long-time quilter—30 years so far—Grace came to fabric collage about three years ago. She finished her first fabric … Read More
Susan Carlson Fabric Collage: Finish Line #90
I love Finish Line quilts. I love reading the stories behind the quilts and examining the images, letting them pull me in to see and notice all the details and … Read More
Reflections on Online Fabric Collage Classes: A Gallery of Student Work
As Tom and I were reviewing in-progress fabric collage images and testimonials from former Live Online Class students for this post, we were reminded which features have made the classes … Read More
Susan Carlson Fabric Collage: Finish Line #89
Even though this is a “Finish Line” post, I decided to open with an in-progress photo of Maribel Marrero’s tortuga (turtle) above. It’s a detail shot that really shows off … Read More
The Fabric Collage Finish Line #88
The idea to share the finished work of my fabric collage students goes back to the end of August 2016, almost a year after the beginning of this blog in … Read More
NOT On the Road: January 2023 Live Online Fabric Collage Class—Part 3: Wild Things
This post concludes the three-post series featuring my January (into February) 2023 Live Online Class. Life scurries along so quickly, doesn’t it? And now, as March blows in like a … Read More
NOT On the Road: January 2023 Live Online Fabric Collage Class—Part 2: Spice of Life
Today’s post is all about the work and words of the “Spice of Life” ladies, so named because their subjects were quite varied, and as we all know “variety” is … Read More
NOT On the Road: January 2023 Live Online Fabric Collage Class—Part 1: Zookeepers
How cool is it to wake up in my own bed, walk out to my studio after a cup of coffee and breakfast, fire up my computer and see the … Read More
Susan Carlson Fabric Collage: Sun Portraits—First Drafts
During January’s Fly on the Wall series “Sunshine Oma,” in which I began a fanciful sun portrait of my mom, Meta, I invited watchers to create their own portraits using … Read More