Susan Carlson Fabric Collage On the Road: Santa Fe 2026—Part 1
Today will be a treat for me to share the lovely people and their collage subjects of my most recent in-person class, with MISA—Madeline Island School of the Arts—in Santa … Read More
Student Work
Susan Carlson Fabric Collage NOT On the Road: March 2026 Live Online Class—Always Beginning
If the angel deigns to come, it will be because you have convinced him, not by your tears, but by your humble resolve to be always beginning. —Rainer Maria Rilke … Read More
Live Online Classes: March 2026 Preview and November 2025 Review
We’re coming up to our next 5-day Live Online Class, running the first week of March. We’re limiting attendance to eight students but there are still spots open. Thinking ahead … Read More
Bel Sole Italiano: Student Fabric Collage from Citta della Pieve, Italy
Buongiorno! It’s been almost a month since my first class teaching in Italy and I’m just now getting the chance to process this great experience. I joked with my students … Read More
Susan Carlson Fabric Collage: MISA in Bar Harbor, Maine—Wrap-Up
If you ever went to summer camp, you’ll remember the feelings you experienced at the end of camp when suddenly you had to leave all the friends you made and … Read More
Immersing into Fabric Collage: Susan Carlson On the Road—Bar Harbor, Maine—Part 2
The messy-scary stage happens, but it doesn’t last. The worst of it occurs in the first couple days of a class, when projects haven’t had time to “flesh out” yet. … Read More
Immersing into Fabric Collage 2025: Susan Carlson On the Road—Bar Harbor, Maine—Part 1
Three weeks ago was a first—when my first two-week class began. Not just two weeks of teaching, but teaching the same students for two weeks. I’ve been looking forward to … Read More
Susan Carlson Fabric Collage Finish Line #117: Summer’s End Butterflies
This weekend is the unofficial end of summer in Maine. Labor Day weekend. The kids back in school. Days get noticeably shorter. Also, it’s the time in past years when … Read More
Fabric Collage (Not) On the Road: June 2025 Live Online Class Part 2
As the Dog Days of Summer continue, we’re going to chill out with some cool critters such as LeahGrace Kayler’s tranquil zebras, above. See more peaceable beings—a languid roseate spoonbill, … Read More
Fabric Collage (Not) On the Road: June 2025 Live Online Class Part 1
It’s the Dog (and Goat and Pig) Days of Summer! We’ll begin this first post of August 2025, with Shadow (above)—a wild and perky small dog with a big personality—a … Read More