Fabric Collage Flowers: My Love-Hate Relationship
Have you seen that Pixar movie, The Incredibles? It’s one of Tom’s and my favorite animated movies. Anyway, it’s a story about a family of superheroes. At one point, the … Read More
Student Work
On the Road: April 2018 Maine Quilt Retreat, Portland
Some travels take me far from home—some are a bit closer. Portland, Maine, is near enough to be an “evening out” destination for Tom and I. This particular week, Portland … Read More
On the Road: Empty Spools, March 2018, Week 2 of 2
It was my second week teaching for Empty Spools Seminars at Asilomar State Park Conference Grounds on the Monterey Peninsula in California, and the cycle of rain and clouds broke … Read More
On the Road: Empty Spools, March 2018, Week 1 of 2
It was mid-March and I found myself preparing—as I have so many years before—for my annual pilgrimage to Asilomar to teach two sessions at Empty Spools. As I was packing my … Read More
Eye Spy: Using Novelty Prints in Fabric Collage
What types of fabrics do you use for fabric collage? I am often asked that question. It would probably be easier to answer the opposite of that question: What types of fabrics don’t I use for fabric collage? I use them all, if appropriate. But what about novelty fabrics? Do I use them? Oh, yes. All the time.
The Finish Line: Margaret Jessop
It’s time for another entry in my Finish Line series of blog posts. This week I feature just one student, Margaret Jessop of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. I first met Margaret in Canmore, Alberta, years ago when I was teaching there at a shop called The Sugar Pine Company. She also has taken classes from me in Kalispell, Montana (at the Quilt Gallery) and we recently renewed our acquaintance in Calgary a few weeks ago when I taught a private class there.
On the Road: Calgary, Alberta, Canada—February 2018
At the end of February I returned to Calgary to teach a fabric collage class. Previously, over the course of a few years, I had taught at quilting seminars sponsored by the Sugar Pine Company quilt shop in nearby Canmore—the last being eight years ago. That year sticks in my mind since it was the year of the Vancouver Winter Olympics and this year the Winter Olympics were on again—though not in Canada. One day, I hope to visit the Calgary area when it’s not below freezing.
Susan Carlson Fabric Collage: The Finish Line Friendship Group
Some things that spread are bad. Like the flu. But some things that spread are good. For example, when one person likes something and shares it with a family member … Read More
Online Class Update: It Works! (Phew!)
For the past couple months I’ve been running a trial version of my online fabric collage class—enrollment of which ended last November. Thirty-eight of my $10 and $20 Patreon supporters signed up … Read More
The Finish Line: Completed Student Work Volume 9
In the unscheduled blog post I sent out two days ago, I warned you that we were in the middle of a blizzard and could very possibly lose power—and our internet—delaying this … Read More