The Fabric Collage Finish Line #108: Celestial Happenings
This has been a good few days to cast our thoughts up to the heavens. First there was Halloween on October 31st. I know, Halloween doesn’t usually bring to mind … Read More
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The Fabric Collage Finish Line #108: Celestials
This has been a good few days to cast our thoughts up to the heavens. First there was Halloween on October 31st. I know, Halloween doesn’t usually bring to mind … Read More
The Fabric Collage Finish Line # 107: Migrations
Long straggling wedges of Canada geese call to each other as they criss-cross our autumn skies. Funnily enough they aren’t all heading south, but wander here and there to one … Read More
Susan Carlson Fabric Collage Classes for 2025
Ready to take your first (or next) fabric collage class? My entire schedule for 2025 is now set. This should give my prospective students plenty of time to plan ahead … Read More
On the Road: Fabric Collage in Bar Harbor, Maine, with MISA—September 2024—Part 1
I live in Maine, and the distinct pleasure of being able to drive to a location I’m teaching at such as Bar Harbor, was enhanced when I could also stop … Read More
The Fabric Collage Finish Line #106: Beautiful Beasts
These fabric collage quilts look like they’re ready to let out a roar or a howl or a snarl (as in the case of Ardis Bucy’s cheetah “Geraldine”, above). And … Read More
Fascinating Bugs and Butterflies Follow-Along Results: Student Fabric Collage Results 3!
Cicadas, butterflies and June bugs, oh my! Maine in September means the daily temperatures aren’t reaching quite as high, the nights cool off a bit more, and the tourist level … Read More
Fascinating Bugs and Butterflies: Student Fabric Collage Quilts 2
There has been a fluttering of Fascinating Bugs and Butterflies landing in our email box this week—such as “My Cicada Song,” by Karen Stenback, above. What a luscious treat to … Read More
Fascinating Bugs and Butterflies: Student Fabric Collage Quilts 1
With the popularity of my Quilter’s Fantastical Trophy Fish Follow-Along Class last February (see the work in these four posts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4), it … Read More
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