Fabric Collage Finish Line #81
Please enjoy this week’s selection of finished fabric collage quilts submitted by students, such as Mary Quade with her “Grandmother Portrait,” detail above. A big thank you to all for … Read More
Student Work
On the Road with Susan Carlson: Fabric Collage in Bar Harbor, ME, September 2022
Some of the venues where I teach fabric collage are really stunningly beautiful. I’m thinking of Tahoe and Santa Fe and Madeline Island and Pacific Grove. But they ain’t got … Read More
Fabric Collage Finish Line #80: A Live Online Class Edition
As you may have noticed by now, I am making sure everyone is aware my two upcoming Live Online Fabric Collage classes. Despite of, or maybe because of, all the … Read More
Fabric Collage Finish Line: Featuring African Fabrics and Quilt Africa Online Summit 2022
Fabrics designed and produced in Africa have a recognizable style, an aesthetic all their own. They use bright bold graphic patterns, often bordered or outlined in black. For fabric collage, … Read More
On the Road Teaching: Fabric Collage Week #2 in Santa Fe, NM—May 2022
Welcome back to the second of my Santa Fe class posts. As the last post ended, I was halfway through the weekend—enjoying a Saturday off between teaching weeks one and … Read More
On the Road Teaching: Fabric Collage Week #1 Santa Fe, NM—May 2022
Santa Fe, New Mexico—it only took three years to get there. Teaching in Santa Fe with MISA (Madeline Island School of the Arts) was first set up in 2019 for … Read More
Fabric Collage Finish Line 79
This past week both Tom and I have been recovering from our individual travels of last week—he to Scotland for kayaking, and me to Santa Fe to teach a couple … Read More
Fabric Collage Finish Line 78: A Spiral Special
A spiral. In art it’s a symbol of rebirth—of new beginnings. Is it time for a new beginning for you? In fabric collage? Well, this blog post may give you … Read More
Susan Carlson Fabric Collage—On the Road Teaching: Empty Spools March 2022 at Asilomar, Part 2
Asilomar State Park of California, at the tip of the Monterey Peninsula, in the town of Pacific Grove, is a beautiful part of the world to travel to and it’s … Read More
On the Road Teaching: Empty Spools March 2022 at Asilomar, Part 1
I’m going to start at the end. At the end of my first in-person class of the year 2022—after a week with folks that would have been in my first … Read More