Featuring Marilyn Davidson: Fabric Collage as Art and Therapy
I am fascinated by other artists. As a type of art teacher myself, I find the journey artists make to their art especially interesting. How do they choose one media … Read More
The Finish Line
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.
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
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
The Finish Line: Completed Student Work Volume 8
As promised last week, here’s a second installment of finished student quilts along with their in-progress photos (when available) from the classes they were begun in. In this batch, the … Read More
The Finish Line: Completed Student Work Volume 7
At almost every teaching stop of mine this year at least one or more past students came up to me to tell me about the quilt they started in a class and … Read More
The Finish Line: Completed Student Work Volume 6
I enjoy sharing my teaching travels and showing off the work of my students—they make me so proud! It’s now catching on for past students to send me photos of their … Read More
The Finish Line: The Belgian Connection
In 2012 I received an email from a quilter named Ria Mille who was interested in attending my Maine summer quilt retreat. This wasn’t an unusual occurrence. What caught my eye, besides … Read More
The Finish Line: Completed Student Work Volume 5
This edition of “The Finish Line”—completed versions of student work along with in-progress shots from class—has a little more rhyme and reason to it than usual. Recently I received finished … Read More
The Finish Line: Completed Student Work Vol. 4
Time for another round of “The Finish Line.” For those of you who aren’t familiar with this series, no, this isn’t a History Channel program about Scandinavians during WWII. That … Read More