Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Our First Top Tip
Another Fabric Collage Top Tip is headed your way this Saturday in your regular post. This Throwback to our very first Top Tip is just an appetizer to get you … Read More
Throwback Thursday
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: A Reminder of Ongoing and Upcoming Live Online Fabric Collage Instruction
As I prepare for a very busy next few weeks—which includes a teaching trip to Italy (!)—I’m thinking ahead to the teaching I have scheduled for when I return: a … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Revisiting 2024 Fabric Collage in Bar Harbor, Maine—Part 2
We’re sticking with the theme of Fabric Collage in Bar Harbor, Maine, today in this Throwback Thursday from last year, and then again this Saturday, when we finish up with … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Revisiting Fabric Collage in Bar Harbor, Maine, Part 1
This Saturday in your weekly blog post, I’ll introduce you to the students and work of my Bar Harbor 2025 Fabric Collage Intensive, hosted by MISA—Madeline Island School of the … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Knowing When Your Fabric Collage is Done
How will I know when it’s done? Since most students do not complete their projects in class, I hear this question quite a bit. How will I know when my … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Another Set of Eyes
Feedback is an invaluable tool to improving your fabric collage quilt. There’s a skill to both give and take feedback so that it doesn’t hurt anyone’s feelings. Feedback should be … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Getting Over the Hump of Getting Started
This week I’m preparing for my two-week fabric collage class in Bar Harbor, Maine. Among the other supplies I intend to pack for the drive up the coast, I’ll include … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Our Shared Fear of Criticism
There’s little that’s more disheartening than putting one’s creative energy into a project, then having someone make a carelessly insensitive comment about it. It’s something that could be said with … Read More
Susan Carlson Fabric Collage Throwback Thursday: Creating with Intent
There is no right way to be creative. Let’s get that established right away. So when I say that it helps to have established an intent when starting a new … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Finding Fabric Collage Inspiration
What do you do when you get in a creative rut? Are there books you read? Podcasts you listen to? Activities or exercises you participate in? Today’s Throwback Thursday from … Read More