Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Kayaking With Tom
The last few months have been dotted with visits from friends that Tom and I haven’t seen in awhile. It’s been nice to notice how easily we’ve slipped back into … Read More
Throwback Thursday
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Always Be Beginning (Your Fabric Collage Quilt)
Today’s Throwback Thursday post is one that Tom guest-wrote is an inspirational piece intended to get you motivated as an artist. Embracing the idea of always being beginning is a … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Fabric Collage Feathered Friends
Birds! Whether your ordinary backyard (or barnyard) visitors or tropical runway models—they all make great subjects for fabric collage. Today’s Throwback Thursday shows several examples of how my students have … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Organize Your Fabric for My Upcoming Classes!
Coming in my Saturday post, I’ll be opening up registration for all my 2025 fabric collage classes. To get ready for class you may be thinking about organizing your fabrics. … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Thinking of Florida
By the time you read this post, Hurricane Milton will have hit the coast of Florida. Two weeks ago, during my class in Bar Harbor, Maine, it was another hurricane … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Fabric Collage Noses to Go with the Eyes
Recently I updated my blog post “Eye for an Eye,” which now has videos demonstrating a couple ways to create eyes—human and otherwise—in fabric collage. If you’ve chewed on that … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Back to (Fabric Collage) Zoo
In this Throwback Thursday let’s go back to a collection of fabric collage zoo animals, like Jean McCreary’s “Mountain Gorilla and Baby” (above). The following zebras and snakes and tigers … Read More
NOT TOO LATE! Return of Fly on the Wall: Susan Carlson Fabric Collage Studio Watch—African Leopard
If you sign up now, you can still join me in a weekly studio visit as I work on my newest fabric collage portrait, an African leopard. The second of … Read More
TODAY! Return of Fly on the Wall: Susan Carlson Fabric Collage Studio Watch—African Leopard
This is a final reminder to come be a “Fly on the Wall” today, as I finally get back to working on my leopard fabric collage—created with African wax-print fabrics. … Read More
Return of Fly on the Wall: Susan Carlson Fabric Collage Studio Watch in ONE Week!
This is a reminder to come be a “Fly on the Wall” as I continue to work on my African wax-print fabric collage leopard, now named T’swana. I began this … Read More