Susan carlson

In November and December I hosted a 4-week Fly on the Wall Susan Carlson Studio Watch, where I invited viewers into my studio as I began work of my next fabric collage quilt, a leopard using Africa…

In this fourth and final post in a series of Throwback Thursdays featuring my Summer Quilt Retreats held here in Maine, we look back just one year to June 2019. What seemed so commonplace—students …

So far in this new year, there’s already been weeks of shared creativity through new Finish Line posts, monthly feedback through our Patreon meetings, a new online mini-workshop (see in-progr…

I admit it: fabric collage isn’t always intuitive. When I mention sequence in fabric collage, I’m talking about the (optimal) order in which you approach the various layers of your coll…

My mother’s 90th (!) birthday was yesterday and today would have been my grandmother’s birthday. In honor of both of them, I thought it would be an auspicious day to feature my newest (…

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Among you, the readers of my blog post, there are so many who are familiar with my family—there are old friends, neighbors, other family members, and students and followers who have become friends.…

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It’s our fifth anniversary and they say that wood is the appropriate gift. In Maine, that might mean a cord of firewood, split and stacked. But really, wood is said to signify durability, whi…

My sister says that I like to work in themes, and she’s right. She’s usually referring to family get-togethers and menu planning—winter smorgasbord potlucks around the firepit, or ̶…