At the moment we end up with a closing gallery of fabulous fish from my February 2024 on-line class a—Quilter’s Fantastical Trophy Fish—together with “Gone Fishing” (picture above), by Judy Schryver.
Whereas I knew I appreciated fish as a topic for cloth collage and that they have been nice as a solution to introduce the approach, I wasn’t positive how enthusiastic college students could be about them. Seems I shouldn’t have anxious. The February class was met with a lot of vitality and enthusiasm. A lot so, that I made a decision to show the recordings of that class into an eWorkshop!
As topics for cloth collage, fish are a terrific alternative since there are as some ways to interpret a fish as there are fish within the sea. That is true for each freshmen—in search of a straightforward, low-stress topic to be taught the approach—or for knowledgeable quilters—who might need to loosen up and simply have enjoyable enjoying with material.
NOW AVAILABLE!
Susan Carlson Material Collage: Fantastical Fish eWorkshop
INCLUDES:
• All 4 recordings from the four-week class.
• Prolonged 10-minute version of piecing time lapse (see under).
• Over six hours of video instruction.
• Annotated movies with “leap factors” to assist discover the data you want.
• Supplies listing
• Hyperlinks to useful weblog posts of data.
• Free fish sample of your alternative.
At the moment’s submit exhibits off the “tail-end” of the fishy submissions created through the authentic month-long class—I’ve cherished all of them!—together with your tales! Many of the collages are nonetheless in progress, however the vibrancy of coloration and richness of sample are already on full show.
To ooggle extra of the fanciful February Fish specimens, please click on on these hyperlinks: Fantastical Fish—Half 1, Extra Fish within the Sea—Half 2, Even Extra Fish—Half 3.
A closing thanks (for now) to all the members of our month of Quilter’s Fantastical Trophy Fish. You impressed me in flip with your individual creativity and feedback. I knew you have been on the market, ready for the following installment, and it pushed me to deliver as a lot vitality and coloration as attainable to brighten up an in any other case monochromatic winter.
Studying sources referred to on this submit embrace: Serendipity Quilts, Spiral eWorkshop, Facial Options eWorkshop, Material Collage Grasp Class, 5-day on-line Zoom courses, and my patterns (together with fish and solar/moon patterns).
Click on on any of the smaller photos under to view them bigger.
Noreen Duncan
From Noreen Duncan of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
About 10 years in the past, a good friend impressed me to create a Susan Carlson fish, as in e book “Free-Type Quilts”- A ‘No Guidelines’ Strategy (C & T 2000). I purchased the e book, and started following Susan on-line. It has been attention-grabbing to look at as her methods modified and turn out to be much more free-flowing, inventive, and ‘awe-some’. I’ve been a part of a number of on-line methods courses, plus extra just lately “Thursday Evening in my Studio” and “Fly on the Wall” classes. Sadly, since late 2020, life and well being points stalled me, and I haven’t been in a position to do the hands-on inventive work I had dreamed of. In fact, like all registrants, how fortunate I’m (hope to be) to have the ability to re-view these earlier class movies, and my Grasp Class guide, and to refer again to them now – i.e. assuming I can find all of them !?! (Tip for brand new followers: File sources promptly and thoroughly! And, again them up!)
“Amélie” is my Draft # 1.5 from the fabulous four-session “Fantastical Trophy Fish” on-line class with Susan. Notice that, Susan’s ‘no guidelines’ method meant I used to be free to create my very own fish, vs staying throughout the sample traces. Earlier than Amélie shall be full, I nonetheless have a lot of work to do. … fussy chopping, gluing, including many elaborations, auditioning the place and to what extent I need to add tulle, netting, or opaque/sheer materials, and specialty options like glitters. … selecting materials and thoroughly planning a background for Amélie. … Then will come layering, quilting, binding, and so forth. (… For all of those options, Susan shared many concepts, and demos – which I can evaluate within the movies of our courses!) ) At a magnification of 300% [of Susan’s pattern print-out], that is the biggest material collage piece I’ve labored on, As a result of I received’t get extra accomplished on Amélie earlier than the deadline of submission of “Trophy Fish” images, I ship this “after Class 1 homework” picture. I particularly look ahead to seeing images from classmates whose fish are additional alongside within the course of than mine is.
What I discovered most from this class:
- Get the sample lined. Don’t fuss over the pinnacle or anybody fin… you’ll change it anyway! Simply get it accomplished.
- Gildings and add-ons want as a lot time and a spotlight as getting the fish lined initially.
- The background is as necessary to think about and plan for as as it’s for the fish itself.
- Bear in mind to evaluate class and enrichment useful resource movies.
- As you’ve been following on-line, and are assured Susan’s courses are nicely deliberate and her instructing methodology is simple to observe, Susan and Tom are seemingly so as to add new sides that elevate the bar even larger. eg. slide present coping with material selections, warp pace video of Susan getting her demo fish lined with material, and the on-going and spontaneous additions of recent and helpful ideas and methods. e.g. re- gluing.
Judy Schryver
From Judy Schryver from Lockport New York:
I completed my homework each week. That is my first time making a pieced background. Did many modifications. Tried netting over the background. Of all of them a pink netting shall be utilized in some locations. It’s not accomplished within the picture. Can’t wait to complete!
Kathleen Murphy
From Kathleen Murphy of Tucson, AZ:
This fish quilt was impressed by the sample “Fan Fin” within the e book “Free Type Quilts,: which I’ve been making an attempt for years. There are additionally a number of inspiring images of fish in course of and pupil work. I used to be relieved to be taught now that I didn’t have to chop out all these particular person sample items to the fish, simply use it as a information.
One factor I discovered is that the cheesy glue is tremendous sturdy and just a little is lots. Additionally, that we must always NEVER glue the sides of something till the very finish, as another material will most likely want to slide beneath it. Presently, I’m nonetheless placing collectively the quilt sandwich and must free movement quilt and cling.
Maribel Marrero
From Maribel Marrero of Cortlandt Manor, New York:
Somewhat earlier than the fish class was about to start out we acquired directions on how one can obtain a picture of the accessible fish templates we might use. We have been additionally give the discretion to make our personal. I had my son, Daniel, design a mixture of considered one of Susan’s fish with a number of variations (with much more modifications made through the development of the quilt).
I knew the fish needed to have purple lipstick however wasn’t proud of the primary purple material I selected. I later discovered “Strolling Useless” material I had bought to make a pillow case for my son, lower it up and voila, Dahlia was born. Her story shortly developed from there: she is a fish in love, on the brink of go meet her new boyfriend fish, at a dance.
She even has a birthmark (can you discover it?)!
Lisa Feinberg
From Lisa Feinberg of Canton, GA:
My quilt isn’t completed but. Solely half of the fish is glued down at present. It is a fancy goldfish that I modified the materials I used a number of occasions throughout making it. I needed to make an orange and black goldfish, the flowing tail is nearly completed, the tail was the best half.
Terri Drimel
From Terri Drimel of East Central Minnesota, Middle Metropolis:
I first noticed one other artist’s material collage items at a quilt present in 2018. When doing analysis on the web, I discovered a number of websites to be taught material collage that always included shopping for “kits” however none actually caught my curiosity till I came across Susan’s work. The work spoke to me as having a inventive spontaneity that I felt would allow me to be taught to create my very own work, reasonably than copying one other individual’s work.
The fish remains to be in progress. Her physique got here shortly however I’ve been scuffling with the tail. I believe I simply must hold simplifying. In the course of the fantastical fish class, Susan advisable that our fish have a narrative. The story for my fish is that she lives within the Japanese backyard pond the place my husband and I have been married. The backyard is positioned on the school that my daughter, husband and I graduated from. She could have a Japanese identify which I haven’t but chosen.
Different Posts on this Collection
Fantastical Fish Material Collage—February Outcomes! Half 1
Half 2—Extra Fish within the Sea: Fantastical Material Collage, February Outcomes!
Even Extra Fish within the Sea: Fantastical Material Collage, February Outcomes! Half 3