One aim of my cloth collage instructing profession has been to introduce numerous topics which can be simply accessible, fascinating, and notably effectively suited to collage. Favorites are fish and bugs and butterflies—as a result of limitless variations doable (each precise and imagined) of their shapes, patterns and colours.
My Sea Turtle eWorkshop has given folks one other topic to create in cloth collage. Sea turtles as topics have their very own particular concerns, particularly in creating the scales on the shell, which make up the massive a part of this picture. The eWorkshop comprises detailed directions on a simple option to type the skinny traces between the scales—amongst different ideas.
It’s notably thrilling to see the completed outcomes of initiatives similar to the ocean turtles within the following submit—together with “Shelly the Sea Turtle,” by Holly Scroggin—and all the opposite End Line topics all through the years. A thanks to those that ship us photos and tales of the collage work you create. Collectively, we will share our enthusiasm for the artwork of material collage and appreciation within the accomplishments of others.
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Studying sources referred to on this submit embody: my web site, Serendipity Quilts, my patterns, weblog (normally), YouTube movies, Spiral eWorkshop, Sea Turtle eWorkshop, Cloth Collage On-line Grasp Class, Fly on the Wall: Susan Carlson Studio Watch, and Patreon.
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Maribel Marrero
From Maribel Marrero of Cortlandt Manor, New York:
I’ve been following Susan Carlson for a lot of years. I bought her books, adopted her on YouTube and most just lately via her “Fly on the Wall” African cloth leopard sequence. After finishing the spiral quilt, I challenged myself to finish Susan Carlson’s turtle. I downloaded the picture from her web site, blew it as much as my desired dimension and proceeded to work.
“How exhausting can or not it’s?” I requested myself, “Susan has accomplished dozens of those.” Nicely these phrases got here again to chunk me. I shortly discovered that sure, Susan has completed dozens of those and they’re all stunning, however she additionally has years of expertise the place I’ve months. I reduce my items, place them down, rearranged them and stepped again, and what stared again was a “scorching mess.” After I confirmed it to my sister she stated “It’s not unhealthy.” lol I took the entire thing aside, reread the e book, Serendipity Quilts, reread weblog posts and seen YouTube movies dozens of occasions.
I began once more, deciding the place the solar was shining from, what my colour palette could be and noticed its character being to emerge. Early on I discovered palm fronds that I needed to include and pink flowers that will body her eyes and subsequently determined that my turtle was a lady. Her title modified a number of occasions and was finally named “Miss Shelly Tortuga.” Tortuga being Spanish for turtle.
I took my time, redesigned and remade her left leg (flipper?) FIVE occasions. She is made out of tons of of items of material, together with a few of my late mother’s clothes. Shelly took 10 months to finish and now proudly hangs in my workplace/craft room.
Holly Scroggin
From Holly Scroggin of Dunlap, TN:
I signed up for Susan’s on-line turtle class through the pandemic. I’ve her e book and made a fish when the e book first got here out. I had admired Susan’s sea-related quilts and all the time needed to make an undersea quilt from her e book. When COVID hit and it appeared like I’d be home sure for some time, her on-line turtle quilt class was the reply.
I’m a hoarder of material scraps so the whole lot fell into place. Challenges included: selecting finest worth, a number of rearranging every day and tiny cloth scraps throughout my stitching room and worn by my canine. Very completely happy the way it turned out! It gained finest in present at 2021 county truthful.
Linda Carey
From Linda Carey of Saint James Metropolis, Florida and Hazelhurst, Wisconsin:
I made my first child quilt 5 years in the past. After making just a few quilts, I noticed that I didn’t like following quilting “guidelines”. After I chanced on Susan Carlson’s web site, I used to be intrigued and excited. I shortly made a number of fish and a spiral. Bought the Grasp Class guide and commenced to make use of images to design my very own patterns. I’m typically a quiet observer in Susan’s Patreon group and on-line occasions. She is a superb instructor and an incredible supply of inspiration throughout Covid when in particular person courses weren’t doable. Sometime I might like to take part in an in particular person workshop.
“Turtle” was impressed by seeing stay sea turtles within the Gulf of Mexico and discovering a number of images that I used for various options within the ultimate quilt. I labored on the quilt in Wisconsin and Florida over two years, with an extended interruption on account of flooding in our house attributable to Hurricane Ian. Thankfully Turtle, my stash and my machines had been undamaged and the remaining is lastly nearly repaired. Turtle is now proudly hanging in our renovated Florida house in a phenomenal shadow body that my husband made for her. I attempted to consider a intelligent title for this quilt, however after two years of calling her “Turtle”, the title has caught.
Turtle is now proudly hanging in our renovated Florida house in a phenomenal shadow body that my husband made for her. I attempted to consider a intelligent title for this quilt, however after two years of calling her “Turtle”, the title has caught.
