You recognize the saying, “Two steps ahead, one step again?” Tom and I have been each feeling that this previous week—however he had it loads worse with pc stuff. He’d advance ahead with lastly getting in touch with tech help about misfiring “plug-ins” for the weblog, then get transferred from individual to individual, having to regress as he defined the present downside once more, and once more. I’m so grateful that Tom handles that a part of this enterprise of artwork. It leaves me to sort out the artistic stuff.
My week was fortunately spent in my studio making a number of steps ahead, and one little step again which is able to contain reopening a paint can—no tech help wanted—to cowl up the experimental floor therapy on my new desk high, above.
This publish continues a brand new collection: This Week in My Studio. Because the title implies, in these posts I’ll be displaying what I’ve been as much as just lately in my work house. This may imply a detailed take a look at a quilt I’m engaged on, or it could imply following alongside as I reorganize my materials, and even that includes all of the totally different locations my cat Djinni has claimed as her sleeping spots.
I hope in any case, that what I share will help you in a method or one other—by supplying you with some new concepts or a recent means of taking a look at issues, or simply to entertain you for a small a part of your week. Chances are you’ll even discover the theme of a publish acquainted or comforting as you say to your self, “See, even Susan has too many bins of stuff sitting round!” Let me know what you assume and share your personal experiences within the feedback under. Have any subject requests? Embrace them within the feedback part as nicely.
I left you per week in the past with flooring house cleared (photograph decrease left) for a desk that I wanted to get out of a storage container and thought it could work in my studio (photograph decrease proper). Djinni accredited.
The desk consists of a sturdy oak body and legs—that I rescued from a neighbor’s burn pile a number of years in the past—with a stray lower of plywood positioned on high. The leg risers (don’t they make the legs seem like bell-bottom pants?) got here from certainly one of our sheds and have been the precise measurement for the elevate wanted to roll current storage items beneath. That was an enormous step ahead.
The plywood would have performed nicely with a very good sanding, however who has time or inclination for that? Three coats of a beautiful purple paint/with primer (purchased for doorways which have but to be painted) made that deep grain splinter-free in the long run. Have a look at that nice swooping grain sample in photograph, under left. And right here’s the place my step again occurred. But when I hadn’t tried, I’d nonetheless be questioning if it was a good suggestion to “vintage” the highest with a golden yellow paint (from my studio window frames) to focus on the grain, photograph under proper.
As you possibly can see under, I made a decision it was a worthy attempt however with all of the sample and coloration already in my studio, I really appreciated the simplicity of the plain purple, and referred to as it quits. I’ll have it repainted in a day or so.
The photograph above, additionally exhibits freshened up cabinets of folded material, a particular step ahead from two weeks in the past, photograph under.
“Earlier than” pictures, above and under.
So, this week in my studio ends with a tidied and welcoming space to get pleasure from (“after” photograph under)—an ideal house to fold and put away the stacks of materials which can be simply off digicam—a number of the subsequent steps on my record.
I’ve heard again from a number of of us that they’ve been having fun with my new “studio” posts—it’s been enjoyable sharing what I’m as much as. Nevertheless, subsequent week in my studio, I’ll be in any other case occupied with our subsequent on-line class—no rearranging of furnishings. So, Tom and I’ve a proposal for you:
Should you’d wish to share ideas, concepts, pictures of your personal studios or workspace, please take into account sending them to us for a “This Week from Your Studio” publish. Tom will acquire and compile submissions into a brand new publish(s) within the close to future. Ship emails to Tom: [email protected], with “My studio” within the topic line. Thanks! I look ahead to listening to about and seeing your areas!
Susan Carlson 2025 and 2026 Lessons
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June 23-27, 2025
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November 17-21, 2025
Reside On-line Class—Intermediate-Superior
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In Particular person Lessons
I’m happy to notice that my Two-Week Intensive class (ten work days) with MISA in Bar Harbor, Maine (close to Acadia Nationwide Park) this September 2025, has crammed and now could be accepting of us to the wait record. The recognition of this format has impressed me to schedule one other Intensive on the finish of April 2026, at Woodland Ridge Retreat in Downsville, WI. This class opened for registration this previous week.
Each of those Two-Week Intensive courses will observe a format of 5 work days, two days off, then one other 5 work days. Out-of-class actions will likely be deliberate in response to the places, however will possible embody discipline journeys to native sights—and material oriented places. In Bar Harbor that can embody the material division on the legendary Maine Marden’s low cost retailer (click on right here for a traditional Marden’s advert).
In Wisconsin, Chris (the proprietor of Woodland Ridge Retreat and Dye Sweet Materials) and I’ve already mentioned places to go to over the open weekend together with: Cultural Material: https://www.culturalcloth.com/, SR Harris: https://srharrisfabric.com/, and for a particular dinner out, Owamni: https://owamni.com/.
