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In this issue of Quilting Arts Embellishments, you'll find resources for making a summer bag, tips on Paintstiks, ways to reuse sewing needles, a preview of our latest Quilting Arts issue, and more. |
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Make a Summer Bag with Stitch & Sticks
Express your creativity and your individuality this summer with a handbag made with paper, fibers, stitch, and Shiva Paintstiks.
In Bags with Paper and Stitch, you'll explore the art of papermaking and how to transform these distinctive papers into unique, one-of-a-kind handbags embellished using modern techniques. Fiber artist Isobel Hall showcases dozens of exquisite handmade bags and her methods for achieving success in Bags with Paper and Stitch.
The author shares her secrets for creating bags from various types of papers and materials, including silk cocoon strippings, linen, flax, merino, paper clay, Translucent Liquid Sculpey, and much more. Learn how to personalize bags with brooches, charms, trinkets and other found objects, how to use embossing enamels and metals on paper fabric, embellishing bags with stump work, crewel work, embossed metals, and where to find various types of handles to finish off your bag.
 Or, add shimmer and pattern to your paper bag with Shiva Paintstiks, or create a design on fabric like this one, from the DIVA's Lazy Girl Challenge.
You can find Bags with Paper and Stitch and the full line of Cedar Canyon products including Shiva Paintstiks, brushes, brush soap, patterns, rubbing plates, and palette paper, plus books and Paintstiks on Fabric instructional book and Paintstik Inspirations instructional DVD on our website. |
 Want More Info on Paintstik Techniques?
Learn from Shelly Stokes on 'QATV'
Want more ideas for using Paintstiks? Cedar Canyon Textile founder Shelly Stokes teaches her techniques and tricks in Season One and Season Two of Quilting Arts TV.
In Season One (Series 100), Shelly demonstrates how to add color and texture to your fabric with paint and textured surfaces using rubbing plates, stamps and household items in one show, and in another episode, creates the illusion of mountains, hills, trees and clouds with paint sticks and freezer paper stencils.
In Season Two (Series 200), debuting this summer, Shelly demonstrates how to blend colors when stenciling images on your fabric on one episode and teaches viewers how to "see' the design elements in your fabric or quilt so that they can be easily repeated with freezer paper stencils and paint sticks in another segment.
Order your "QATV" DVDs now. | |
 Quilting Art Workshop DVDs
Flat-rate shipping!
Our Quilting Arts Workshop DVDs are now available for pre-order with flat-rate shipping: just $3 for U.S. and Canadian customers and $6 for all other International customers.
We've also added more information on the DVDs currently available for pre-order, including more images and expanded descriptions for each class.
Check it all out and pre-order your DVDs now.
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 Sharp Tips for Reusing Needles
When her sewing machine needles are too dull for stitching, Frances Holliday Alford, our cover artist for the June/July issue of Quilting Arts Magazine®, doesn't toss them. She reuses them in the following creative ways:
1. To clear the fabric glue nozzle. "In some cases, the nozzle is small enough that the sewing machine needle may be left in the nozzle instead of using the top. This way, you can pull the needle out and the flow path is clear."
2. As thumbtack substitutes. "I use old sewing machine needles to hold pieces to my design wall. They are stronger than regular pins and will not damage the fabric of the artwork."
3. As an artwork hanger. "One sewing machine needle pounded into the wall can hold up to 30 pounds weight if you want to use it to hang a picture. It leaves a very small hole when removed, much smaller than a regular nail. Needles are also good for hanging smaller quilts on the wall which do not require a sleeve."
For a sneak preview of the latest issue of Quilting Arts Magazine, plus more creative and time-saving tips from our contributing artists, see our Quilting Arts Online Extras.
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