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Quilting Arts is your community for all your online quilting needs. Need expert tips and tricks? Looking for the perfect finish to your project? Trying to find a beautiful and artsy design for your next quilt? Have a question you need answered from a peer in the forum? It's all right here....and...
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Aside from stitching and embellishing, is there anything more thrilling than finding a beautiful vintage textile or an unusual found object at a yard sale, thrift shop, or flea market? Especially at a great price? Such a piece can add just the right touch to make a contemporary art quilt or mixed-media...
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W henever Studios Editor Cate Prato asks readers what they want to see most in that magazine, the top answer is always--by far--storage and organization tips. Let's face it: art quilters and mixed-media artists have a lot of stuff. Even if you prefer to work in a messier studio, it's better not...
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Well, we knew that people were enjoying the Homework section in Cloth Paper Scissors, but little did we know how seriously some people take their "assignments"! Loretta Vizzutti of Missoula, Montana, completed the homework from Linda and Opie O'Brien (Take a look at the September/October...
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The deadline for our "Mother Earth'"Art Doll Reader Challenge is coming up. Don't be left out. Show us your art and help us celebrate Earth Day when we publish some of our favorites in the March/April Issue of Cloth Paper Scissors. H ere are the rules 1. Create one mixed-media art doll...
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As the holiday season approaches and everyone gets so busy, I have to remind myself to keep it simple. Simple gifts, simple decorations, simple projects. For example, instead of doing all the baking and cooking for Thanksgiving plus making all the decorations and crafting personalized napkin rings and...
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If you ever get the chance to take a class with Jan Beaney and Jean Littlejohn (a.k.a. Double Trouble Enterprises), jump at it. They are two of the most innovative people I know when it comes to creative embroidery and textile art. Plus, they are just a hoot to be with! J an and Jean are fearless when...
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No one knows more about pushing your artistic boundaries than Kelli Perkins, author of Stitch Alchemy: Combining Fabric & Paper for Mixed Media Art . Not only does her book contain a wide variety of projects, from bookmarks to beads and paper quilts, but it’s full of inspiration for embarking...
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It's almost inevitable: anyone who loves the pattern and colors of fabric has to be drawn to the vast variety of papers available, both commercial and found. Of course, like the children's story about giving a mouse a cookie, once you have an assortment of beautiful papers, you're going to...
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Greetings! As busy as we all were at Festival (check out Pokey's photos), it's not surprising that the time just flew by and here we are back in Massachusetts (a bit tired but truly inspired). It was a great week! We thought we were coming back to snow! but surprise; it's 70 degrees today...
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Brace yourselves! I think I'm about to set a world record in the Blogosphere for the number of photos in a single blog entry. I took nearly 250 shots at International Quilt Festival/Houston, but I cut the lot down to 49. (The ones I don’t post in this blog entry, I’ll put in the photo...
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As you read this, I'm on the Quilt Scene at the International Quilt Festival/Houston , surrounded by some of the most beautiful quilts-and talented quilt artists-in the world. The caliber of the artistry-whether contemporary or traditional-never ceases to amaze me, and this year, as we celebrate...
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I’ve finally come up for air! What a Quilting Arts summer it’s been—and we’re already well into October. The New England landscape is absolutely gorgeous with the fall colors. Here at QA headquarters, we’re busily working on the next issue of Quilting Arts (December/January...
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Welcome to the Fall 09 Studios Tour! **Notice: For some reason, not all of the links here will "refresh" to today's new posts with the tours. I am particularly having trouble with blogs on blogspot. I have refreshed, cut and pasted into new lines on this post, triple checked the links,...
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2 Oct 2009
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The theme of the Fall 2009 issue of Studios is Open Studios, so we're kicking it off with a virtual tour, and you're invited to participate. Be among the first to join, and win a door prize! Here’s how: Step 1. Take pictures and/or video of your studio. Maybe your studio is a large, dedicated...