Make It University!™ with Cloth Paper Scissors®

"Love Icelandic Poppies" by Jane LaFazio

July 25 -27

Long Beach, California

Get ready California, here we come! Quilts Inc. and the publishers of Cloth Paper Scissors® magazine are proud to bring you Make It University!™ with Cloth Paper Scissors® for the first time to Long Beach. Come join us right on the show floor where mixed-media, paper, and fiber art vendors will be selling one-of-a-kind mixed-media supplies, books, kits, novelty papers, eclectic and fun rubber stamps, and paints. There will be lots of hands-on, hour-long workshops, demonstrations, and challenges you can sign up for on the show floor—everything from screen printing, collage, and mixed-media jewelry to embossed metal designs. Cloth Paper Scissors® will also be showcasing the “True Colors” mixed-media quilt exhibit as well as some of the results from our “Go Green” reader challenge.

For general International Quilt Festival information, including directions, show hours, hotel accommodations, and transportation, click here.

Friends at Festival

Have a question related to the International Quilt Festival/Long Beach? Quilts Inc. has a new message board to answer all of your questions relating to hotel, classes, show hours, etc. Click here to go to the the Friends at Festival forum.

Artist Trading Card Extravaganza

For those who missed out on entering a quilt to the “The Silver Screen” quilt exhibit that will be debuting in Long Beach, here’s an opportunity to celebrate your love of all things entertaining. We will be hosting the ultimate ATC trade in the Make It University!™ section and strongly encourage you to bring ATCs with any kind of entertainment theme: movies, music, TV shows, favorite quotes or lyrics. For this particular ATC trade, there is no limit to the number of ATCs you can bring/ trade. You are invited to make these ATCs from paper, fabric, felt, metal, or of another medium. If you have 50 ATCs, you can trade all of them, so I hope you get busy over the next couple of months and plan to come to the show!

Small Craft Advisory!

Make It University!™: Open Studios

Art by Alisa Burke

“Open Studios” is back and we have an incredible line up of artists who are joining us this year. Artists will be making small projects, dyeing and painting fabric, stamping cloth and paper, altering books, and stitching with mixed media right on the show floor.

Artists in our Open Studios include:

Liz Berg

Alisa Burke

Lisa Engelbrecht

Allyson Faulkner

Jamie Fingal

Jane La Fazio

Ruth Rae

Beryl Taylor

Larkin Van Horn

Vendors in the Make It University!™ section

Artgirlz

Betty's Photo on Fabric

Cloth Paper Scissors/Quilting Arts Magazine

Creative Textile Zone

Embellishment Village

Expressly Yours

Little Windows

Quilt Tapestry Studio

Stewart Gill

Make It University!™ with Cloth Paper Scissors ® Workshops

These workshops will be taught by exhibitors and artists in the Make It University!™ with Cloth Paper Scissors® section, with a maximum of 25 people per session. The fee for each workshop is $10, and workshop participation will be determined by lottery. Each workshop will have its own lottery. The lottery will open for each workshop the day the workshop is given, and people may put their name in each workshop lottery from the time the show opens that day up until 15 minutes prior to the start of the workshop. Participants may put their name in each workshop lottery only once, but may put their name in as many different workshop lotteries as they choose. People must be physically present 15 minutes prior to the assigned workshop to hear if their name is called. If the person isn’t present, unfortunately their spot will be forfeited and another name will be called.


Friday, July 25
10:30–11:30	Slap Bracelet Pincushion Make and embellish a great wearable pincushion with Artgirlz wool felt beads.––Tracy Stilwell, Artgirlz
12:00–1:00	Mixed-media Mosaic Using decorative papers, fabrics, tiles, and paint, create a mosaic on a wooden plaque.— Michele Cushman, Expressly Yours Embellishments
1:30–2:30	From Photo to Art Learn the basics of printing photos on fabric and use your photos to create and embellish a beautiful fabric postcard. ––Betty Nicassio, Betty’s Photos on Fabric
3:00–4:00	Journal Quilts: Stamped, Stenciled, and Screened Have a murky understanding of screen-printing or other surface design techniques? All will be made clear to you as Pokey shares her stamps, screens, and other textile toys to make a one-of-a-kind journal quilt.-––Pokey Bolton, Cloth Paper Scissors®
4:30–5:30	Shiva® Paintstik® Bash Learn to work with Shiva Paintstiks, daubers, stencils, brushes, and other fun tools as we embellish a placemat and coordinating napkin.—Betty Blais, Embellishment Village
6:00–7:00	Sprays, Stencils, and Masks Learn some great layering techniques to create wonderful background fabrics.–– Lisa Engelbrecht, Cloth Paper Scissors®
Saturday, July 26
	Artful Adornments Paint, cut, rip, glue, and sew painted canvas to turn into beautiful canvas accessories. Great ideas and techniques will be presented for making beads and charms out of painted canvas.–– Alisa Burke, Cloth Paper Scissors®
11:45–12:45	*Artgirlz Mini Cone Girls* Make a mini cone pin with wool felt, charms, and beads.–– Tracy Stilwell, Artgirlz
1:15–2:15	Name Badge Holder Personalize a name badge with foil, stencils, beads, and fibers.–– Betty Blais, Embellishment Village
2:45–3:45	Two Pins and a Jewelry Pouch Create two pins using paints, glazes, and embellishments, and a small velvet bag to store them.–– Sally Richards, Creative Textile Zone
4:00–5:00	Fabric Paper Dolls With artist Patti Culea's tips and tricks, create and embellish your own paper doll.–– Patti Culea, Cloth Paper Scissors®
5:30–7:00	Surviving the Runway '70s Style: The Ultimate Creative Challenge with Cloth Paper Scissors® Participate in a fun collage and mixed-media challenge that will leave you in stitches. Free paints and mixed-media supplies for everyone, and an assortment of fantastic door prizes will be given to those who survive the runway!–– Pokey Bolton, Cloth Paper Scissors®
Sunday, July 27
10:30–11:30	Bold Blooms Learn simple painting techniques on canvas and transform the canvas into whimsical flowers that can be used in a variety of ways.––Alisa Burke, Cloth Paper Scissors®
12:00–1:00	*Resin Jewelry* Embed quilt art or interesting fabrics, paper, buttons, or beads to create resin pieces that can be used for pins, magnets, etc.–– Fran Valera, Little Windows™

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