Issue #8

In this issue of Quilting Arts Magazine® Embellishments you'll learn how to make an exclusive Fabric Coffee Cuff with Angelina Film and discover our expanded array of special online sale items.

more coffee cuffs, please?

In the Winter 2006 issue of Quilting Arts Magazine®, D’Arcy-Jean Milne shows how to make her fabulous fabric coffee cuffs with two exclusive variations just for our readers. Want to make a quick and easy stocking stuffer while playing with Angelina film? Here is another coffee cuff Patricia Bolton whipped up, mixing Angelina Film, Misty-Fuse, and metallic thread. More of Darcy's coffee cuff variations can be found in her book, Fabric Leftovers: Simple, Adaptable Ways to Use Up Scraps.

Patricia's Angelina Film Coffee Cuff
Note: Angelina film fuses to itself and variegates in color when ironed at the silk setting. In this activity we're going to simultaneously bond it to Misty-fuse.

MATERIALS

• 3-5 different colors of Angelina Film
  
• White Misty-Fuse
  
• Scissors, sewing pins, and tracing pen
  
• Black wool felt (If you don't have black wool felt handy, you can use any dark cotton fabric or velvet that has been fused to a low loft cotton batting or stabilizer such as Timtex or Peltex.)
  
• Sewing machine and metallic thread
  
• Iron and ironing board
  
• Piece of organza in a bright color (Should be roughly 8" x 8" in size.)
  
• Craft sheet or sheet of parchment paper
• Coffee cuff pattern (Found in either Quilting Arts Magazine® Winter 2006 or Darcy's book.)
  
• Heat gun (optional)

DIRECTIONS

1. Cut each of the colors of your Angelina film into 6" Lengths and set aside. Cut the Misty-Fuse into (3) 4 x 6 pieces.
2. From your pile of cut Angelina film, take 2 different colors of Angelina film and place on top of one another on your ironing board.
3. Place a piece of the cut Misty-Fuse on top of the 2 pieces of angelina film.
4. Place your craft sheet or parchment paper on top of the "sandwich" and, with iron on the silk setting, iron for 3-5 seconds. You have now fused the sheets of Angelina film to each other and to the Misty-Fuse.
5. Cut the sheets into squares of various sizes.
6. Repeat steps 4-7 for other color combinations of Angelina film.
7. Randomly place the Angelina squares onto your background fabric making sure the Misty-Fuse is on the back, facing the background fabric. Place smaller Angelina squares on top of larger squares.
8. Carefully take the arrangement to your ironing board and iron for 3-5 seconds, making sure to place the parchment paper or craft sheet on top of the arrangement prior to ironing.
9. Pin a piece of organza on top of the fused arrangement, and with metallic thread, randomly sew along the lines of the various squares. Optional: If you'd like a more textured, distressed look you can take a heat gun and very carefully (and quickly) use it on various parts of the piece. Be careful not to overheat or your Angelina film will lose its color.
10. On the back side of the piece, trace the coffee cuff pattern, cut it out, and zigzag stitch the edges of the cuff, then turn inside out to straight-stitch the two edges closed.

Take a closer look at Patricia's Angelina Film Coffee Cuff

more online bargains

We’ve just added more book titles, fibers, and surface design products to our online store sale page, including:

• Popular books like Lesley Riley’s Quilted Memories, Beryl Taylor’s Mixed Media Explorations, Free Expression by Robbi Joy Eklow, and many more.
  
• Treenway Silk threads and ribbons.
  
• Sherrill Kahn's Travel Paint Studio.
  
• EQ Printables Premium Cotton Lawn Inkjet Fabric Sheets.
  
• Misty-Fuse in black and white.
  
• Plus stamps, silks, and our 2-for-1 calendar offer.

And remember, Quilting Arts Magazine® subscribers receive an additional 10 percent off the sale prices at our online store.

Check out all our sale items.

 

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