Issue #11

In this issue of Quilting Arts Magazine® Embellishments you’ll find an easy and elegant coaster project, our Make It University ATC swap, and the latest cruise news.

Free-motion Stitched Coasters

By Patricia Bolton

MATERIALS

• Cedar Canyon Rubbing Plates (plates in these examples from the “Curves” set)
  
• Fabric crayons (I used Crayola® brand which can be found at any major craft store.)
  
• Sheets of white copy paper
  
• Masking tape
  
• Iron
  
• Pins
  
• Hand-dyed cotton fabric
• Interfacing such as Timtex or Peltex (low-loft batting would work as well)
  
• Sewing machine with free-motion capabilities, sewing threads
  
• Rotary cutter, ruler, and mat

DIRECTIONS

1. Tape rubbing plate to a table and tape a piece of white paper on top.
2. Use the fabric crayons to do a rubbing.
3. Set iron to the cotton setting and iron the paper with the rubbed image face down onto your hand-dyed fabric.
4. Pin the hand-dyed fabric to the interfacing and free-motion stitch around the lines of the transferred design.
5. Trim to 4" square and zigzag-stitch the edges.

You can also use Shiva Paintstiks with the rubbing plates. These can be applied directly to fabric taped on top of a rubbing plate. Allow to cure for three days and then free-motion stitch. For more ideas with Shiva Paintstiks and rubbing plates, see Shelley Stokes’ book, Paintstiks on Fabric.

Interested in making other small projects? See D’Arcy-Jean Milne's book, Fabric Leftovers: Simple, adaptable ways to use up scraps.

We invite you to try these new products on our website.

Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Powders
Designed to match the Distress Ink colors, these powders have a special property that creates a textured look of days gone by.

Cedar Canyon Rubbing Plates
From elegant to whimsical, these rubbing plates have pizzazz.

Transparencies
Fun designs for book arts, ATCs, and collage.

Cruise Countdown

There are limited spots remaining for our Fabulous Fiber Art & Creative Embroidery Cruise to Alaska. Take classes with Jan Beaney and Jean Littlejohn, Beryl Taylor, and Patricia Bolton, enjoy Holland America’s sumptuous cruise services, and hobnob with other fiber arts enthusiasts while enjoying the spectacular scenery of Alaska.

Check out the cruise highlights...

 

Calling All Artists

Along with our adult readers, we’d like to challenge creative kids and teens to make up to five ATCs each and bring them to trade at our Make It University booth at the International Quilt Festival in Chicago April 13-15. This is our last big ATC swap, so teachers, Scout leaders, parents, and grandparents, get your junior artists creating and bring them, and their ATCs, along with you to the show.

Check out the Make It University schedule of events...

« Previous e-Newsletter | Next e-Newsletter »