Issue #16

In this issue of Quilting Arts Magazine® Embellishments you’ll learn news about two all-call challenges for special exhibits at Make It University!™ with CLOTH PAPER SCISSORS® at the International Quilt Festival/Spring in Chicago, plus you’ll find Asian-inspired patterns and surface design materials to use in fiber art projects for your quilts, your home, or to wear.

Challenge 1 – It's Home Grown!

We’re planning two special reader art exhibits at Make it University!™ with Cloth Paper Scissors® at the International Quilt Festival/Spring in Chicago April 13-15, and we’re offering two challenges from which we’ll choose the art.

For this first challenge, make a mixed-media accordion-style book that is inspired by your local surroundings. Perhaps you're like fiber artist Jean Littlejohn who finds great inspiration from cracks in pavement and manhole covers to create her grid series. Or maybe you take walks at your local arboretum and you want to capture the beauty of all that foliage. Whatever your local inspiration may be, we hope you'll capture it in a mixed-media accordion-style book for prominent display in Chicago .

For more details on the challenge and requirements, plus tips on how to make an accordion-style book visit our website.

Have fun and good luck!

Challenge 2 – Flower Power: The Paper Quilt

Make a mixed-media paper quilt that incorporates a floral theme, be it natural flowers from your garden or wild, stylized, ‘60s-inspired posies. You are encouraged, but not required, to use a sewing machine for quilting your paper quilt.

For more details on the challenge and requirements, plus tips on how to make a paper quilt, visit our website.

Have fun and good luck!

Make a Kanji Coat

This loose-fitting finger-tip or 3/4-length coat features an asymmetrical lapel closure and appliqué designs including a knot, Japanese fan, and kanji characters for Peace, Love, and Happiness. Includes sizes XS through 5X.

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Try on a Kimono Jacket & Vest

A lined vest or jacket comes in two lengths with a kimono-style band and very loose fit. Includes sizes XS through 3XL.

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Warm up with a Tea Cozy

The Lazy Morning Tea Cozy pattern includes three designs, the Fan, the House, and the Wave. It includes tips for variations on the design (such as a crown or an animal shape) and recommendations for alternative embellishments (such as fabric leaves or beads).

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Add Asian Flair

Use these surface design elements to create interest on any of your fiber art projects:

 

 

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