Right: Painted & Embossed

Hardware by Julaine
Lofquist-Birch, Page 22

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46

features
18 Illuminated Velvet
J A C I N TA L E I S H M A N
Embossing velvet with paint and heat

22 Painted & Embossed Hardware

J U L A I N E L O F Q U I S T- B I R C H
Beautiful art from junk metal

30

26 Letter Imperfect
LEANN MEIXNER

Above: Fabric charms by

Ruth Rae, Sew Charming, Page 30
Left: Gift cards and artful boxes by
Jane Dvila, Signed, Sealed
Delivered..., Page 46

TABLE OF

Stencils and stamps that invoke the

graffiti look

30 Sew Charming
RUTH RAE
Fabric charms from fibers and frills

34 The Paper Quilt: Quilt, collage,

and painting in one
KELLI PERKINS

contents

40 Sitting Pretty
an accordion-style book
B E R Y L T AY L O R

42 Recipe for Creativity

B A R B A R A L AW R E N C E
Using vinyl and collage to create a
keepsake

45 Join Our Collaged and Stitched

Recipe Card Swap!
46 Signed, Sealed, Delivered
JANE DVILA AND
E L I N WA T E R S T O N
Decorating gift-card boxes
for art cards

72

Above (and on cover): Collage by

Anahata Katkin, The Big Picture:
Creative journaling on a large scale, Page 72

76
Musings

Now Read This

The In-Box

Who Did This?

10

Popping the Question:

12

Where do you do it?

Tips and tricks with transparencies

42

14

Submissions

65

Marketplace

86

Classifieds and Ad Index

95

Dream a Little Dream of Me

96

L O R E T TA B E N E D E T T O M A R V E L

Left: Recipe cards by Barbara Lawrence,

Recipe for Creativity, Page 42
Above: Accordion book by Jacinta Leishman,
Illuminated Velvet, Page 18
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52 Artist Profile: Janet Bolton

C AT E C O U L A C O S P R AT O

58 Artist to Artist with Laini Taylor

LESLEY RILEY

62 Bird by Bird
Mini art quilts from a swap hosted
by Shari Beaubien

66 Modular Media
C H E R Y L P R AT E R
Little projects become central elements
in larger work

PAT R I C I A B O LT O N

MAY/JUNE 2007

J E N N I F E R VA L E N T I N E
Breathing life into objects once
deemed undesirable

each issue

The Workshop: Clear Advantage

48 Lost and Found

C L O T H P A P E R SC I S S O R S

72 The Big Picture: Creative

journaling on a large scale
A N A H ATA K AT K I N

76 Painting Out the Panic

L I N D A E D K I N S W YAT T
One womans therapeutic art journey

80 An Artists Passion
Revealed in Portraits
ALMA STOLLER
Mixed-media portraits that tell a story