Calling all lovers of found objects! I love to embrace the found object. My little girls know this so well they are always bringing me things on their walk home from school. What I haven...
Happy New Year! Are you ready for a fantastic New Year filled with art making? I sure am. We’ve got great art coming your way in every issue of Cloth Paper Scissors magazine , from January all the...
Uh-oh. It's that time again. Time to make last-minute gifts out of supplies I already have in my studio....
My husband wears jeans every day for work, and he goes through them at an alarming rate. Several years ago I started saving the pockets for future upcycling into fabric art . Now I have a stack of pockets...
Like most people I know, I have been trying to lessen the clutter in my home and studio. I admit, one of the categories of supplies that has been relegated to the "out" box is my stash of rubber...
When I spied these adorable Chirpy Birdhouse Pendants on the cover of Handcrafted Jewelry magazine (a special issue from the editors of Beadwork), I immediately sidled up to him, directions in hand....
If you read this blog frequently, you know how much I admire artist Beryl Taylor and her mixed-media fabric art . The magic of Beryl's work is not just in its beauty. What's amazing is how she...
Perhaps no one has made more beautiful use of dryer sheets than Natalya Aikens, who wrote about her digital art printing and painting process for Cloth Paper Scissors magazine....
This is when the gift-making season goes into high gear, so I thought I would round up some of my favorite easy gifts to make from around the Cloth Paper Scissors community. There's sure to be something...
Looking for something new to try in your next studio session? Have you looked into encaustic art yet? I have been wanting to use encaustic medium in my art for some time now. After watching Amy Stoner’s...
Back in the '70s when I was learning to sew (badly) and the fiber art traditions were experiencing a renaissance (the first time), I fancied that I would like to make a quilt. Specifically, I wanted...
Felt is one of the most versatile art and craft fabrics. You can glue it or stitch it, and because it doesn't fray you don't have to worry about turning in any edges. I keep pieces of craft felt...
Here is why I have such a hard time getting rid of anything in my stash. It seems as though the very minute I decide I don't really need something because I rarely use it, a mixed-media art technique...
Recently I asked our Facebook friends for their favorite low- or no-cost art supplies for mixed media . In mere minutes our resourceful followers provided a long list of ideas — some familiar and...
No, we're not giving away Ty Pennington. We're giving away some of his very cool fabrics. But first, a little about Ty. When the TLC reality show "Trading Spaces" first debuted, I was...
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