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CREATE with Cloth Paper Scissors Mixed Media Retreat
www.clothpaperscissorsretreat.com
August 25-29, 2010
Rosemont Hotel (just outside of Chicago)
Join Cloth Paper Scissors at an event that celebrates artistic expression through Mixed-Media unlike any other. CREATE with Cloth Paper Scissors is a Retreat that brings together inspiring artist instructors and enthusiastic participant artists of all levels for an exciting weekend of workshops, special contests & prizes, shopping opportunities, and the first annual Mixed Media Mixer.
CREATE features workshops with your favorite artists from the pages of Cloth Paper Scissors including Pokey Bolton, Judy Coates Perez, Leslie Jenison, Jeanne Moore, Leilani Pearson, Jane Davila, Susie Monday, Jane LaFazio, Kelli Perkins, Beryl Taylor, Bob Maloney, Jenn Mason and many more!
Learn more about the techniques you love...
Collage, Screen Printing, Layering, Hand Stitching, Machine Stitching, Mono Printing, Screen Printing, Thread Painting, Tea Dyeing, Hand Painting, Emboss, Embellish,Journal…you can do it all at CREATE.
Join us at CREATE in August. Purchase a full package for the best rate or develop your own schedule and pay-per-class.
Register today at
www.clothpaperscissorsretreat.com
other events
Make It
University! at International Quilt Festival/Long Beach
July
23-25, 2010 
Long Beach, California
Long Beach Convention &
Entertainment Center
It’s that time again! Quilts Inc. and the
publishers of Cloth Paper Scissors® magazine are proud to bring you Make
It University!™ with Cloth Paper Scissors®, a place for artistic
discovery. Come join us right on the show floor where mixed-media,
paper, and fiber art vendors will be selling one-of-a-kind mixed-media
supplies, books, kits, novelty papers, embellishment supplies, and
paints. There will be lots of hands-on, hour-long workshops,
demonstrations, and challenges you can sign up for on the show
floor—everything from fabric postcards and mixed-media jewelry to
embossed metal designs.
Make It University!™ with Cloth Paper
Scissors® Workshops
These workshops will be taught by
exhibitors and artists in the Make It University!™ with Cloth Paper
Scissors® section, with a maximum of 25 people per session. The fee for
each workshop is $10, and workshop participation will be determined by
lottery. Each workshop will have its own lottery. The lottery will open
for each workshop the day the workshop is given, and people may put
their name in each workshop lottery from the time the show opens that
day up until 15 minutes prior to the start of the workshop. Participants
may put their name in each workshop lottery only once, but may put
their name in as many different workshop lotteries as they choose.
People must be physically present 15 minutes prior to the assigned
workshop to hear if their name is called. If the person isn’t present,
unfortunately their spot will be forfeited and another name will be
called.
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THURSDAY
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6:00-7:00
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Fabulous Painted Clutch
Join lettering artist Lisa Engelbrecht as we have a fabric paint party and create a beautiful hand painted clutch. Inspired by the beautiful work of Alisa Burke we'll start with lovely backgrounds on canvas and then add free form doodles, inspirational words and flowers. No art experience is necessary to have fantastic results! The clutch will be assembled and ready for finish sewing at your home machine. All materials provided ...Let's play!
—Lisa Engelbrecht
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7:00-8:30
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Raffle! —Pokey Bolton
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FRIDAY
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10:30-11:30
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—Pokey Bolton
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Fly Your Own Colors: Personal Flag Banners
Create a mini flag banner with 5 pieces of primed canvas and acrylic paint. The flags will be stapled to zipper trim, ready to hang in a treasured spot.
—Jamie Fingal and Leslie Tucker Jenison |
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Recycling Remix
Find inspiration and learn all kinds of techniques to transform a variety of recycled and everyday materials. From fusing plastic to using junk mail to upcycling fabric, you will think twice about the the things you throw away!
—Alisa Burke |
| 3:00-4:00 |
Embossed Metal Origami Pop Up Book
Incorporating aluminum craft metal, embossing, alcohol inks and folded paper, create a fun little art book, using the fundamentals of origami to create expanding pop up pages.
—Judy Perez |
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4:30-5:30
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Fused Landscape Quilts From Men’s Ties
Mistyfuse strips and pieces of vintage ties to complete a small landscape quilt. Learn to create a background, horizon and foreground.
—Jeannie Moore
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6:00-7:00
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Resin Jewelry and Much More
Embed quilt art or interesting fabrics, paper, buttons, or beads to create resin pieced that can be used for pins, magnets, and more
—Fran Valera, Little Windows™
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SATURDAY
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10:15-11:15
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Beading’ & Creating a ‘Woolie’- Gem Pin
During this hour-long make-it class everyone will have the chance to run their fingers through lots of beads to pick out and stitch onto the provided felted ‘woolie’. With the beads in place participants will learn how to take the additional steps needed to turn it into a pin that they will soon wearing and showing off.
—Rose Hughes |
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Fantastic Fabric Flowers
Flowers are popping up everywhere these days- from clothing to accessories to mixed media projects. Learn how to create a variety of flowers out of fabric scraps and create you very own floral embellishments.
—Alisa Burke |
| 1:15-2:15 |
Mixed Media Box to Go
Go Wild by painting a paper take out box with acrylic paint, utilizing patterns and complimentary colors
—Jamie Fingal and Leslie Tucker Jenison |
| 2:45-3:45 |
Fabulous Painted Clutch
Join lettering artist Lisa Engelbrecht as we have a fabric paint party and create a beautiful hand painted clutch. Inspired by the beautiful work of Alisa Burke we'll start with lovely backgrounds on canvas and then add free form doodles, inspirational words and flowers. No art experience is necessary to have fantastic results! The clutch will be assembled and ready for finish sewing at your home machine. All materials provided ...Let's play!
—Lisa Engelbrecht |
| 4:00-5:00 |
Pull Up A Chair!
Do you love the timeless beauty of French chairs--those curvaceous lines, those lovely legs and plump cushions? Using original patterns, stencils, paper, fabric and paint, you will create your own personal chair collection to use in mixed media projects
—Linda Blinn |
| 5:30-7:00 |
Surviving the Runway: Life’s a Beach
Wonderful assortment of prizes to those who survive the runway!
—Pokey Bolton |
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SUNDAY
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Stitch and Paint Canvas Book Cover
Learn to paint fruit on a pre-stitched canvas with watercolor crayons. Easy techniques will be taught to complete the quilted book cover. How to do your own stitching at home will also be discussed.
—Jeanne Moore |
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Creating Super-Simple ‘Woolies’ (technique)
In this one-hour make-it class everyone will learn the basic how-to’s of taking simple materials, wool-roving and scraps of batting and turn them into small, soft and very dimensional embellishments. Once created participants are able to use their ‘woolies’ to add character and sparkle to many projects, or to create fun-to-wear, fun-to-share jewelry.
—Rose Hughes |
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