Announcing BEAD IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT

I've been working on something of an adventure this past year. I think for most people it would have taken a month or two - but as with everything ART related in my life it had to fit into the little nooks and crannies of time left to the mother of five busy and extremely talented children. (Biased? Why yes I am.)

Announcing my new DVD workshop 

BEAD IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT


In this workshop I will teach you the basic techniques for embellishing fabric with beads including
sewing one bead on at a time
sewing beads in a solid line
curving, joining, or splitting a line of beads
sewing on chunky beads
making funky stacks
creating a beaded bezel to hold a cabochon
adding bead to the top of a finished quilt with no knots or mess on the back!

To celebrate the launch of this new DVD a number of my very favorite artists are posting reviews on their blogs over the next month. Please stop by each one and see what they have to say.

Sep 15  Larkin Van Horn http://blog.larkinart.com/

Sept 16 Susan Sorell http://www.creativechick.com/blog/ 

Sept 19 Kelli Nina Perkins http://ephemeralalchemy.blogspot.com/ 

Sept 21  Sharon Chapman http://wildflowerhouse.blogspot.com/ 

Sept 23 Leslie Jennison http://leslietuckerjenison.blogspot.com/ 

Sept 26 Carla Sonheim http://carlasonheim.wordpress.com/ 

Sept 28 Gloria Hansen http://www.gloriahansen.com/weblog/ 

Sept 30 Laura Wasilowski http://artfabrik.blogspot.com/ 

Oct 3  Carol Sloan http://carolbsloan.blogspot.com/ 

Oct 5 Sue Bleiweiss http://www.suebleiweiss.com/blog/ 

Oct 7  Jill Berry http://jillberrydesign.com/blog/ 

Oct 10 Jane LaFazio http://janeville.blogspot.com/ 

Oct 12 Tracie Lynn Huskamp http://thereddoor-studio.blogspot.com/

And if you simply can't wait - you can buy it here.

For Your Inspiration: Asheville, NC

Creativity Coach, Whitney Ferre 

is giving away a copy of

Art + Quilt: Design principles and creativity exercises 

on her blog today

Head on over and leave a comment for a chance to win

You can read about her in this recent interview with her

For Your Inspiration: A Rainy Day at the Beach

And the winner is....

The winner of the giveaway is...

SHARON of Wildflower House

Sharon Chapman of Wildflower House

"I like your citra-solv post. I love tutorials and would love to see more in the future. Fingers crossed on the books. Thanks!ALSO LOVE THE SHOES AND WILL GIVE THAT A TRY IF I CAN GET MY DOGGGIE TO GIVE THEM BACK!"

If you get the chance stop by and visit her blog which is full of wonderful artwork.

Thank you so much for all of your comments and suggestions. Overwhelmingly you are interested in tutorials. Looks like I have my work cut out for me. If there is anything specific that you want me to make a tutorial for, please let me know.

On-Line Class: Freeform Screenprinting

I'm teaching one of my favorite on-line classes soon over at QuiltUniversity.com

Freeform Screen Printing

four lessons, one opening each week
beginning September 9th
closes October 29th - giving you extra time to do the lessons

      OUTLINE

• Lesson One
• Preparing your materials and workspace
• The mechanics of printing
• Paper stencil screens
• Lesson Two
• Found materials and other resists
• Finger blending
• Plastic stencil screens
• Bonus - discharge printing
• Lesson Three
• Flour paste screens
• Preparing images for Thermofax screens
• Printing with Thermofax screens
• Printing yardage
• Lesson Four
• Cheap and easy home-made frames
• Glue and paint screens
• Spray paint screens
• Bonus - drawing fluid and filler

I hope to see you there! We'll have a ton of fun - and best of all, you don't have to haul stuff anywhere!

ARTSPARK Giveaway Day 10!

Today it's Melanie Testa's turn
You can click HERE to read an interview I did with Melanie way back when.
Or HERE to read a review of her book.
You could win both if you leave a comment on Melanie's blog!

Last chance!
Hurry to each of these blogs and leave a comment on the giveaway post in order to win!

Wed August 10 Carla Sonhiem http://carlasonheim.wordpress.com/
Thurs August 11 Diana Trout  http://dianatrout.typepad.com/blog/ 
Fri August 12 Gloria Hansen http://www.gloriahansen.com/weblog/ 
Sat August 13 Tracie Lyn Huskamp http://thereddoor-studio.blogspot.com/
Sun August 14 Jane LaFazio http://JaneVille.blogspot.com 
Mon August 15 Jill Berry http://jillberrydesign.com/blog/
Tues August 16 Judy Coates Perez  http://judyperez.blogspot.com
Wed August 17 Kelli Nina Perkins http://ephemeralalchemy.blogspot.com/ 
Thurs August 18 Lyric Kinard http://lyrickinard.blogspot.com/
Fri August 19 Melanie Testa http://www.melanietesta.com/mtype/