30

Right: Lotus by Alma de la Melena Cox,

Telemadera Fusion, Page 30

70

Below: Kitten with Scissors (detail) by Mati

Rose McDonough, Artist Profile, Page 52

Hannah Leigh necklace

by Tina Givens, Sherbet Girl Necklaces,
Page 70

features

28

18 Pop-up Fold-out
Neighborhood Shrine
SUZIE WOLFER
Reminisce and re-create in 3-D

24 Dream Houses, Part I

Making a painted and
stitched fabric house

52
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J U D Y C O AT E S P E R E Z

contents
42

30 Telamadera Fusion
Bringing wood and fabric together
ALMA DE LA MELENA COX

24

Right: Dream
Houses by
Judy Coates
Perez, Dream
Houses Part I,
Page 24

36 Something Fishy
Hand-tinted photos on fabric:
the disperse-dye method
DIANE HERBORT

42 Take Me to Thy Cupcakery

KELLI PERKINS
Create a tasty mixed-media book

48 Dyed in the Wool

BAILEY CURTIS
Turn white wool into a
wonderful landscape

62

52 Artist Profile:
Mati Rose McDonough

Above: Cupcake book

by Kelli Perkins, Take
Me to Thy Cupcakery,
Page 42
Right: Soul Clothes by
Nic Hohn, Page 62
Below: Pomegranate
collage by Jane
LaFazio, Paper on
Cloth, Page 82

each issue

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

Musings

Now Read This

The In-Box

Who Did This?

10

Popping the Question:

If you had to throw something
out of your studio and needed to
give it up for whatever reason,
what would it be?

12

The Workshop:

14

JENN MASON

Marketplace

86

Classifieds and Ad Index

93

Tuesdays We Do the Wash

96

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

On the cover: Dream Houses by Judy

Coates Perez

MARCH/APRIL 2008

LESLEY RILEY
Lyrical digital collages

62 Soul Clothes
Art addressing matters of the heart
NIC HOHN

66 Self-Made
A chat with professional artist
and fabric designer Tina Givens
PAT R I C I A B O LT O N

Using Die-cuttting Machines

to Enhance Your Art

82

58 Artist to Artist with Lynda Boltz

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

70 Sherbet Girl Necklaces

TINA GIVENS
Make a fanciful fashion statement

72 Heavens to Etsy!
The Internet giant of
handmade stuff
76 Collaged Affirmations
K E L LY R A E R O B E R T S

82 Paper on Cloth
J A N E L A FA Z I O
Painted and stitched mixed-media
collages