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Celebrating our
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10 innovative
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Cover art by Ana Buzzalino  Experiments with Thermofax®
table of 58 Printing t Lynn Krawczyk
Easy methods for unconventional
surface design
 Printing with a Brayer t Lisa Kerpoe
Quick & easy ways to jazz up fabrics
 Plein Air Printing t Wen Redmond
Go green & print with natural items
 Serendipitous Screen Printing
design & stitch Diane Rusin Doran
 THREAD SKETCHING 101 Achieve painterly results with leftover
materials
Susan Brubaker Knapp
Lesson 6: Focus on movement  Super Simple Silk Screening
Enid Gjelten Weichselbaum
 QUILTED & PAINTED CANVASES Surface design with everyday supplies
Ana Buzzalino
Create unique backgrounds for your art quilts  Light Up Your Art Quilts
Cheryl Sleboda
 METAL AS A SURFACE EMBELLISHMENT Embellishing with LED electronics
Mary Hettmansperger  A Simple Approach to Digital
Part 3: Metal cloth
Imagery on Fabric t
Liz Kettle
 CREATING YOUR OWN CLOTH Transfers with water-soluble paper
FROM STITCH  Textile Technique Book
Jan Beaney and Jean Littlejohn Jill Amanda Kennedy
Two approaches to needle felting Showcase your creative experiments

in profile  Putting It In Reverse t Beryl Taylor

Machine reverse appliqué sampler
& gallery
 ARTIST PROFILE: SUE BENNER
Pippa Eccles
departments
 EDITOR’S NOTE
70  Take It Away! t Pokey Bolton
Playing with discharge medium

 “A SENSE OF DIRECTION: SIGHTLINES”  LETTERS FROM READERS

Select pieces from a unique exhibition Birthday postcards to Quilting Arts
 IN THE SPOTLIGHT:  CALL FOR ENTRIES
Mary Pal  ABOUT OUR CONTRIBUTORS
 SAVE MY UFO READER CHALLENGE
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visit quiltingarts.com  MINDING YOUR BUSINESS
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Download a design from Susan Brubaker Jane Dávila
Establishing a career in the arts
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Check out more art by Ana Buzzalino,
Mary Hettmansperger, Sue Benner,
Jan Beaney, and Jean Littlejohn.
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fabric card by Cheryl Sleboda.
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about the processes in “10 Innovative  GODDESS OF THE LAST MINUTE
readers and contributors, see page 6.
Techniques.” Robbi Joy Eklow

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