In celebration of the Liquitex® Surface Design Center launch into retail stores this January, our final giveaway for 2009 will be a fabulous Surface Design kit! It will include everything you need to make something great and have an awesome time doing it:
- Jane Dávila’s Surface Design Essentials (new in January!)
- 3 Liquitex® acrylic paints (in primary colors)
- Liquitex® fabric medium
- a set of brushes
- large Ready-to-Go! Blank Canvas Book
If you’d like to be in the running for the Surface Design kit, leave a comment here or on Facebook telling us what you like about painting on fabric or what you’d like to make with this kit. One commenter will be chosen at random on Monday and we’ll announce the winner later that day. Good luck!
Comments will close at 9am PST on Monday, 12/28/09.
We are taking a couple of weeks off from Weekly Giveaways to do a blog candy brainstorm and line up some awesome giveaway items for you. Never fear though—our weekly giveaways will resume on Tuesday, January 12th!
122 Comments
WOW! As soon as I saw this I perked right up! What a fabulous giveaway and what an exciting product idea! I “play” with painting on fabric….I say “play” because I have yet to make anything I consider usable in a quilt; I also have yet to find a product or combination that really works for me with satisfying results. I think a lot of it has to do with my application technique. That’s why I was so excited when I saw this…a kit! Everything I need to get started. Win or not I’ve got to have this! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
I would love to do something arty. I would love to decorate a journal for some artwork. I have never known how or where to start but this package looks like the perfect way to get started. I would so love to win this.
What an exciting new product and a great giveaway. What I like about this is that you can create your own design and have fun with the delightful colors. You can also use this to embellish on existing fabrics, to enhance the design or colors. Such fun! I’d love to play with it!
I hope everyone at the C&T staff has a very Merry Christmas!
SewCalGal
http://www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com
I read a magazine and I want to make things. I heat delicious cupcakes and a I want to make things. I walk and I want do make things. I breath and I want to make things. I’m starting to suspect that making things with my hands is what I live for. I saw this post and thought that maybe its time to start. Maybe I’ll do a painted silk scarf, or a visual diary on fabric. Maybe I’ll paint my skirts and shirts or bright blue skies on my curtains. I’ll definitely make something with my hands even if I don’t win this kit. :)
What I would paint on fabric? Hmmm – I saw a cool idea with a fake necklace on a t-shirt today. That could be interesting to try with paints versus the cut out flowers the blogger had used.
I would likely use it to embellish small projects–journal covers or purses or ipod cases…….
Wow, what a great giveaway!
I like this fabulous and exciting new product.
To me the possibilities are almost endless: I love creating own designs, embellishing existing fabrics, enhancing designs or colors.
I hope I’m the lucky one to win so I can try it out real soon!
A very Merry Christmas to everyone at the C&T staff!
geni
@ Loose Ends
I just want to play with paint on fabric. I’ve been wanting this book ever since I’ve seen it on the C&T site. To have it with a kit would just be AWESOME!
What a fun set to win!! It would just be fun to play with painting on fabric and seeing how the designs in my head played out on fabric. I’d probably start small w/fat qtr. sizes and make a neat personalized journal cover for me and a friend. Thanks for the great blog, I’ve learned a lot and enjoyed the inspirations. Happy Holidays!!
Oh, this is my cup of tea! I’d love to make a special wedding gift. Our older daughter is getting married in 2010, and I can only imagine the possibilities this kit would make possible. Merry Christmas to all!
I love all of Jane’s books. I use them to self teach and have found her directions and examples just what I need to complete a small project. I’d love to give this one a try. I have painted on fabric and love the freedom paint gives you. I’d love to win this package!
Happy Holidays Everyone!
WOW! What a LOVELY giveaway – course all your giveaways are LOVELY!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS to everyone & all the BESTEST of everything in 2010!!!
I love painting on fabric, I can usually paint a fabric to fill in for a fabric I can’t find. I also enjoy reading Jane’s books and her blog.
Happy holidays everyone, I can’t wait to find this item in the store, its on my list for the new year.
Oh, what a great giveaway. I’d make some fancy labels for my quilts. I’ve been trying to figure out how to make a really nice, unique label for a quilt I’m giving my cousin for his wedding in May, and this might be the ticket!!!
Happy Holidays!!!
Wow… this is awesome!! What a giveaway…. win or not… I will be involved with this product..
This kit looks wonderful! I use paints on fabric to turn it into the fabric I need. I tone down bright colors, brighten and lighten areas to simulate sunlight, and add details. My favorite use for surface design is to extend the look of printed photos onto the fabric surrounding it. See my quilt “…I Pray for Peace” at http://anitaheadyfiberarts.blogspot.com/2008/08/asheville-quilt-show.html . My son is back in Afghanistan again and I plan to make more quilts in this series.
I love to experiment with paint on hand made felt. It has so much texture and adding paint gives it one more layer of interest.
This looks like an awesome give away. My painting on fabric has included painting/stenciling snowflakes on a fabric tree skirt that I made for my son and daughter-in-law. It was lots of fun. I’d like to try more.
Painting on fabric is one of the most creative things you can do – the ability to have sme control and yet get serendipitous results is fantastic.
I would love to play with acrylic paints and this would be a perfect introductory kit!!! Looking forward to seeing the display in an LQS near me.
Beth-Near Chicago
Actually I’m considering teaching my daughter how to paint on fabric…she’s been painting on paper and sewing on fabric…it’s about time she put the two together.
I love painting on canvas and have never tried a book it would be so much fun over the Christmas gbreak.
I want to make personalized things for the kids. Arty T-shirts, Ipod covers, and journal covers. and Oh, heck. A cool looking bed for my dog.
I have enjoyed one workshop with paints on fabric. It was such a freeing experience. Compared to the precision involved in the quilting process I felt I had wings. I’d look forward to giving it my all once again. BarbR on Oahu
It sounds like a great product. I’d make padfolios, journals, wearable art, wall quilts-much prefer painting on fabric to dyeing it.
I am very excited about the new products on the way. Would love to try this one out.
Wow! Would love to try this new technique. Looks like loads of fun!
Looks like a fun process. Would love to paint on shirts for some wonderful friends of mine.
Thanks for offering wonderful giveaway
Wow!! what fun please enter me in this great give away, I would like to experiment with painting on fabric, to eventually work it in to a quilt!!
Wow, what a generous giveaway! I would make a art quilt, which I have never done before. Thanks for the chance to win!
Hola, os escribo desde España, me encanta lo de pintar en tela, hace poco hice un curso de diversas técnicas de pintura sobre seda y algodón y fué fabuloso. Me encantaría ganar el kit.
I love to paint fabric, and would probably use these products and ideas in an art quilt.
what a nice giveaway…
would love to try!
put me in the hat. . .
I’m always experimenting with painting on fabric. Love to try this product.
I would love to win this kit! I paint a lot on unpimed canvas buthave ot used the Liquitex Fabric Medium nor the blank canvas book. I am a lettering artist, so I would use all this “stuff” to paint and letter a book – probably for my niece Amelia who is 15 months. She loves chickens!
I love anything surface design – this is an awesome giveaway! The feel of paint under my nails, the unending angst about washing out my brush versus just swiping it all over any surface that isn’t moving to see what serendipity brings….
edie
Thanks for the generous giveaway. I have never painted on fabric and would love to give it a try. Looks like a wonderful kit.
what a nice giveaway…
would love to try!
put me in the hat. . .
I would love to make a fantastic art quilt using this stuff!
Painting on fabrics is something I want to explore again. There are so many new products out. I used to do it, years ago, so hoping I can do more this year.
Debbie
Great giveaway, the book looks very interesting. Painting on fabric is something I have been wanting to try and what a great way to learn. I think the book would be great to use to document my work in a different way.
@ctpublishing happy holidays to you.Here is to another year of beautiful quilts and art appreciation. My world got a bit more colorful :)
via Twitoaster
I’m an American living in Ukraine now for 15 years. No scrapbooking shops here and not much craft stuff so I’d be real excited to win this new product. Or I can have a friend send it in. I am an art quilter and am so pleased to have found your website this morning.
Merry Christmas to you all,
Coleen
http://teaontheterrace.blogspot.com/
This looks like a “Must have” kit. I adore fabric painting. whether it is the entire image or just for little touches.
I have not seen the Liqidtex products in my area yet but I am on the look out.
I’ll keep my fingers crossed for this giveaway :-)
This is a whole new area for me. I would like to explore painting on fabric to find new ways of creating my own designs.
I’m not sure what I would do with the surface design kit – but I’d love to try it. I love the look of stitches over painted fabric. I need to expand my artistic horizons and skills!
Thanks for the giveaway!
I haven’t done a lot of painting on fabric, but I would certainly like to try. The book idea sounds fabulous.
What an awesome looking product! Iwould love to try it out!
I love the process of painting on fabric! I have dabbled in a few techniques and would like to learn more. What really excites me is the ability to make my own designs and use them in quilts, fabric beads and mixed media pieces! Recently I have started to work on artists books. The canvas book in the kit sounds like something I would like to try out. Thanks for putting together a kit with everything I need to start the process.
Looks like a great craft to start the new year. I’m looking forward to trying it
Ooh what a great set to win. I would start with making fabric postcards to send out to friends. (Everyone loves fun mail.) after I get comfortable with it, I would try painting on my quilt to make it more unique and my own. There are so many possibilities.
Oh, please, please, please let it not be to late to enter the drawing! I have been keeping up with the release of this book and inks, etc. I am hoping I can get my LQS owner to carry this book and products in the shop after the first of the year. I would be a step ahead of everyone in the area if I had my own set! m-m-m quilts, wall hangings, postcardscome to mind thinking about what I would use them for.
Painting on Fabric allows me to create using a personal expression of myself. Whether it be a favourite flower growing in my own backyard or a happy snap, a little bit of me goes in every design. the chance to be able to use different mediums to create my personal expression would be fantastic.
Have a lovely Christmas Break girls and thankyou so much for all your inspiration throughout the year :-)
love this kit…I would use it to decorate a canvas book then do some free machine embroidery all over it
I love the combining of two of my passions: fabric and paint!
Art Quilts and post cards, these are what I plan on working on next year. This design center is perfect for my plans.
This would a great opportunity to explore creating some unique designs on fabric for a custom wall hanging.
What fun! What I like best about working with paints and other medium is the sheer joy of being able to relax and play. It is an incredible stress reliever.
I love using paints to alter commercial fabrics for my fabric art. I have some work in Jane’s new book and can hardly wait to see it! I am also eager to try out the new paints and products in the kit.
I love surface design. Painting on fabric gives me the chance to really create one of a kind work with just the look I want. No more running all around a quilt shop looking for just the right piece. Would love to have this book in my collection of useful references.
This looks like great stuff. Anyone who loves painting and designing would love to receive this. Maybe have to ask for it for Valentine’s day. I am really beginning to love to design and make my own quilts.
oh I love Liquitex mediums and would love to try out some of their new products. I like to paint and dye my own yardage and would definitely be interested in Jane Davila’s techniques!
I haven’t painted on fabric and would very much like begin doing so. All the painted fabric I see is so creative and very pretty. I’d like to be part of that.
This looks so cool. I really need it. I love to paint on fabric because it gives you an unexpected surpise. The results are always good. I love to discharge the fabric and then paint in the open space. A new product and Jane, it just doesn’t get any better.
A kit would be just great to get me started especially as I guess it would have directions to help me along. Love your website.
HAPPY CHRISTMAS, Margaret Price
I like the control you get when painting on fabric. It is easier and less messy than thickened dye.
This is definitely a “saving the best for last” giveaway for this year. Please count me in. What I love best about painting on fabric is that it can become whatever you can imagine … and truly a one-of-a-kind work of art (or piece of fabric).
Oh please, pick me, pick me! It looks like a great book!
I would love to use it to learn how to paint my fabrics using photographs I have taken in Hawaii as inspiration!
Here’s hoping I’m lucky enough to win this book. I can’t wait to get it.
I’d like to learn about this painting on fabric and this kit looks just like the ticket to do so!
I like to handpaint clothing to make it stand apart from the mainstream.
What a great way to try out new technqiues…….everything together in one package! Very clever.
LuAnn in Oregon
Oooh! I love your other books… I know I will love the new one, too!
I am just venturing into art and art quilts in particular at the ripe age of 53. It is all very exciting and I know absolutely nothing so I can’t really say how it is to paint on fabric but I hope to recreate my love of prehistory and look forward to trying surface design. Thanks for the opportunity to win this great design kit.
I have SOOOO been looking forward to Jane’s book! This is a fabulous package. I’ve not done much painting on fabric, but would love to have painted pieces for my art quilts.
I make art quilts and this kit would be perfect for that. I have one of Jane Davila’s previous books and love it.
I haven’t been thrilled with my forays into paint so far, and, of course, I blame the paint. Maybe this will help me turn my vision into reality. Pick me, pick me.
The many ways to approach painting on fabric mean you’ll almost always find a fit for you purpose and or mood. Jane is a very good writer and I look forward to her book.
I can’t wait to see Jane’s new book. C&T rocks. Thanks for all the good books you publish and for the fun give-aways.
I like the fact that I can combine calligraphy with quilting. I’m looking forward to experimenting with lettering on fabric this year.
Wow! Couldn’t quite believe it when I saw this on Jane’s blog, having just received Art Quilts At Play for Christmas. I’m actually a paper artist whose main New Year resolution is to be more adventurous. I’m planning on doing more mixed media collage and as my roots are in textiles having sewn etc since old enough to hold a needle, this fabulous kit will help to do just that. I really want to include stitching and hand dyed fabrics in my new collages.
Thanks for this great opportunity.
I have never painted on fabric, I think I would start on a small project. A postcard or journal cover would be about the right size, I think. Would love to win and try something new.
Paint on fabric gives you so many possibilities…
I took a class from Jane at Sisters in 2008 – can’t wait to see the book – would love to have a chance to win it…..
This may seem kind of strange, but I want to do an art project with my algebra students about lines, and it just seems like painting on fabric would not only be lots of fun, but would introduce some of them to another tactile medium – most of them have never done an art project!
I want to learn how to paint on fabric. So I would be learning and experimenting to make fabric to go in an art quilt
Wow I would love to win one of Jane’s books. Always looking for new ideas.
I’d love to win Jane’s book!
I look forward to playing with some of these products after the Christmas rush, I did get some of the inks for Christmas and look forward to Jane’s new
book.
What a cool cover! Can’t wait to open my copy of it… here’s hoping I win.
:Diane
I am just starting to delve into art quilts and I think this would be a wonderful start for me!
Betty
I’m really curious about the liqutex products on fabric, they have always been to stiff for my taste in the past. I’d love to give them a try.
I would love to be the lucky winner.
I really love Jane’s work and this is a great combination. What could be better- C & T Publishing, Jane Davila and Liquitex. I look forward to the release of all of the new products.
I want to start making art quilts and would LOVE to win . Thank You just in case….
I enjoy Jane’s designs and would enjoy playing with some of her techniques. Painting on fabric gives you the ability to create unique and personal designs.
How exciting!!! A great help to those of us wanting to improve our art abilities in quilting!! I’m looking forward to trying everything!
I’m studying fabric design and am looking for a path that will offer more personalized creative expression.
What a super post holiday giveaway…a remedy just in time to avoid the January blues!
I love to play and this would be a wonderful opportunity to learn some new techniques from Jane and play with new toys. Thanks for the opportunity.
lisa in hot wet Sydney
I loved Jane’s other 2 books and I can’t wait to see this one! What a great idea to pair the products with the book. I am excited to try out some new techniques and products. I love the beach and would like to create some beach scenes with paint and other products on fabric.
I am an art quilter and a fan of Jane’s. I would love to learn more from her and win this gift!!
Awesome! Kit looks like it would be fun to play with..I love painting and quilting and getting to combine both is a treat…I would be painting some fabric that I could use in a quilt design…
I just love all of your publications, especially Jane’s books. I have been in a postcard trading group with Jane for several years and each postcard is a treasure!
I just love that you can create your own unique fabric. So exciting!
Would love to win these prizes. I’d definately put them to good use!
This would be just grand to get! I am working my way out of a slump and some new ideas and techniques would be great!
I look forward to seeing the book when it is released!
Perfect to combine my two mediums. I’m a painter (oils) and work with fabric. Thanks so much
I love painting on fabric as it allows you to customize your work and produce something nobody else has (including fabric). The things I would create are endless. I primarily like to do wall-hanging quilts.
Jane is awesome – I usually am just a dyer, but her work makes me want to jump into painting on fabric too!
I love the idea of painting on fabric to create a one-of-a-kind print. I am really in to making items for my grandchildren and nieces and nephews that no one else has.
I think it’s totally cool that liquitex has entered the surface design/fabric world and will encourage people to paint on fabric. As a watercolor painter (and art quilter) I should be painting on fabric more than I do–cuz, I know how to paint! What would I make with this cool prize? I’d probably set to work right away playing with the fabric book and paints and create a sample book using the techniques in Jane’s sure-to-be-fabulous new book!
All this painting on fabric has finally gotten to me and I am thinking I would like to give it a try. Please put my name in the pot. Del
Would love to get this Book and Kit and learn new techniques.
I LOVE the image on the front cover.
would love to make a cover for a journal and continue to enhance the pages within.
What exciting possibilities this kit brings into life. A book to guide the skills which will need to be learnt and materials ready to hand. What could be better!
There are so many avenues, creatively speaking, which could open up with the opening of this kit…………….. What a start for 2010!
I just read an online chat with Jane and am totally inspired by her work and her positive attitude about creativity. This book would be a fantastic tool I would use to step into the new creative year!
Thanks for publishing this!
Flora
I love to play with new techniques and I know Jane’s book would be helpful in my design and artwork for the new year. :)
I love the way painting can change a plain piece of white fabric into something extraordinary with the right techniques and tools. Having it all in a kit would be fantastic. I’m looking forward to the new book. Thanks for providing the giveaway
I love the textural feel.
I don’t have an immediate project;
but I am sure I will come up with one;-)
Thank you for the opportunity !
Mariette
What a fantastic giveaway! I have no idea what I would make if I won the book and supplies. I would just have to go into my creative space and see what was created..in other words JUST PLAY! The 30th is my birthday and this would be a wonderful birthday present. Happy, safe new year!
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