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Rebekah Meier
International Quilt Festival – Houston
Next week I will be traveling to Houston where I will be teaching classes at the International Quilt Festival. My class techniques are from my book, Fabric Art Collage, 40+ Mixed Media Techniques.
For those that are not familiar with Quilt Festival, it’s a mecca for those of us that love anything related to traditional quilting, art quilting, and mixed media. The shopping and exhibits are fabulous with all things related to quilting all in one place. Below are my class (Continue Reading...)
Rebekah Meier is Guest Curator at Crescendoh
I am guest curator this week at Crescendoh.com. For those of you that are not familiar with Crescendoh, it is the vision of Jenny Doh. The website inspires creativity, helps those that are in need, and showcases the coolest products on the market. Jenny is the former Editor-In-Chief of Somerset Studios and many other Stampington publications.
Each week, Jenny invites a creative person to share their Art Saves story and give links to blogs that have inspired (Continue Reading...)
ToteTuesday Fundraiser
I am very happy to be a participating in a very important event beginning February 2, 2010. Virginia Spiegel is launching ToteTuesday, her newest effort to raise money for the American Cancer Society, and the event will run through the end of March. To date Virginia has raised over $190,000.00 from fundraisers involving the fiber arts and all of the money raised from this Fiberart For A Cause fundraiser goes directly to ACS.
ToteTuesday is not just any fundraiser. It’s also (Continue Reading...)
Embossed Quilt Batting Project and Weekly Giveaway
Anyone that knows me can tell you how much I love all things vintage. I frequent flea markets and antique stores looking for old laces, fabrics, and trims. While writing my book Fabric Art Collage, I was able to use some of my favorite finds in really unique ways.
One of my techniques involves using lace or doilies to create embossed quilt batting. Yes, quilt batting! The batting I use is Fairfield’s Nature-Fil Bamboo Batting. It is so soft, embosses well, and (Continue Reading...)
Fabric Art Collage Project and Creative Textile Tool Giveaway
Being a mixed media artist, I am always looking for ways to add texture and dimension to my work. While writing Fabric Art Collage I experimented with many techniques and materials. One of those experiments resulted in hot stamping painted fast2fuse with the Creative Textile Tool by Walnut Hollow.
The Creative Textile Tool has many attributes. I like that you can hot stamp designs, use it to cut synthetics (such as Lutradur), etch and emboss onto fabrics such as velvet, cut (Continue Reading...)
Rebekah Meier Teaching Online at Joggles.com
In my book, Fabric Art Collage, 40+ Mixed Media Techniques, I spent a lot of time experimenting and thinking of new and unique ways to use common art, craft, and quilt supplies that we all have in our creative stash. I like to describe the book as a fusion of where my art/craft and quilting backgrounds come together to create mixed media.
After completing a book, the best part is being able to teach the techniques and make new projects. Next month I (Continue Reading...)
CHA and Canvas Books!
At the recent CHA show in California, I had the best time hosting a Make-and-Take using techniques from my new book Fabric Art Collage 40+ Mixed Media Techniques which will be released in May. The Make-and-Takes were well received, and everyone had lots of fun creating! Thank you to everyone that stopped by and gave me their best wishes. The Canvas Books are so versatile. My favorite way to design them is to create layers, using the many different techniques (Continue Reading...)
