January 25, 2010

Our Huge Spring Studios Has More Ideas for You 148 pages of artist?studios, organization tips, makeovers, and more We’ve done a makeover on Cloth Paper Scissors Studios! It’s now bigger and better than ever, with more studios, more pictures, more organization and storage tips than ever before. See inside the studios of more than 30 quilters and mixed-media artists, including: Fiber artist Linda Kemshall’s cozy but efficient Victorian pigsty-turned-studio Kathy York’s rearrangable studio that’s as colorful as her quilts Quilter Robbi Joy Elkow’s fabric-filled space and her humorous lessons in organization Mona Stevenson’s custom-made portable design wall Discover 101 organization and storage tips you can apply to your fabrics, threads, fibers, found objects, and more, including our editors? favorite hints and products, such as: Editorial Director Pokey Bolton’s favorite way to store fabric 7 ways to make a door work for you How to create a studio in a small space with a handful of basic pieces Learn simple ways to give kids their own creative space (and tips on?how to share yours without tears), including: The two most indispensible features of a kids’ studio 7 essential supplies How to make clean-up easy and fun Plus: Get shopping sources for organization and storage tools. Learn how to take a space from spare bedroom to a quilt studio and teaching space in 48 days for less than $700?including paint, flooring, shelving, and labor, from Liz Kettle. Get instructions for turning a plain office chair into a studio seat fit for a creative queen, using fabric pieces. Find the artists’ organization and storage tips easily with our new ?Get Organized? check lists.