Contemporary textures: building an art quilt from the bottom up.

From: Expression | Date: July 1, 2005| Author: McCall, Sandra | Copyright information

Art quilting has had my attention lately and these cards are an adaptation of that concept. They're really easy and fun--and don't take nearly as long to make as an art quilt!

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The plus of this project is that you'll learn two new techniques instead of just one. The first is the background. A very exciting monoprinting technique, this background can stand alone on a piece of card stock to make a simple and beautiful card. (Check out our ...

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