Every man is said to have his peculiar ambitions.  -Abraham Lincoln

Funky Stitches - The Big Sac

Traci Bautista


Freestyle machine stitching... funky beaded
embroidery...freeform crochet...luscious, random stitching
techniques that are layered on painted patchwork art quilts
of altered fabric and hand-painted cloth to create a funky
large tote. We will explore fabric painting and dyeing
techniques including color scraping, monoprints, dyed cloth
stamping, stenciling and glazing. Learn how to doodle
letters, words and faces on fabric, layer fabric with hand
painted transparencies and colored-dyed fabric images. No
sewing experience required. Get a sneak-peek into a project
in my book Collage Unleashed available July 2006!

Sewing Machine Required

Kit Fee:  $15

Traci Bautista is a California mixed media artist and teaches at private workshops and art retreats in the US. She is also an artist-in-resident at the Palo Alto Art Center where she teaches kid’s digital art and handmade books. Traci is creative director and owner of treiC Designs, where she designs, [koL LäJ], an eclectic line of one-of-a-kind hand painted aRt! kits for bookmaking, collage and paper arts. www.treicdesigns.com

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