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Make It University™ with Cloth Paper Scissors® True Colors Challenge

We’re planning a special reader art exhibit for Make It University!™ at the International Quilt Festival/Spring in Chicago, April 11–13, 2008, and we’re offering a fun challenge from which we’ll choose the art.

Show us your True Colors in a Mixed-media Paper Quilt.

1. Make a mixed-media paper quilt that incorporates a color or colors that reveal the true you.
2. The entire quilt, including binding, must measure 12" x 12".
3. You are encouraged, but not required, to use a sewing machine for quilting your paper quilt.
4. Any embellishments must not protrude more than 1" from the quilt.
5. The entire quilt must weigh no more than 2 lbs.
6. The quilt must be backed with fabric and the edges must be stitched closed, or you may use a fabric binding.
7. The quilt must have a 3" rod pocket attached to the back.
8. To be considered for the Make it University! display, send 2 jpegs of your paper quilt, one of the entire piece and one detail, to bdelaney@interweave.com no later than March 3, 2008. You will be notified if your quilt has been accepted by March 7, 2008.
9. If accepted, your quilt must be in our offices no later than March 26, 2008.

You may make the quilt out of any kind of paper, but if you are going to stitch it, you may want to strengthen the paper using the method described by Beryl Taylor in the Premiere Issue of Cloth Paper Scissors and in Mixed-media Explorations.

Making fabric paper:

1. Take a piece of open-weave muslin and paint it all over with diluted PVA or white glue.
   
2. Embed wrapping, images, text, etc., into the glue layer, leaving spaces in between.
   
3. Apply another coat of diluted PVA or white glue over the top. Embed craft tissue into the glue layer.
   
4. While the glue is still wet, paint on dyes using a sponge applicator.
   
5. Let fabric paper dry completely before cutting and stitching.

If you have questions about the True Colors Challenge, please contact Barbara Delaney of our editorial staff at bdelaney@interweave.com.

NOTE: Important information for this challenge:

By submitting your Make It University!™ project you are authorizing Interweave Press, LLC, to publish your project in upcoming publications and promotional materials, and on our website. Interweave Press, LLC, will not be held responsible for loss or damage due to circumstances beyond our control.

Have fun and good luck!

note: By submitting your Make It University!™ project you are authorizing Interweave Press LLC to publish your project in upcoming publications and promotional materials, and on our website. Interweave Press LLC will not be held responsible for loss or damage due to circumstances beyond our control. Have fun and good luck!

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