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Welcome to August in Cedar Canyon.

It's summertime, and the living is easy here in Central Minnesota. Warm weather has finally found us and we are enjoying every minute of it! I'd love to say we've had a couple of lazy months here in Cedar Canyon, but it seems that things are always hopping around here.

We have a great new pattern called Paintstik Patches, tips for making rubbing plate "portraits," and a wonderful look at work from guest artist Lauren Vlcek..

On a different topic, I've put our Blog posts on a regular schedule. I'll be posting new entries on Monday and Thursday mornings. If you want to be notified when new items are posted, you can sign up on the top-right corner of the Blog. That will keep you in-the-know between editions of our newsletter.

Signature: Shelly Stokes
 


Got Rubbing Plates? Make Patchwork!

Paintstik Patches Pattern

Our new Paintstik Patches pattern is all about making rubbing plate “portraits” and putting them together to make a quilt, table runner, pillow cover — you name it. You can use any set of Cedar Canyon rubbing plates, or mix and match from various sets. Read more here...
 

Top Tips for Rubbing Plate Portraits

While I was making blocks for the Paintstik Patches quilts, I promptly discovered that making a rubbing of a single image (what I'm calling a portrait) is quite different than working in overall patterns. I wanted my blocks to be really crisp and clean, without a lot of mistakes around the edges. It took a little practice, but I came up with a method that works pretty well, and I’d like to share it with you. Read more here...

  Floral Portrait

Lauren Vlcek's Fabulous Faces

Cover face

I recently received a letter (yes - a real letter!) from Lauren Vlcek that said

"I have been enjoying your Paintstiks tremendously! I love the slogan, “What will you do with Paintstiks today?” In answer to that question… I have been painting women’s faces for my art journals with them. I am so happy with the results. All of my artist friends who have seen what I have been doing ask me to teach them how I do it. the process is so simple and we have been having so much fun, I thought I would write to you and share what I have been doing with your product. I have included a couple of samples and hope you enjoy them."

Read more here...

Where to buy our new products

The new Paintstik Patches pattern has been shipped to our distributors and a number of retailers.

If you shop online, check with LauraMurrayDesigns.com, Quilting Arts (now the Interweave Store) and SewThankful.com. These companies stock all (or most) of our product line.

If you are unable to locate our products at any time, please call our office at 218-943-5300 or 877-296-9278 and we'll put you in touch with a retailer who can take care of your order.

How to find us on the web

If you are not able to click through the links in the newsletter, you can paste the following addresses in your web browser.

Our web address is http://cedarcanyontextiles.com/

Our Blog is at http://cedarcanyontextiles.com/blog/

Our Contact Page is at http://www.cedarcanyontextiles.com/contact.php if you need to send us a message. (Or you can simply reply to this newsletter.)

 

Thanks so much!

Shelly Stokes
Cedar Canyon Textiles
www.CedarCanyonTextiles.com
218-943-5300