Those bags are adorable! I would love to just take a workshop. I haven't been able to carve out time for art recently but going to a workshop will make me.

I love those bags and the cute iron too!  I'm going to the beach for a week with my husband and brother and I'm already fretting over what supplies to pack.  If I had my druthers, I'd pack my supplies in the big suitcase and my clothes in the little one.  That way, I might reach for something and it might be there.  I want to sketch sunsets and seabirds and children playing in the sand.

I looking forward to the new issue of Studios since I do a lot of traveling!!!  This summer I will be

returning to QBL (Quilting by the Lake) in NY state to take two weeks of classes with Jane Dunnewold--Wow, am I excited!  I have been attending QBL for the past 5 years and really love the atmosphere and classes available.  However, since investing in several of your QA workshops, I am thinking of skipping a few years of QBL ($2000+) and keep on taking advantage of your enlightening and well-produced workshops ($20+) which I can enjoy and rewatch in my own home.   Ginny

This summer I plan on exploring the technique of marbling fabric.  Something I've wanted to try for quite a while but just haven't gotten to yet.

Whenever I travel, I load my pack with a bunch of sketchbooks. There is constant inspiration in new places and all I really need is a pen and a pad of good paper. I'll be in West Virginia sketching the deep, amazing vegetation and in Northern Michigan capturing the delicious lake views. When I get home, I fill them with color to bring my line sketches to life! That way I extend my vacation by reliving it in my drawings.

My husband bought me a backpack quite a few years ago. I keep a sketchbook, pens, pencils, colored pencils, erasers, small water color set and watercolor crayons in it. Whenever I need to get creative, I grab a water bottle, strap on the bag and go for a walk around the forest preserves by my house. Always something interesting to see. This year we are going to Florida - end of June! We are driving and stopping on our way. A whole new area of the world to discover!  I am also going to bite the bullet and try dyeing my own fabric. Also trying dye painting!

I looove Misty Fuse!

This summer I am making a horse-themed bed quilt for my daughter who will be going away for school this fall.  I'd probably even share the bags with her; teal is her favorite color ( she is also a crafty kid).

I am determined to make MORE TIME for ART!  This month's goal will be to post on my blog every day - which means I must make art to have something to talk about!  LOL

 :-D eirdre

Love the bags! My summer plan is to rust fabric. I've been collecting rusty objects and am waiting for a hot and humid day to try it. I babysit my nephews (ages 6 1/2 and 8) on Wednesdays and we're going to have "Art Camp With Aunt Cindy" for a couple of hours every week.

Oh, my goodness, what adorable travel bags!  I'm giong to find a babysitter for my kids every Tuesday and attend a quilting class in town.  It's a great getaway and sooo much fun to learn!  

The bags hold so much I could use it to go to the beach this summer. I have already began to put aside outdoors art pieces to finish. I have projects that need hand sewing , beading, and embelishing so I carry a bag with embroidery thread sissors , beads and embelishings . Tis way i keep my hands busy with projects over the summer and not be stuck in front of the sewing machine (i'll keep that for the rainy days). I also like to bring my scetch book with various pencils, charcoals, crayons  to record any scenic wonders or inspirations for future pojects.

Love the yellow satchel style bag. Really want to see how it opens up.  

I'm on disability for degenerating discs and OA, and miss my hiking days.  I desperately need to get back outdoors, in some capacity, and get reinspired by Nature.  I'm sure that bag would carry my digital camera, field notebooks, and baggies to collect leaves or flower heads. Modeling clay to make molds.  

Nature here I come.  [Oh! It'll be a dawdle, to be sure, but it's a mind body spirit thing.]

Love the colors on the bags and the iron.  I am spending the summer  learning to transfer my photos onto fabric and incorporate them into some sewing  projects.  I am comfortable with my photography and sewing but this amalgamation will be new to me.

I'm filling my suitcase with fabric and sewing stuff, grabbing my sewing machine and going with a group of friends to a cabin in the middle of nowhere to "quilt till we wilt" for an extended weekend!

I spend my summers working on art project samples for a group of teen mothers completing their high school education.  I try to push their idea of what art is (scrap booking) with all wonderful mixed media art forms people are using and trying.  I have several groups and individuals who provide me with new and leftover supplies because with 19 girls, nothing last long.

I'm getting ready for an art show in October, where I will sell my fancy greeting cards.  I am a professional musician, and my music-themed cards are my best sellers, and are more and more in demand.  I am working at a choir camp for a week this summer, but will have some good chunks of free time while there.  My plan is to take all of my musical doodads and paper and sparkly stuff and make only music related cards.  I can't wait to have dedicated time and space for this!  

I am going to the beach for a week in August. I intend to paint  with my acrylics and hopefully work on needlefelting - a new passion. Would LOVE one of these carry alls

My art goal for the summer is a complete reorganization of my workspace.  And, of course, I hope to actually get some work done, too, and finish up a couple of embellishment projects!  I'm looking forward to the article about packing for art away from home; that's always been a challenge for me.

My husband and I just moved into our first house and I get a room all to myself, my craftiness and my books! We've only been married for a year and a half and for a year of it we've been living with his parents. My poor spinning wheel was in our closet and all my craft supplies were in boxes in the basement!! I'm in the process of unpacking and organizing all my glorious and greatly missed crafty items, and plan to have it all done ASAP. This summer I plan on reconnecting with my spinning wheel to spin up some angora fibers my grandma sent (I've never spun angora before!) and will be finishing some projects that were put on hold during our cloistered existence in the in-laws house! It's going to be an artsy summer!

These look really great! I will be travelling to Germany this summer to visit family and the places where I grew up. I will mostly use my camera and a sketchbook to record my impressions and will hopefully translate it into great art once I'm back, maybe a whole series of art quilts will emerge!

Regina

I am making it a priority to finally visit the LOCAL museums/studios/etc. Like the Quilt Museum in San Jose or everything in San Francisco I never manage to get to see. It seems crazy to live so close to all this art and never see it!

I will be going to the NQA Quilt Show in Columbus, OH and working with my new long arm quilt machine. (I'm so excited; it will be delivered tomorrow!)  I am a pack rat and have a lot of storage cases, but none are as cute as the ones pictured.

I am having two grandsons this summer one in July and one in August.  I am very busy making baby quilts right now.   My art travels are kind of in reverse.  I live on an island full of artists and art schools and I am going to Tacoma and Seattle Washington to baby sit  the new baby's older siblings ages 1 1/2, 4 and 6 years..  My art projects will be done with color crayons and finger paints.  But of course they will be all one of a kind originals and hung proudly on my fridge.

I too am drooling over those wonderful craft carry all bags.  The kids have to sleep sometime and grandma will need art to unwind.

Happy creativity

Whidbey

This summer I get to TAKE a workshop and teach 2. Next week I'm off to ProChemical & Dye for a week with Carol Soderlund. Then 2 weeks at the beach with family and art time for me. At the end of July I'm headed to Idyllwild, CA, teaching in the idyllic San Jacinto mountains of Southern California. I'll end the summer teaching  at the Fabrications retreat in Michigan. Wow! I'm busy.

That turquoise bag looks just perfect. it's MY color!

the bags and iron are very cool!!  this summer, i am going to be doing some beaded/embroidered/painted and stamped designs on cloth...all nature inspired...one per week.  i can go to any of several parks nearby, or just hang out in my back yard!  always plenty to see and do if you actually look and begin!  :)

These bags are so cute! And so is the little iron.

Thanks for this giveaway.

Happy days,

Joanie

oops forgot, I plan on doing a series of watercolors of my grandchildren this Summer.

Happy days,

Joanie

Oh, these bags are adorable. And what a bummer it would be to win the iron - so far I had an iron designed for travelling

(you could fold the handle down), but after several years of serving nicely it just quit....

I want to make a journal during our planned travel to the coast of the Bretagne and these bags could hold my journaling

materials.

u an ateending the national needle arts show in Columbus, oh this summer that should fuel my creativity.

These are so adorable! My teenage daughter and I will be having "classes" at our home for some of her friends this summer.  They always love the things I make so I thought, "why not have some summer fun and show them how to make a few things".  They are all about fashion and these bags fit the bill as well show them that being artsy/crafty can be cool!  

I'll be taking my art supplies to the NJ shore for a week -- best way to spend a rainy day!

I have some classes scheduled through my store.  One is for a printmaking technique, a needle felting class, a mini weaving and a journal making class.  It is hard to make time for art so by doing classes I make sure I get time to be creative!

This summer I am working on several projects, a doll for the Gypsy Doll challenge and some fiber work for a show we are planning  at the Brazosport Art League Gallery show in September.  And, with a new granddaughter set to arrive within the next two weeks, I know I will have to do something girley (after two sons and one grandson I will be ready for pink.)

Great bags, and love that iron! I plan on working on an art journal this summer, something I haven't done.  I also will be working on making art paper dolls which I do often.

I'm going to ArtFiberFest!  A funky, fabulous, fabric fete' put on by Teesha Moore in Portland OR later in June.  I plan on reading my ClothPaperScissors issues cover to cover, as usual and making at least one project from them.

I am planning a couple of trips around shows and there will be the moving of lots of things, especially spinning wheels and other fiber prep materials.  But more importantly is to get the outdoor studio working better...I dye yarn using a solar dyeing process and having an efficient studio space is key.  

I love bags, and these are just so Mod!!!  I love these!

My summer creative plans include attending the Long Beach Quilt Festival, and working on a large original quilt that has been causing me to zone out at work, school, and home while I endeavor to work out the details in my head and trying to sketch it out!

I'm headed to Athens, (Ohio that is)! Can't wait to tour the Dairy Barn. :-)  Love those bags!

Normajean (the one with the clean studio in CT :->)

I can only dream of the art I could create will on the go with these bags.  And I'd look so stylish at the same time!

Every weekend my husband and I go and spend the weekend at our trailer on a piece of property we own in the country.  Of course I have to think ahead of a project or projects I want to work on and pack the items I will need to complete these. Inevitable I forget something.  Each week take more and more so that I feel I won't be leaving anything behind. Each week my hubby moans and moans about all the stuff I am taking. I don't care though because it is uber-relaxing to sit outside and do ART!!!

PUFF

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I could use any of those special items! So Cute!

We are doing the "Staycation" this summer, but my supply bags and samples are already and live in my mixed media mom minivan! I am always ready to GO! I am eager to answer any call to spend the day! You never know who or what you might meet that will be an inspiration! So if you are in the Atlanta area, just send me an email and we'll do the "make and take"! I am into instant gratification!

we plan on hitting the beach several times this year... i am promising myself to take a few watercolor crayons and a journal at least!  ;)  but also travel to the wonderful countryside to see family...with the fields and trees... my hand-stitching will have to come for that one, for sure!  ;)

We're leaving in a few short days on our first trip to Maui!!  Today, my daughter and I created background pages for the scrapbook that we're hoping to create during our trip.  We're hoping to do the journaling each evening after the day's activities, and plan on using mainly found items, photos, etc.  I often have good intentions about making a scrapbook after a trip, but life always seems to get in the way and I seldom get it done.  I don't want these Hawaiian memories to escape me!

I  just took Susie Monday's workshop--Text on the Surface. This summer I will create art in my studio using techniques learned at the workshop!                Pat S.

Wow, love the bags. I plan to take a few classes this summer at our local art gallery. Took a class today in fusing glass, which was very interesting.

I recently drove from Florida to Arizona (and back) and had a box of art supplies with me in the car. Those bags look like they would keep things much better organized!

this summer i will redeem my 2008 christmas gift from my husband, an assemblage workshop with michael demeng at valley ridge art studio (wisconsin). i've been collecting bits of junk for months and can't wait to see how everything will come together.

My husband recently passed away. One of my sisters wanted a getaway. 1st annual sisiters retreat. I wasn't up for      travel, so we had our retreat here, at  my home. She brought her sewing machine, plus my oldest sister, as well as a huge assortment of fabric. I borrowed another machine. We made several quilted tote bags, all custom designed. we took pics, went out with them. We had such a great time and bond. We've agreed to have a sewing getaway for our 2nd sisters retreat. Your adorable bags would be an added bonus to our next workshop.

I'm planning to rework a mixed media piece I made last summer--I finally realize what's not working with it!  Our local museum is opening after being closed 2 years for renovations--can't wait to see it.

I probably won't be going too far this summer, but ... what a great time to stay home!  the sun is shining, the flowers are starting to bloom (here in Canada summer seems to take a bit longer to arrive!).  I am hoping to get to the mountains a few times, and I usually take my sketchbook with me, a magazine or two ... I am also planning a trip to Houston this year, which should be the highlight, as I will be meeting my quilting friends from Buenos Aires.  what a treat!

And, before I forget, those bags are gorgeous!  and the iron is red!!! so much fun. Well, I'm off in a couple of days to Victoria to teach at a Conference.  Good luck to all.

If I only had these last week. we were spending a week away and there were things I wanted to take.  Out came the plastic bags, envelopes and some put in "the" suitcase by my husband.  That was definitly a mistakes! Things were every where and still are.  I need to be organized!!!

Margaret from down under (literally)

I have organised a summer school for 12 of my arty internet pals. we are going to meet up and work and play together for 5 days in July in a wonderful location in the middle of Wiltshire. It is full board and we are going to do our own teaching/mentoring sessions as well as sharing our work.

We have been internet pals for a while and so sort of know each other.... but this is going to be really exciting......meeting face to face.......Members are coming from France, Austria, Outer Hebrides, Scotland and all parts of England. I would love to get one of these bags and see how much of our "essentials" we it would take to fill it. We are going to have lots of fun.

My art retreat is not very retreat as the kids come with me! I always take a small wash bag that has different sections with glue, scissors etc. I take some scraps of fabric and just doodle with stitch. I try to work in my sketch book and enjoy the break from the work at home.

I've been thinking about trying Mistyfuse, & that iron would be great for that! Those bags are too cool for school. Whoever wins any one of them will ROCK!

Those bags are so great!  Thanks for doing a giveaway.  That hat box gives me a good idea though.  I've seen a few of those in antique stores.  It'd be just as fun to doctor one up as to win one!  I love summer because of the longer days and all the extra energy I seem to have.  This summer I decided to take one of the many craft books I have and do a project a week.  Hopefully, I can stick to it!

I'm a quilter and this year I hope to attend Pacific International Quilt Show in Santa Clara in the fall.  I understand it is "Quilter Heaven" with all of the fantastic quilts and VENDORS!  One of these bags would help me be more organized for quilting adventures, don't you think?

Due to several income setbacks, it looks like I'll be staying close to home this summer. That won't diminish the inspiration though - with flower gardens, a multitude of birds (including wild turkeys with their poults), deer, pesky chipmunks, and a despicable groundhog right in my own backyard! All of that makes my back patio a grand summer art studio perfect for painting, collage, fabric arts or whatever direction the muse leads me. Then a few steps further away, there's the local art museum, a peaceful reservoir, and fabulous bike trail. Not too shabby for an economical venue.

I'm taking a three-day watercolour course at my local college and can't wait!

We are working on our house with a view to selling and moving so won't be going away on holiday this year, but I WILL be going to Art in Action in July (http://www.artinaction.org.uk/). This is an amazing 4-day Art/Craft event in Oxfordshire in the UK and although it's not a holiday it is a bit like going into another world. The show is held in the grounds of a huge house and each marquee is devoted to a different discipline so there is a jewellery tent, a sculpture tent, a painting tent and, most importantly for me........a textiles tent!! I've been a few times now and am always amazed at what I see there. It is incredibly inspiring and all held in lovely grounds so if the weather is good itm makes the days even better. The pancakes in the food area aren't bad either!!

I'm going to Quilt National with a good friend and fellow quilter!

I'm a real bag and box lover so convinced myself to add a comment - something I've never done before! I plan to do some mixed media projects this summer. I've just started doing some collage.

Those bags are so cool!  I plan on doing alot of dyeing and sewing this summer.  Then in the fall my best friend and I are going on a quilting retreat in Michigan.  Can't wait for that.  Been saving all year to go.

Well, I seem to be doing a lot traveling this year (in fact I am at my daughter's picking up my granddaughter for a visit currently). I hope to including her into a lot of project during her visit.

I just sign up for a on line class with Quilt University on fabric painting landscapes.

Well, I seem to be doing a lot traveling this year (in fact I am at my daughter's picking up my granddaughter for a visit currently). I hope to including her into a lot of project during her visit.

I just sign up for a on line class with Quilt University on fabric painting landscapes.

My husband and I are taking the kids for a bunch of weekend trips through Alberta this year. During this time I plan to take a lot of photos from which I can draw inspiration from through the long winter months. I hope to get a little hand work done too while on the road.

I just tried to add my comment and it is not showing up. If  this shows up twice, sorry!!!

My husband and I are taking a bunch of weekend trips around Alberta with our kids. During this time I am going to take lots of photographs for inspiration through the long winter months! Hopefully I will get a little hand work done too.

This summer I will be spending time at a lake in the Rockies-no tv, no internet, and my cell phone doesn't even get reception! I can't wait to sit out on the dock to sketch the scenery, dye my fabric and make a quilt. I think being out in so much natural grandeur will be inspiring.

I love those bags and the little iron and the mistyfuse too!

Although I live 5 minutes from the beach, I probably will be working non-stop in NYC this summer..My plan is to take some fabric and craypas to

work and do rubbings of the lampposts on my lunch hour; I work in a cool old WPA era building, and there are great art deco details that I want to turn into

textile designs and art quilts.

I'm going to Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia for a 5 week trip. I'm taking a sketchbook, water color pencils, and a small point and shoot camera. I have visions of art quilts with images of tropical foliage, temples, statues, etc. I've been collecting green fabrics lately in preparation for the quilts to come.

One of my girlfriends has a beautiful, spacious, almost spa-like home situated on a small, secluded, deep body of

water.   Once a month a few of us gather there for Art Day on the Pond.  We take our paint sticks, fabric,  and paints

and turn ourselves loose.  Of course we have a lovely lunch (wine included) and spend the rest of the day creating

and experimenting.  Last Saturday, I showed the ladies how to bottle-wrap shibori.  The results were stunning.  It

sure would be nice to transport my "stuff" in one of those charming bags!

I'll be teaching a mixed media journaling class locally. This is a first-time teaching experience for me so really looking forward to a day of sharing lots of techniques with my students. And oh yes I would love to win one of those GORGEOUS bags - the petite multi-colored one is my fave :>

At the end of July I will be heading back to La Veta, Colorado to attend a quilting retreat with Ricky Tims. I just picked up "Studios" this afternoon and saw the bags. I had already checked out the Joanns website and found the one I really liked, the cute green one, was not available through them. Undaunted, I skipped on over to the Target website and found it there. Now maybe I will get lucky and win one. : )

Love the bag--perfect for a weekly "bee"--or just to take to another room for a few minutes of "creativity in a case"

This summer I am taking a Monoprinting class from Melanie Testa in San Diego.  I'm also trying to conjure up another trip to take a intensive Mixed Media class from my new BFF Jane LaFazio.   I've recently been diagnosed with ACOCD - Arts & Crafts Obsessive Compulsive Doitall.  

Those are very cute bags! Making Art Portable is such a fun idea.

These are gorgeous and everyone needs something like this to have a mini studio wherever you go!

Aw, these bags are so adorable and they would make organization not only easy but fun!  Thanks for the chance to win something so awesome!

I plan on making a flower inspired quilt this summer!

Great bags - how about a small backpack version next for those of us who like to have our hands free for photography or sketching.

This summer I'm doing a big stretch.  I'm going to attend a couple of workshops on using acrylics.  No, it's not fiber related but, yes, it is art related.  My decision to do this was to get away from just fibers and investigate art through using acrylics.  So this summer I'm going to play Monet but use modern day acrylics instead of traditional oil paints.  I'm getting very excited.  I'm wondering just what kind of an artist I'll be and just what kind of art I can produce.  I can hardly wait to get going.

Great give-away prizes!  I am going to Sunset Beach, NC, for a week, and plan on making a few more sunset art quilts.  Also, I am planning a charity quilt sew-in with my bee in July.

Love the compactness of the bag and all the supplies it can hold.   Great for taking to my quilting circle - I know all the girls will love it too!  The iron is also compact and simply attractive.  Perfect for keeping near the sewing table or for use on project on-the-go!  Just starting to appreciate the quality of Misty Fuse!

I am in the process of moving to a new house which has a large room that my hubby and I will use as a joint art studio - and another large room which will be a classroom. Can't wait. I'm hoping for some good ideas from the Studios magazine.

I am planning to continue my ART Journaling project throughout the summer and fall and dedicated to drawing every day until it becomes a Good habit.. Those super colorful  totes make me think of summer and citrus and cool breezes and traveling and Summer Fun!!

Yummy, delightful and would be very helpful for toting around pencils, markers and  journals. Happy Creating Everyone

I plan on teaching myself how to crochet while camping this year!  I'm mostly a sewer, but my family and I camp nearly every weekend so I need something I can do that's easy to take along.  I can't wait to learn a new hobby!

I've been lucky enough to receive a scholarship to QSDS and am headed to study with Noriko Endo next week!  The next weekend I'll be at the NQA show.

This summer I am going to finish the scrapbook from last summer's vacation and also get 2 baby quilts finished.  I wish that I had more time and money for art, but when I do create things it is so fulfilling!  I know one of those gifts would inspire me to do more!

I'll be taking classes at QSDS this June in Columbus, OH.  This is my big treat to myself every year.

The bags are awesome.     To have a Art Travel getaway would also be great.    and the bags would help ensure it would be artful.

I LOVE the bag...reminds me of a hatbox from a vintage luggage set.  What a delightful idea.  AND the little iron is pure genius.  I'm teaching a class tomorrow with misty fuse and fabrics, and I'm dragging along my BIG iron.  Would be great to have the mini.

Love those bags!

I'm treating myself to an on-line class in creating (and using!) studio journals.  I'm very excited to develop new tools, new skills.

I am going to Germany to visit my in-laws. My goal this time is to find different beads and fabric! (the shoes will have to wait this time) Then I'd like to create a quilt with my findings! Too bad I couldn't take one of your cool bags along!!

Neat giveaway, thanks. I plan to attend some plein-aire painting workshops by the canal/river in my area.

They are sooo cute and in my favorite colors!  I love tote bags.

Hi Cate!

I am going to a 4 day workshop with DJ Pettitt next week! So excited about that! I'm starting to collect my supplies this weekend.

I also have an entry on my blog that talks about my traveling art project bin. My husband umpires college baseball and I travel with him. I can be ready to go in minutes because I keep my art bin full of my favorite supplies! No looking around for this or that. The draw back is that it's a plain ole see thru art bin container...The blue bag above looks like it would work great as a travel art bag...(hint, hint).

I love the magazines! You're doing a great job. Have a safe and fun filled summer!

These are perfect for 'quilting camp'.

These bags are a great idea - it may be time for me to stop using baskets to carry stuff to retreats/classes.

We do a lot of horse camping and since I don't ride I bring projects to stay busy. I quilt and stamp and enjoy the outdoors.  Any of these wonderful items would be a great benefit for crafting items. There is not alot of extra space in the horse trailer and being able to have everything in one place as well as portable is just too cool!

Hi

This summer I hope to catch up with my painting of paper and fabric with loads of different paints and markers and creating many different projects to share with my group next year.  I love making little books with fancy covers and painted pages and also journals for noting ideas and inspiration.

Jan

helle from france!!! wow!! love those beautiful things!! i would be so happy to do a workshop with all people i see the art!!! but so far!! so this summer i will go to the country to see my mother and i will take all my material to paint, sew, ans so on!! i will let me inspire by the country and the sin of birds! have a nice day

I'm planning on taking my quilting with me wherever I go this summer...just trying to get everything done....those accessories would be most helpful!

I am focusing on having more I can take with me, small journals, pencils, pens.  Trying to log that creativity.  The packs are awesome.  Thanks for a great site  with lots of information.  Candyce

Thanks for the opportunity to share... first of all, I enjoy all of the mailings I received from Quilting Arts.  Since I have retired, I have been able to "smell the roses" and enjoy the art all around me.  One of the things I would love to do is to create a picture with fabric (landscape quilt or other).  Reading this website is helping me to create those ideas/methods/media.  I leave the site with a good feeling, a stress-free feeling.  

I LOVE those bags and that iron would come in handy!  I am actually going to be teaching a fabric dyeing work shop in just a few weeks!  I teach the basics and then I go a little farther and teach different tieing techniques and how to discharge fabric.  My MIL gave me some fabric paints that reacte to the sun for Christmas and with the weather warming up I should be able to do some experimenting soon.

In a couple of weeks I'll be going to the Vermont Quilt Festival & taking classes.  I love art quilts and have a deep respect for those who do traditional quilting.

Bette

I'm a development aid worker and in July I plan to go to Ghana to work for almost a month.  I can't pack much (one bag) but I like to bring a craft, which I always carry on so there is no chance to lose it.  One of these bags would be GREAT to bring (and the bright colors match African style)!  This time I want to pack small hand projects like applique quilt blocks and supplies for beading.  I buy strands of handmade (usually recycled glass, clay or brass) beads in Africa but I would have to bring from the States the correct materials to string the beads and findings.  I always pick up fabric in Africa  & one of these bags could hold my pins, needles, threads and templates -- and an easy project -- for the way over.  I would stuff the bag full with beads & fabric on my way back!

I want to try making batik fabric with gel glue that was in Art Quilts earlier this year.

My fiber artists group is having a show at the end of July, beginning of August. I have much to do in preparation for that especially since my quilt guild just had their bi-annual show. Deadlines are a frenzy but they are good for prodding us into action.

Those bags are too cool - would be so wonderful to take my sewing stuff back and forth between Michigan and Washington DC.

I would love those accessories for my quilting this summer!

Cate:  I'm going to take some art on the road with me when we drive from Maine to Florida for a family reunion.  These bags are way nicer than what I'll be using, but at least I'll have my art journal/sketchbook, pencil case with drawing supplies, and another case with watercolor stuff.....and of course I'll take my camera (for "reference" photos for future work).  In the meantime, I'm working on a commission quilt...Who Inspires You?  for the local middle school!

Cheers, Sarah

sarah@sarahannsmith.com

Love the colors of these bags!  I am working my way thru the local quilt shows enjoying not only the art quilts but the traditional style quilts too.

Just had two art quilts accepted at the Botanica Quilt Show. Thanks for your inspiration and for encouragement.

I love these too cute bags-thanks for sharing.

I will be playing with natural dyes this summer on wool and cotton-and then turn them into quilted fabric postcards or quilts and such Kathyinozarks

What a nice way to always have supplies with you. I am going to head for New England late summer and would love to have a basic kit with me. So wish all these items had been available years ago when we camped.

I will be visiting the studio of Gwen Hatchette, featured in your summer issue, when our Fort Collins guild holds a studio tour.  Gwen is a lovely lady and a very talented artist, and her studio is truly a delightful place.

The bags are fantastic looking. I have never used Mistyfuse but want to try this summer.   I just got my first issue of Studios and have plans for improvement on my studio!  

We will be leaving the end of June.  Destination Branson, Missouri with several stops on the way.  Hubby always knows that our van stops at quilt shops along the way and is a really good sport about it even to the extent of giving an opinion now and then.  He has already reminded me that last time we did this trip (every other year we meet my siblings there) we found a couple of "Grand Openings" quite accidentally so we should be on the look out for more of those.  I think your giveaway is just wonderful by the way.  Thank you for the opportunity to enter.  I'm planning to take along a few crazy quilt blocks that are pieced and will work on the embellishments during the drive and at night in the hotel room.

Winning one of these great prizes should inspire more creative pursuits, especially if it is easier to can take projects along when you travel.

I would love to go somewhere and take a workshop, but I am going to do several "staycations" this year and work on projects at home and enjoy being a tourist at home.

Since I'm just back from Quilt National & SAQA Conference, I'm planning a trip to my studio this summer to do some deconstructed screenprinting with dyes a la Kerr Grabowski, some LWI, deconstructed rubbings & engravings to delve further into that and whatever else I am led to by my brain, curiosity, paints and dyes.  And if a couple "maybe" trips to London and Sarajevo come about, I'll be taking inspiration & photos for my art quilts.  As to packing my bag: camera (w charger & adapter plugs!), some pens & sketchbook and wide open mind.

I plan on entering a wall hanging I made (Tree of Life ) in the county fair in July. I am alawys working on something and just made myself my own sewing room  - My daughter has finished collage and has just moved out , and luckily her old room was just the right size for a cool new sewing room!! Last year I had a wall hanging in an art show but not going to this year because we a couple weddings in the family , and I seemed to just run out of time. My goal is to be good enough to sew a more "Artsy" wall hanging - I've been quilting for 3 years but sewing since high school. I just love some of the wall hangings and quilts in your magazine!! The bags look increadable and so convienent - the iron too. I really like doing applicaybut i'm fairly new to it.  And also my birthday just happens to be June 8. Elaine

I might have to plan a trip just to use those cute bags.

I just signed up for a silk scarf dyeing class. The samples were so beautiful.

It will be hard to choose colors. I may have to make more than one.

Whenever I travel I bring along fabric paints and a piece of hand-dyed fabric to do nature printing.  I look for leaves or other natural objects specific to the area that I'm visiting and are different from what I can find at home (Minnesota).  I use the fabric piece for a book or journal cover, as a page in a journal, in an art quilt, or in a tote bag or a garment.  Since I don't know what I will find, I work with the serendipity of the piece to drive the design of what I make when I get home.

What absolutely cute items. The iron and the bag look great for traveling, retreats and workshops.

Alma

My goal this summer is to create my workshop.  I have an office that everyone uses to dump unwanted items - I am reclaiming it as my studio!  I want to be able to go in and create even for just a few minutes a day.  I always take in a few art shows during the summer - a great way to get inspired!  Creating a art travel bag is a great idea for the summer!  Always being on the go and being able to grab a bag to bring with?!? Great idea!

What absolutely fabulous bags!  I'm attending the 4 day Festival of Quilts in Birmingham UK in August this year and have signed up for 4 workshops.  One of these bags would come in really useful - I use Misty Fuse too - this is a great give-away...thank you :o)

Angela

I just found this blog and am anxious to go through all the entries. Would love to win one of those adorable bags or travel iron to take with me to the quilt guild workshops. Thanks for your hard work in the blog. Deila

This summer I will be taking my art on the road with me lakeside bringing along extra small kits to

encourage anyone in that environment to get creative...especially younger generation. I will also be working with kids and teens in workshops, bringing kits to work side by side with them creating fiber art with mixed media using recycled materials, the possibilities are endless. We will be hand sewing found objects onto all types of fabric surfaces to create a new art object. I will be the supply carrier with fusing tools and fusible fabrics. My goal with these on the road projects is to influence many from the totally tech world of texting...into the world of creating...once they do a project, they will be hooked.

A girl can never have too many bags - better than Prada!

I'm going to create my new studio (well, ex-son's bedroom) (or do I mean son's ex-bedroom?!), sort out all my stash (again)

and hopefully finish off the ever growing box of UFOs (at last). Just finished City & Guilds so taking a break from class work

over the summer, so I'm refreshed and ready to start again in the autumn.

Love the articles.  I am busy making cross-over bags right now for a craft show in August.  Hand-dyed fabrics, painting and quiliting.  Very busy days.  

Keep all of the great stuff coming and I love your bags also, and would be very honored to win one!

Judy Burt, JLB Sewing, Orlando FL

Love the articles.  I am busy making cross-over bags right now for a craft show in August.  Hand-dyed fabrics, painting and quiliting.  Very busy days.  

Keep all of the great stuff coming and I love your bags also, and would be very honored to win one!

Judy Burt, JLB Sewing, Orlando FL

Lovely bags and a nice giveaway! This summer I'm having my quilts on show here in northern Sweden. It'a ao exciting! Hope everything goes well

Lotta in Sweden

Beautiful bags/containers. Just right for my quilting accessories.  I have already attended a Quilt Show in May and it has made me  determined to master machine quilting and stippling using up my stash of Rowan/Westminster fabrics and recycling old shirts. I do find handquilting quite therapeutic too. Thanks for reading my comments.

I'm hoping to do special quilts for my 2 preschool granddaughters this summer...but how to manage to do special jobs on both...and find time to properly plan out the projects before just jumping in to do them??  Hope to get "organied" soo!

My 4-1/2 year grandson will be coming to visit this Summer. I plan several gardening themed crafts to do with both him and my 10 year-old grandson, who lives close by.  Among other things, we will be doing some painting on fabric, including painting over leaves, stamping, collage, and painting grilling aprons. This will be his first visit without his parents - and I am excited!

I LOVE these bags!  I carry a project with me wherever I go, especially in the summer when I am not teaching!  This summer, I am finishing up two rather complex quilts that I began two years ago.  So far, I am making great progress and have not had to remove too many stitches!  

Love the travel iron. Looks easier to use than the one I have. I'll also be going to QBL ( for the 17th year) and taking a class with Jane Dunnewold. Looking forward to painting, stamping and just having fun.

This giveaway is so great! I have been thinking of putting together a travel bag so I can get in as much "creating" on the go as possible.

I have been wishing that I had a good travel kit to carry with me so I can have supplies to work with at lunch time and on my work breaks to develop my pen and ink sketches and add color and stampings and inks etc., until I can one day leave the 9-5 behind and concentrate solely on my creative pursuits...one day soon I hope.

This summer I am working on an inspirational series of art that incorporates art quilting techniques and I hope to share these works with others and create art prints in vivid colors!

Thanks Quilting Arts Magazine and to your show on PBS for inspiring me again and again!

These are absolutely precious!  I plan to return to my quilt this year and actually FINISH it!  :)

Very nicely done.   I have a rustic cabin that I visit on the weekends through the spring, summer and fall months, I'm always struggling with how to bring things to work on without taking up so much room...(HENCE, I"m a pack rat and never know if I will use all my supplies, but I want to bring them all)   Something so compact will force me to chose what to bring... could be a new enlightening moment with all the inspiration I have in the wilderness.  

Von

I hope to sew more items, teach my daughter how to use her new sewing machine, continue knitting, shop for fabrics in NYC.  The bags are so cute!

Love, love, love all these products!  One of my "arty" activities this summer is my fiber art group's gallery show!  The name of our group is FAB, and we just hung our very first show on Wednesday at the Lincoln Cultural Center in Lincolnton, NC.  It will be on display from June 4 - July 3.  The gallery is open Tuesday - Friday from 10 - 5, and our opening reception is Friday June 12 at 6:30.  We would love for you to come by if you are in the area!

Wow what super bags...no matter what project I'm in the middle of creating when we go on holiday I make room to take some part and as we have a camper van packing small is a must but at least I get to do my crafts whilst holidaying...with such pretty holders I could get away with taking more as I could "white lie" to the hubby and say it is my handbag!!!!

My business goes fairly dormant in the summer so I can pull out the lutradur, Tranfer Artist Paper, gelatin fixin's and try some new things.   And I can finally get back to dyeing!  In fact, I think I'll get started today.

I love the bags.  My plans for creativity this summer are 1:  clean up and organize my supply/stash room  and 2: Focus for a few weeks at a time on ONE medium or project!  1st, after making the baby sling for my son and his wife, is to do another quilted portrait.

Such CUTE bags! One of those would look much more stylish than the plastic shoe box I currently use when I take art supplies with me when we go camping in our pop-up camper! Nice give-away!

I wish I had art travel plans for the summer, sniff, sniff.  However, I am planning lots of "Art in Park" days with my children.  We'll pack up some paint, paper, glue and treasures, we'll head to the playground with a lunch and spend the day playing and creating; I think they will truly enjoy our summer of "Art in the Park".

Michelle

I love all of the items in this give-away.  I am a part of 2 small groups from my quilting guild and carry items to them every month using at least 2 totes.  I am currently working on completing a quilt made from blocks done at one of these groups and a fractured border, it is still a work in progress, but it coming along well!

Fun giveaways!  Thanks!

I NEED to be as organized as your suggestions show. I've just rented a new studio space, and I will spend at least part of the summer trying to figure out the most efficient (for me) way to organize sewing, dyeing, painting, embellishing areas in the studio, so things don't pile up and get lost.

In only a few more days we are going to Columbus Ohio and will see Quilt National in Athens and Sacred Threads and the NQA quilt show all in three fun packed days. Oh, and a side trip to Golf Works for the worlds best husband. What a guy to spend his vacation seeing shows with me and taking pictures where allowed. Traveling with a new art tote would really be great for our next trip.   Connie Pietrala   Richcon@charter.net

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This summer I will experiment with Paint sticks and free motion quilting. On my long vacation I will take pictures for inspriration.

I was just reading about the bags in the latest copy of the Studios.  I was just thinking one of these would be perfect for my next holiday. Hubby has booked a two holiday to the states for my 40th birthday... One of these would be great way to capture the adventure as we travel round.

Hoping to get to Cleveland to see the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame after Pokey's visit last year !

Luv the bags. So cute. Summer plans include a dying and rusting workshop w/ my 4-H kids.Along w/ an upcycle workshop. Brainstorming for my next wearable arts challenge. Visiting NY for some new inspiration I cant get down here in TX. At least its summer.

Yippee.... new "art" bags, yep I can always use another great bag for special projects. I'm attending a great retreat in September, Quilt Arkansas 2009, with classes and some great party challenges. Also twice a year I attend a retreat by our local guild, at least 20 women with their machines for 3 days, what more could you want!

Love the bags- Going to a week long workshop in October at Hudson River Valley Art Quilting with Carol Taylor and they would be perfect! Especially the large one...

Thanks for the chance to win.

I just received my Quilting Arts Magazine and its pouring of rain, so I am going to spend the day browsing.

Next month I am going to Missoula, Montana to decorate my new grandchild's room, bumpers, quilt, wall hanging and the bag would be just what I need.

What pretty travel bags and so functional!

LOVE the bags - I have a real thing for bags as my close will attest!  They could even pass for a purse for the eagle eyes of the carry-on police!

My daughter has planned a wonderful treat for me and my best friend, she has rented a house on the beach in Gulf Shores and invited us to come and stay a week with her.   We are going to listen to the ocean, lay in the sun  and quilt our hearts out!  

Mary

My summer's plans are every artist dream.  I will have the opportunity to go to St. Petersburg, RUSSIA and will visit The HERMITAGE Museum.  I hope this wonderful chance to see GREAT ART will push my creative endevours into it's next phase.  While traveling, it would be nice to have any of these wonderful prices, especially the tote.

My sister and I plan an art retreat every year.  This summer we are returning to a lakeside cottage that we just love!  We both take our sewing machine and our painting supplies!  I will be so nice to relax and paint and work on our mixed media projects!!  I think part of the fun of going on our retreat is gathering our supplies and projects for the trip.  I always start packing my projects well in advance.  It gives me something to plan and look forward to!  And yes, part of the fun is finding (or making) the perfect bag to for the trip!!!

I wish I could tell you I was headed to Hawaii or Italy for a fantastic art retreat or vacation, but I'm not.  My studio was my breakfast area.  It is a small but cozy space.  Because my space is small, I store my supplies in a variety of baskets and containers that remind me of traveling, such as a treasure chest, purses, and small luggage, which are scattered on the tops of plastic bins and tv table stands.  They make my space feel like I'm traveling.  When I enter my studio each morning, I imagine where I'll be creating that day.  I put on music to fit the mood and creativity takes over.  Aloha and Ciao!

Those bags are too cute!!!  I take my quilting or knitting where ever I go.

I just love every one of those bags - and the iron - adorable! (can an iron be adorable? - yes!)

My family, including grandkids, are coming to visit me in Mexico this summer. I have actually thought out ahead of time (how often does that happen?) that I'm going to make a journal of their visit: photos, memorabilia, entrance tickets, etc. It will be a whole summer of pleasures: anticipating the visit, experiencing it, and reliving it creatively. This should be one of the best summers ever!

These are SEW darling!  I could use some style on the go!

These are great bags - what a good idea!

I teach so summer is the time when I can get caught up on all those projects I've only dreamed about during the school year. I plan to finish some of my art quilts (and start some new ones). Because of the economy right now a retreat is out of the question, so I'll satisfy my urge to learn by going to local classes and workshops. My teenage daughter and I have talked about setting up a painting "studio" on the back deck just to start dabbling with different media.

I have so many projects lined up in the queue that I'll probably be working on them this time next year... learning Gaelic, drawing and charting celtic art, drawing and painting "Fae", a couple of sweater designs...!  We have a local rose garden that is awesome for hanging out and sketching, knitting, photography.  And in July, I usually venture to the Lake of the Ozarks for some aquatic and woodsy ambience.  Of course, there is my own backyard for inspiration as I am also a gardener.  Money is very tight for me this year so expanding on supplies I already have and "stopping to smell the roses", literally, is the plan for this year.  One of those bags would be awesome at the Ozarks on one of those "tree froggy" evenings!

I love inspiration! Cloth Paper Scissors has everything I've been needing! Thanks!

I am busy preparing for a week of "Lace Camp" on Manitoulin Island in Ontario Can.  Every year (this is our 16th) about 40 women from Canada, the US and Great Britain spend a week making bobbin lace.  There are many types of lace made as so many campers are of different ethnic backgrounds.  I like to make lace to encorporate into my fibre art pieces and to embellish smocked dresses that I make for my young daughter.  I will set off on a 9 hour journey with a car packed with lace pillows and books.  

I am planning on attending a few quilt shows and catching up on some unfinished projects. I also have a stack of new techniques I can't wait to try, so hopefully, I will get to them.

Karen

The bags are beautiful and would prove to be very handy when I do a workshop with Maggie Grey but then the iron would be great as well.

Doreen G in Australia.

Since being out of work for almost a year, I have taken to learning any new craft I possibly can. It also helps to bring in a few extra dollars to help me out!! Any type of crafting is an "art", so I can definitely use any of these totes to cerry my "art" when I go to a friend's house to visit and get inspiration and support.

I'll be attending a nine day art camp in June and a three day encaustic workshop in August -both are out of town.

I could really use those traveling bags!

It promises to be a creative summer

Ah-the creative summer of Deborah! (1) I will be painting some old chairs picked up at a yard sale and intend to be using several mediums- Paint-cloth and maybe a few strategically placed rhinestones (2) My new in-house studio consists of a former dressing room which I am turning into a third studio work area-  I shall be tearing it apart and re-organnizing to my hearts delight! Can't wait until my organizational juices kick in for that! (3) I was lucky to obtain a huge fabric selection (not that I needed more!) from a friends sister- I will be incorporating that into my existing fabric studio room- I have lot's of ideas and intend to work in my studio starting October 1 5 days a week- creating-creating-creating-For next summer I intend to take a couple of art project classes at the Art School in Chester Vermont-I have run out of time this year!

what a generous giveaway.  This summer I'm taking my first quilting class!  I've been quilting for over 5 years but I've never taken a real class.  I'm super excited.

Sooo great!! I hope this give away works internationally!!! I'm doing my first step on sewn and  I'd like to pack my supplies in some suitcase like those!! Ohh charming! ;)

Great looking bags.   Any of them would love to come and stay at my home.

This summer, my DH and I are spending a week in a cabin on a small lake.  While he fishes I am going to experiment with adding fabric paint to a small wallhanging that is needing some extra punch.  

I also will take a small sewing machine and work on the quilt blocks I have started sewing together for a quilt for our DSIL.

Please enter me into the giveaway contest.  I would love to be a winner.  

Barbara Gesell

Quilt8@aol.com

Those bags are terrific and I especially love the travel iron.  I am traveling to the International Quilt Festival in Long Beach, and always need cool things to pack up my supplies in for demos.  Our family vacation is on the calendar, and am planning what I can take that is small to put on the airplane - because I can't go anywhere without doing some kind of art.

Beautiful cases! I'm new to quilting arts and LOVE your magazine! Thank you!

We bought a used two seater kayak so my granddaughter can ride with me. Weather permitting, we're going to float around with sketchbooks and digital cameras while grampa fishes and then go back to my house and work them into quilt blocks until we have enough to put them together into a wall quilt. Then I'm going to sit her on my lap and teach her how to quilt it.

I love the  travel iron. Not only could it be used on the road but it would be great to keep by the sewing machine when doing mini quilts in my studio . Lately I've been doing some needle felting by machine but the bags would be great to carry hand needle felting supplies with you as you travel in the summer.

re:  Art Travel Giveaway

I love these bags!  I am planning on travelling to the Creativ Festival this Fall In Toronto, CA and these would be perfect!  I wanted to go this Spring, but we just bought an 1800 Cape Cod home in the most beautiful village in Maine.  There are festivals in my new area all the time.  These bags would come in handy there as well, as I am hoping to set up a table at one of them.  I like making quilted bags and I do decorative painting on barrel staves.  

These are so great!  And I love the little iron too!  How exciting to see it in red and not, oh.. say.. pink... bleh!  This is a great give away and I'd be thrilled to win!

Angie

I'll be attending a nine day art camp in June and a three day encaustic workshop in August -both out of town.

I could really use those traveling bags!

It promises to be a creative summer!

I love the bags! I'm moving from Maine to Virginia the end of the month and I am trying to figure out what to put my art things in so I can have some of my crafts with me. The blue bag would be perfect for me to carry some of my items. I know that I will need breaks to do something other than unpacking and doing a craft project is always fun and takes my stress away. Knowing where some of my craft things are makes it easier for me to do this. This summer will be a craft summer since I will be looking for work at my new home and will have some extra free time on my hands. I will have all my Christmas gifts made by fall this year.  

I'm taking a drawing class this summer...something I haven't done since college 20+ years ago! This should stretch me and energize me for fall and beyond!

OK  I travel and teach and I am 75 years old.  Don't you think I deserve an easy way to pack??????

What great bags!  I'm a storage freak--i seem to buy more storage rather than get rid of anything!  So bring it on...  One of those bags is just the thing for a car trip to a week by a lake this summer.

Amy Selmanoff

OK,  I'm inspired again.  Keep on arting!  Love the bags.  

I was shopping for additional art supplies last night -- a stamp and stamping ink, a few artist pens, etc.  I have my art supplies stored in a basket right now.  Although I'm not "going" on a retreat this year, I do plan to work on some art projects one day a week.  I hope by the end of the summer to have completed several projects.

Hi,

I am planning to make a short-sleeve lightweight jacket with crochet for myself, a couple of hats, prayer cloths  for cancer victims, and stuffed toys for a new great-nephew.   As of right now I don't plan to go anywhere for crafts but if there is something closeby (Seguin, Texas) I would consider going.  I love the travel bags  and iron.  My sister is an avid scrapbooker and would love one of those bags, I know.  Hope I win one for her.

Gloria

Well, no house rented on the beach nor a magnificent trip in a wonderfull place... for these days I will stay simply at home drawing and painting in our garden pavilion, smelling the flowers and contemplating the sky in its so many faces....just a simple , home-enjoying- filled with love summer holiday. And dreaming ...what's a soul without love and dream ?

OOPS!  I left a comment and forgot to add the required info you asked for.. what I'd do with this for the summer!  Please delete the other comment by me!

I have just started teaching art classes and these would be great to carry some of my supplies.  Some of my classes require an iron on the supply list so this one would be perfect to take for students to have access to or for me to use to demo!

Angie

Using an "Altoid" can, I will fit 6 water bottle plastic caps inside with various paint colors.  Add a waterbrush.  So tucked inside this adorable little bag, I will have everything for an artist's retreat...at the beach, or the mountains.  Can hardly wait to begin!

Love the bags and the iron.  Have recently moved back to my home state and am looking forward to attending a great summer art fair - Art Fair on the Square - in Madison, WI.  The fair is located on the square surrounding the state capitol building and there are always amazing artists there.  We are also moving from the house we are renting to a house we are buying and I will be working on setting up my studio so that I can once again have my own space for art!

The bags look very nice. I am going to make a mosaic out of recycled glass on the end of my studio on the outside of the building. It will probably be more than I really want to tackle, but it sure be nice when I'm finished !!!

I haven't seen this magazine before. Looks interesting, I'll try to find it at my local bookstore or JoAnn's.

i just got the new studio zine home....as i was looking through it, i got the coolest idea. we have a covered breezeway between the house and garage embellished with lots of vintage tin signs, antiques and other cool stuff. there is also a very nice sized table and chairs out there, we spend a lot of time out there in spring, summer and fall...hmmmm i'm thinking to my self....outside, breezy and sunny....voila my new out door studio....already made and ready to use,  all i have to do is take my next project to the breezeway...which is a art challange from a blog that needs to be completed by sunday evening. i'm so excited all i have to do is gather materials up and walk outside to my newly found and ready to go out door studio. thanks for the special studio addition, now i have an indoor and out door studio!

Hi Cate,

Looking forward to reading the new issue of CPS Studios.  I am in the middle of renovating my own studio space and I love reading up on ways to store, organize and display work in the studio.  For the summer I will be teaching a wonderful art camp in Kitchener, ON and when I'm not teaching I will spend the days at the local "beaches" with my daughters, taking pictures and bringing home items to print.  Thanks for asking!

I like traveling with my work. Always great to get ideas on how to take things with you because you never know when you may have time to create or an idea that can't wait. I really enjoy the studio issues. I  like seeing  other peoples ideas for their workspace is to help them create.  Thanks

Great bags and iron.  I plan to organize my crafting area more and finish some of my many UFO art projects.

Wow, what beautiful bags and the iron is soooo cute.  My vacation this year is 9 days of quilting with my 73 year old mother and my 14 year old granddaughter.  What fun!

Shelia

Wow! What fantastic gifts.  I subscribe to Quilting Arts but was unaware until today of the blog.  Glad to have found you.

Love these products and love that I can take my art on the road. What a great idea! Thanks for the giveaway!

Cool totes!!!   Makes me want to organise my craft supplies and get them ready to take somewhere anywhere hmmm.    Maybe a camping trip with some crafting on the beach.  Seashells make for  great crafting on the beach.

Love the bags!  I am doing a sashiko quilt and a wool applique quilt and the pieces and supplies would fit nicely in these bags for when we go on vacation and when I take my first daughter to college later this summer.

I live in the beautiful county of Sonoma California which sponsors an Art Walk/Trail in the summer and in the fall.  These events open the artists studio to let you see the places they work and let them explain their creative process.  I love to go to artists studios even if they are working in a medium I do not do myself, it starts my creative juices flowing.  The artists are very eager to share their love of what they do. Many times I will buy a small piece of something they do and let it inspire me to create my own art quilt, glass or ceramic piece.  Of course being in a beautiful geographic area surrounded by nature helps too. I encourage you all to get out there and be inspired!

I am only weekends at my home.  During the week I am working in another city.  On weekends I prepare and pack all my stuff to take with me to keep me busy in the evenings.  Melanie Testa inspired me to make stamps.  During the next couple of months I will stamp and paint my own fabrics to use in quilts during the long cold North Alberta winters.  I am taking as many photos as possible to use in my quilts.

These are a few of my favorite things...Misty Fuse, Bohn, and Quilting Arts...it doesn't get much better than that!!  I keep a small accessory bag packed with general sewing supplies, embellishment threads, ruler, scissors...you get the idea.  By having the bag prepacked and only having to worry about class specifics, I am always sure to have what I need and not having to run around at the last minutes asking myself, "Did I pack a ...?"  This summer I will be teaching a few classes and my class bag is packed!!  Yep, the Misty Fuse is already there...now if I could have a new travel bag, I would gladly repack!!

I love the travel bags.  I always take knitting or crochet on the road with me - even around town.  Hopefully this fall we'll get away for a mountain retreat and I can knit and read in the cool mountain air.  Thanks for the give-away opportunity!

What Fabulous Bags!!!

I never leave home without my journal, mechanical pencil and Caran d'Ache crayons! You never know when the next great idea or perfect image is going to pop up and need to be recorded for a future creative endeavor!

The kids are home for the summervacation: so not much chance to be "artsy".

We are producing dozens of cool ties for the soldiers though.

I'm going to the beach... we vacation with my extended family on an island of the N.C. coast that is accessible only by ferry. So I can't take all my heavy, cumbersome stuff with me. I take this opportunity to do handwork: hand quilting, embroidery, and needleturn applique. I also take a lot of photos and sketch, using the time to recharge and be inspired by the things around me.

I just got back from a 2 week visit at my daughter's house...my GD had *lots* of projects for me while I was there....but....they were low on supplies.  I sure could use those bags to take supplies with me when I go back in August.  I'm really trying to teach/keep my GD interested in crafting/sewing/quilting/cardmaking, etc., etc., since her Mom works it's up to Meema to pass these things on to her generation.

Summer, art and travel...those three words make me giddy! I usually go to the beach for inspiration and handfuls of shells and magic sea glass, but this year I'll be going to the mountains to gather stones smoothed by the river and twisted twigs and such to create a three dimensional piece of wall art. Also a special art friend is coming to visit me and we are going to spend our time playing with art techniques that we've been dying to find the time to try.

We are traveling in our motorhome this year from So. Cal. to Mt.Rushmore and any sites between... Any suggestions on some Artsy places to stop would be great... Also need some additional ideas of some crafts we can do while on the road... I will be doing some applique projects and some crocheting while moving.. when parked perhaps some beading and sewing... Ideas welcome.. We will also be introducing people to good health and spreading the word about Monavie... email me getmonav@yahoo.com

My huge arty event this summer is to travel from Minnesota to Sisters, Oregon for the outdoor Quilt Show in July. Two or three of my sisters are joining me in this "Sisters to Sisters" adventure. We'll be traveling by plane to Spokane, then taking 3-4 days to drive to Sisters - looking for adventure, quilt shops, inspiration from nature, along the way. This will be my first time traveling that far west - I'm excited to see new vistas, spend quality fun time with my sisters, and expand my crafting horizons!

Dot Kirchmann

Harris, MN

Those are really too cute!  I'm sure I could find sooooo many uses for them and think they would make others oh and ah and want one too!

I never go anywhere without at least a sketchbook. Those bags would be a stylish way to carry many creative supplies. My friends and I go on retreat to a log cabin in Wisconsin every year. It is a very pleasant way to bond with friends and get lots of creating done as well.

What wonderful bags - the colors are fabulous! This summer I'm hoping to take another on-line class on stenciling (took the first part this spring but was too busy at work to do much with it), and possibly a day-long "retreat" with my friend when she comes into town (that translates into a day spent shopping, roaming the city, and playing with artsy stuff!)

This summer, I will continue to improve my thread painting skills as well as my silk painting skills.  I have recently ordered the Pebeo Setasilk and love it.  I would also like to try creating fabric from paper as described by Jill Eckland in the latest issue of Quilting Arts.  I have

The bags are awesome.  And the iron looks perfect for travel as well.  I just finished moving my laundry room into my garage so I could use the indoor space for my paint and paper crafting.  The quilt room is in the sun room.  My birthday is June 9th.  What timing if I win something.  And if not, I win by waking up to another day.

What a treat it would be to get one of these goodies!!!  Whenever and wherever I go for a vacation (and I have a couple coming up this summer)  I always take some "stuff" with me.  After a day of having 'fun' I like to relax in the evening  by doing some hand quilting//scrapping//knitting, etc.  I look and see what is easy for me to pack up as crafting is a 'necessary' daily therapy.

Hello.

I'm planning a short trip to the Amana colonies in Iowa--the midwest mecca for traditional quilting.  Even though I've been making art quilts lately (and am always inspired by QA and Studios mags), it's always good to get back to the roots once in a while...

These bags would be great for hauling fabrics back home!  

I'm going to take some great photos, convert to black and white, then selective color them with oils.

IT LOOKS SO NICE , i WOULD LOVE TO GET IT ALL.Send it all to Denmark PLEASE :-))

Hola, soy chilena, al sur del mundo.  Me han encantado sus bags,realmente solucionan un problema a la hora de viajar.  Habitualmente, en mis vacaciones, a parte de la ropa, llevo papeles, croqueras, pinceles y acuarelas, para bocetear el paisaje.  Además, trabajo con lanas y estoy aprendiendo a hilar, con huso y rueca.

No sé si es posible, pero me gustaría ganarme algunos de los bolsos.

Gracias, por la información que recibo habitualmente, por email,

Cute travel stuff. I will be traveling down to visit with my MIL more this summer as my FIL just passed away... so I will need to take some portable fun projects as well as the stuff to make new curtains and stuff. I aim to get out to the state park behind where she lives. It is on a historic estate and the gardens, old buildings and views of the river are great inspiration for sketching and painting. Have fun every one!

Wow, what a cool gift! I'm going a on a cruise to the Baltic & am planning to do an artists book based on the trip. I'll use the sightseeing daytrips to gather imagery & the on-board days to paint, stamp, sew, etc, in my book.  Can't wait, so excited. Yea, summer!!!!

The bags are darling and what a cute little iron!

What a neat giveaway!

This summer I will be traveling to Pittsburgh PA and Dallas TX.  Family there.  In Dallas, I keep a duplicate of my quilting things.  I get to shop at fabric stores and quilts shops there.  In Columbus Mississippi, we only have a small fabric dept at Walmart.  Love the big city for shopping.  Would love to have any of the items for my travel.  Today (Fri, June 5th) going to Jackson MS for a quilt gathering of the Mississippi Quilters Association.  Taking a class tomorrow.

Jo Anne Slancauskas

I am off with my husband and teenage son to Ireland, they will be playing golf and I am planning to take my usual travel art bag (though yours look way cooler!) Whilst painting is not always my favoured past-time I am taking some acrylic paints a pocket size sketch book and some canvas (like tapestry canvas) on which to  paint and then stitch. I have been shown a technique where youcolour the canvas with the paint then add stitch in a fairly haphazard way. I am hoping the coastline of Ireland may inspire me . You could try stamping on the canvas,adding applique, weaving with thread or wool or ribbon..or fusing it with that lovely iron...this sounds promising lets see what the holiday produces!

What am I going to do that's artsy this summer... I have so much planned! One thing that's going to allow me to do a lot is having Farmor (grandma) take the kids one day a week. I'm planning on silkscreening, sunprinting and trying to take a cue from African-American quilters and do some 'Accidentally on Purpose' designing. I've already invited some students and former students to plan days to come over try stuff out. That way I HAVE to work on what I've planned that day (and no getting sucked into napping in the sun...).

I also plan on having at least one 'date' with my inner artist and go check out what's going on at the Louisiana museum in Denmark!

I am going to hit the museums and make the time for my art! Also a trip or two to the beach to collect and breathe clean ocean air.

I am going to teach some art at our local Boys and Girls club this summer.  One of these travel bags would be very handy!  vsheehan

Love those bags, I am going to a sewing retreat in October, how cool would that be to show off those bags and iron.   Over the next month I am starting a wall quilt showing my family tree; it's sketched out and I have been pouring over issues of Cloth Paper Scissors for more inspiration.

A lot of art plans this summer for me . In June I will visit an Textil Art Show and some workshops there in my hometown Berlin, Germany. I will work on my first fabric journal after this event. I hope I will learn some mixed media techniques that will help me with my journal. In August I will prepare myself for the Stempelmekka in Hagen, Germany. I will swap ATCs with many participants there, so I like to make as much ATCs as I can do until this show. I will go to Hagen with a friend who I will meet in Munich some days before. We are stamping and playing with art together for many years. I am looking for a good case for art supplies to travel with and these bags are wonderful and perfect for this.

Thank you for inspiration in CPS and please give me some luck for winning this beautiful turquoise art travel bag !

Greets from Berlin,

Angela

angelasturm.blogspot.com

I am  a 75 year old teacher of quilting and surface design .  I teach over the southeast and I  think I need one of t hose do not you???????     Priscilla E Hair  pehquilt@charter.net

This summer I'll spend a week teaching kids (ages 9-14), at a sleep over music camp, about the joys of creating. The camp is very high energy as the campers spend their days learning about music and drama through rehearsals and classes. I plan projects that allow them to express themselves through art in a low key, relaxed environment. It's an amazing experience to watch as they get into their projects, interact with each other and express their inner self.

I am a bag addict.  I adore buying new bags and organizing my stuff.  As a knitter, I'm always on the lookout for multi-functional bags that I can take my knitting and supplies along with my regular everyday stuff.  My biggest problem is usually that I want to take it all (just in case I might need it!)  

BTW, I really enjoy Studios.  Something so inspiring about looking in at other studios!  

Oh very nice stuff! So portable and decorative...love it! My artsy summer projects are catching up on my journal quilt project...trying to do 1 a month and it's June and I'm still on April's quilt!!! AND finishing a baby quilt cut from my husband's old shirts for my baby boy due to arrive July 31st! :) Beth

bybethstudio.etsy.com

I am going to OH for 2 weeks to babysit with my two grandchildren while their parents are away celebrating their anniversary. This is the best vacation for me. I get to influence by grandchildren with my love of crafts - painting, sculpting, sewing, needlework, etc. I do it all!!!Trying to figure out how to take my lighted magnifying glass with me so I can work on my hand sewing. Have several projects in the works from smocking a dress to making a twin sized quilt for my grandson. What a beautiful way to get organized.

Wow what great bags...I'm a storage-on-the-go-bagoholic  We go RVing almost every week-end..and you know a girl just has to have all the right tools with her to get the job done....and these bags are so much prettier than my current tool boxes !!

Even if I don't get to travel to a workshop, the bags would look really nice as storage in my sewing room.

The bags are gorgeous! I am in a couple of workshops this summer...one is for Miniature Landscapes, andother is for hand felting small figures, and the last one is a knitting course in Dublin. The bags would be perfect for taking to the workshops, as I always take the bus, as I live in wilds of Donegal County, Ireland. The trip to Dublin is almost 5 hours, so it looks like the bags would be perfect.

Micki

Storage is always an issue--will be traveling this summer-hope to gather tickets,menus,postcards etc.--a place to collect it all would be a true blessing. Get a lot of use out of the DVD's.

I can't wait for my issue!

Hopefully we will get a trip to Northern Michigan in this summer. I usually travel with sketch book, various pens and pencils and a camera so I can draw out any inspirations that may come my way while on vacation. I'm also hoping to play around with some fabric dyeing, Polaroid transfers on fabric and maybe some fun projects with the kids this summer.

One would think with all of the cute storage containers that I buy my studio would be uncluttered...not going to happen.  Too busy working on sample quilts for a quilt store in Pennsylvania.  Having too good of a time creating to worry about clutter.  Just close my door and put the "Do Not Enter" sign up.

Wow great timing. I'm planning on some painting or at least picture taking and sketching on Manitoulin Island this summer. One of these bags would make it an artsy adventure for sure. Thanks for the chance!

Wonderful bags in beautiful colours! - I make somekind of art everyday, no matter if it's summer or winter: painting, cross stitches, kniting, crochet laces... Creating by hand is my whole life, if you know, what I mean! Have a beautiful summer!

I'm going to visit the museums in my city.

 Love the totes and iron! This summer I plan to play with tsukineko inks and markers. I want to be able to include them in my style of art. I'd also like to start an art blog. I plan to spend some time in the mountains of Virginia this summer gathering inspiration for future projects.

Now that DH is retired, we spend a great deal of time on the road: traveling to see children and grandchildren, seeing the sights along the "blue roads" that we never had time for before.  We have a motorhome and the bags like you have here could make the clever packing of materials so much easier.  Space is always at a premium.  I have nearly completed a major piece and am looking forward now to trying something totally new and different.  I am almost giddy with the excitement of taking off on a new path.  

I enjoy a design group that likes to take field trips to nearby cities whenever possible in order to visit quilt shops, seminars and exhibits.  We have another trip planned for next week!

The something "arty" that I'm doing this summer is a mission trip to Kenya to teach a group of women to design story quilts.  A different group with aptitude will learn to run a business and so the project will have a self-help outcome.

Okay, that has to be the cutest iron ever!!!  Does it come in Orange, which is my favorite color.  Did you know that it is the happy color.  Think about it when you see orange don't you get a smile on your face?  And when you smell the citrus scent of an orange don't you feel refreshed and full of energy.  Is orange your new favorite color???

Also, have never seen ty Mistyfuse but will search it out and give it a try.  Love seeing all the new items and getting the invaluable tips.  Thanks for all you provide.

This is a terrific issue because I am always in a dilemma as how to pack art/craft supplies for travel. I will definitely have to check out that iron.

Judith

These bags are so cute and I love that iron!!! I'm hoping to go to the beach this summer, even if just for a weekend. I always have a craft project with me, either knitting, crocheting, jewelry, cross-stitch, etc. I keep a different work-in-progress in my car, at work and at home so no matter where I am I have something productive to do.

Thanks for the giveaway!

Aleisha

Wow,these are so cool. My husband and I are planning some weekend trips on the Harley to each of the New England states and I'm planning to start journals for each state and collect small momentoes . One of these bags would fit perfectly in one of the saddlebags on the motorcycle. Would also be much nicer than the ziplock bags I use now.  

Retirement income is down this year so there will be no extensive travels. I am fortunate enough to live in a beautiful spot - Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. We will have wonderful picnics in the parks near home, shop the farmer's markets, and attend local craft fairs. Where ever we go I will have my digital camera and record scenes for inspiration when the snow flies! On inclement days I am working on a workshop for Christmas time- little gifts that you can make in a couple of hours to give to your crafty or not so crafty friends. Inspiration is everywhere in the summer!

Love the bags(I am a "bag lady").  I live at the beach and this summer is dedicated to my son's wedding here in August.  I will design and make something to commenorate that.  I do a lot of hand work sitting on the beach.

Love your magazine and also Quilting Arts.    I'm in the process of redesigning and redecorating my sewing room, and when it's finished I'll be calling it my "studio".   I love working in there, either sewing or painting or creating, or sometimes just sitting and reading one of my magazines or quilting books.    I'm going to retire next year at age 65, and the one thing I'm looking forward to the most is spending time doing my crafts... I absolutely can't wait!   This will be a new chapter in my life, and I'm so glad I have a wonderful hobby that I'm passionate about.   Thank you for all you do to inspire us!!

Maggie Knipps

maggie.a.knipps@exxonmobil.com

Can't wait to show these to my scrapping sisters who travel to each other's houses and to their friend's to scrapbook.  They are very competitive and do this double clap after they finish a page to let the other know they have finished.  

I love the bags. I am taking some online classes this summer. We are also going to a family camp at the beach with our church. There I can take pictures and draw in my art journal. Great inspiration for art later on throughout the year.

I've been carrying small projects to work on in waiting rooms in an unstructured cloth bag that I made.  It would be great to have something a bit more substantial make that unsquashable for a car vacation trip where space is at a premium.  Wherever I go, I try to find craft stores, galleries, museums, etc. to visit.

These items are great!  I just came back from an art retreat, and how wonderful it would have been to have these items to carry my things.  I use Misty fuse a lot and because it is so sheer, I often don't realize I have ironed on it until it is on my iron.  Grest idea to have a dedicated iron strictly for that.  I don't expect to win, but will definitely add these to my wish list.

I live in upstate NY and we have to travel at least an hour away to go anywhere...As I am retiring this June, my husband and I are taking day trips to all those museums and art galleries that we have promised ourselves that we would visit...the Egg in Albany and the NYS museum there also...MOMA in NYC, Guggenheim also in NYC...Norman Rockwell Museum in Vermont...NE Textile Museum in Lowell, MA...also in Lancaster, PA... I could go on and on, but at least this is a start!  We have relatives in many of these cities so we can visit as well as be creative.  My bags are packed!

I have a bunch of zipper bags for crazy quilt supplies, but I've never tried fusing on vacation, unless it was at my parents' cabin. I'm planning a trip to the mountains and a trip to the beach this summer. The beach trip is for art shows and the mountain trip will include my sewing machine.

What a great giveaway! I'd love love love to win this one!

I just love storage thingies! This summer I am continuing my Tuesday night mixed-media art class through June...not directly related to quilting; however, I am currently working on a piece that stems directly from an art quilt I made many years ago. It's fun and fascinating to bounce back and forth between work approaches and types of material. I find that each mode supports and encourages the other. Since it's mixed media, I am 'auditioning' a circle which I plan to make from Misty Fuse and Angelina, embroidery and paint for one segment of the piece.

All your products are so beautiful, it would be so lucky to win one of them! I am planning a trip to see the Da Vinci Exhibition and also the Stitches and craft show in Brisbane, held in conjunction with the Queensland Quilters Exhibition. All food for the soul and great inspiration.

I love those bags-but it's that iron that's got me all hot and bothered! (lol) I'll be sewing some new curtains for my arts and crafts bungalow, and going to LOTS of fabric shops while on vacation in New Hampshire. I want to try my hand at art quilting, and just purchased my copy of "Art Quilting" yesterday, but I haven't had a chance to read it yet.

I love Quilting Arts. And the Gifts are wonderfull.

Unfortunately I'm not going to travel this summer. I'm a knitter, spinner, do some crochet and of course sew as well, I'll be doing lots of projects during summer month. One thing I haven't done so far is take my spinning wheel outside and spin in public. I'm also planning on making some bags, combining my handspun, knitting, crochet and sewing, which I'm really looking forward to, and partly I already started on some ideas. You've got some very cute prizes to give away. :o)

My head is full of ideas.  So I hope I will realize some of them this summer :)

I love the bags and have lots to store in them....with the summer off from teaching I can play, play, play in my studio.  I think I will live up there for three months....maybe my husband will bring my meals up to me too. Let the creative adventures begin.

How Awesome!  I will be ordering the new Studios issue!  I am setting time aside to start doing an artsy journal page each week.  I am prepping supplies and idea lists and will begin July 1!

the bags are soo cute and look like they hold alot.  i am not sure but i think i am going to take a class on Cotton Quilting with my mom.  

I scheduled "inspiration field trips" outdoors.  Bringing my camera to capture textures, sights and unique excitement tinglers.  

Making rubbings (where safe and legal) using shiva paint sticks and colored pencils.  

Oh yes, it's quite the summer of rejuvenation this year!  

I am new to quilting but do a lot of art while traveling the USA in our motorhome. My craft supplies (paints, yarn, chalk, easel, beading supplies, pattern books, sewing machine, fabric etc.) make up a good share of the small storage areas of the coach. I love this country and all the wonderful people I meet. Everyone is a crafter at heart!!!

I'm going to finish ALL my UFO's I found when I cleaned my Studio...............I am, I am I tell you..............

The bags are TOO cute.  Better yet they look to be very functional, as a member of ASG (American sewing guild) I have many occasions to sew on the go.  These bags would be perfect.  In fact we have a retreat scheduled July 4 weekend, sewing all weekend long and someone else does the cooking, what could be better than that!

I love the bags and the contents. I am a photographer and fiber artist, often combining the two.Mistyfuse is at the heart of what I do!  My travels this summer to a farm in Upstate New York and a cottage on the shores of Lake Erie in Ohio I will provide ample images to incorporate into my art. In addition to my travels, I plan to participate in the workshops of my fiberarts group. The "Art Travel Giveaway" would be soooo useful to me.

After trips to dyeing workshops last summer and fall, this year I'm sticking closer to home and photographing colors, shapes, etc., for inspiration and possible screen images for fabric  layering.

What wonderful things - who knew!

Nothing is more fun than carrying supplies in a cute bag. I plan to join friends to do some creative quilt projects this summer. Love to have a bag for my supplies.

I am decluttering, which is not fun, but I usually find some treasures I've lost along the way.  And then I plan on trying some shibori and dyeing lots of silks and wool.  My usual dyes are cotton but with my embellisher I am ready to try acid dyes.

Linda Themer

Oh, those bags are so cute, so handy.

I'm gonna make this summer a little quilt for my dolls'house, it fits in a little box and I can sewing it everywhere.

Greetings and happy sewing,

Marian

Living in a beach town means that I don't have to go away this summer.  I'm a full time illustrator (stitch and fabric as well as tradtional media)

and designer, so I my art is my life. What I have to make time for is summer!  an hour of kayaking here, a walk on the beach there,

a weekend of sailing...it's all great fun! whatever I am doing, I am never without my camera & sketch pad and always bring my creative spirit along!

I just got back from attending a wedding in Texas as well as buying georgeous Batik fabrics for my textile art. Those bags/iron would sure help in my next trip this summer which will be on the road instead of flying. I usually take a variety of supplies with me for drawing and hand stitching.

I'm going to Quilting By the Lake at the Onondauga County Community College near Syracuse, NY for a week in August, taking a class from Rosalie Dace.  This is my 7th summer at QBL and I love it!  I'm primarily a quilter but just love Quilting Arts stuff and am going to decorate a bra for Brazieres for a Cure 2009, a *** Cancer Awareness Project, before I leave for QBL.  Keep the ideas coming!

so happy i found this blog - cool stuff - and i have been wanting to try the Misty Fuse

The bags are sooooo adorable! We go on a lot of campign trips and my husband must make sure there is a secure spot for my Janome! People cannot believe I use a sewing machine at camp, but hey I wouldn't have it any other way.  This summer I am planning to screen and block print my own fabric.  I am in the process of desiigning for it at the moment and am very excited.  I always look forward to the new issue of Studio's as we get it a little later here in Australia, I love the stories of the artists journey to their haven! Every woman should have one, mine includes a relaxing water feature my family bought me for mother's day.  

Going to NY this summer to visit my nieces and nephew....thought it would be fun to do an art project with them....maybe tie-dyeing.  Hope my sister doesn't mind blue and green children : )  

being on the other side of the Big Pond- my summer is over 5months away yet but -I am hoping to take some time out and go to a seaside holiday home n stitch my heart away, hopefully while I am stitching my man will be out on the water catching us our dinner. Sounds good huh?? sure does to me- ooh roll on winter and spring - summer cant get here quick enough!

love n hugs bear xoxoxoxo

What a cool travel set.  I'd love to haul along projects this summer!

These bags are great and the iron is terrific! We will be heading to east Tennessee this summer with our family - the grandkids love to "do artsy stuff" with Grandma - so I will be taking ample "artsy" supplies. I'm also new to the quilting world - currently hooked on quilted postcards  - so those supplies will be tucked into my bags along with whatever else I can squeeze in. I like to be ready - inspiration can be just around the corner!

This summer I decided to do something nice for myself everyday. One of those things is to bring my "art to a park - or other natural setting" and have lunch and play with my art. So far it's been wonderful and relaxing. I think I'm influencing other people to "take a moment for themselves" as they stop and chat about what I'm doing. It's amazing how even 30 minutes of indulgence can make to your psyche and creativity.

One of my traveling summer art projects is to dye fabric with photo reactive dyes for quilts made during the rainy months here in Seattle.  I load up PFD fabric and Setacolor paints, head for our beach house and hope for sun!  That iron would come in handy for heat setting the dyes!  

susan in seattle

I sooooo enjoy all of the Quilting Arts publications and myriad of ideas.  I've been doing several wedding and baby quilts and also work with a bereavement support group creating fabric memories.  This bag would be quite an asset in transporting project necessities for that group.  Keep inspiring us!!!

Hi  Am going to summer art camp next month at Oasis. Can't wait  didn't get to go as a kid so I'm letting my inner child out for this camp. The bags are sooo cute

What fun stuff!  I belong to a bead group which meets once a month and we create lots of beaded stuff.  I just finished beading a bra, check it out on my blog

nightbeaderatlarge.blogspot.com

Being married to an artist, make traveling interesting. We have been talking about converting our old Jeep into a fabulous studio on the go.  Our favorite way to get creative is to jump in the car and drive somewhere new. Our creative plans this summer/year include a weekend get-away to Santa-Fe. And a 10-day trip to Ireland. We chose both places for their rich heritage and color palette. I can't wait to try some Irish Linen from Ireland in an art quilt. Maybe some lace on a choker.  I am getting excited just typing this.  Sending back Art-Quilt postcards from both locations and anywhere else we travel this summer. FUN FUN.

<3,

KtMae

As you get older life gets shorter so this summer I'm taking a fabric dying class, making some landscape wallhangings, doing some paperpiecing by hand and organizing my quilting room.  And hoping that people don't interrupt me expect for quilting, or cloth, paper and scissors ideas.  I'm starting to work with angelina fibers and want to find some Mistyfuse in my area.  If I can't I'll order on line.  Wishing summer fun to everyone.

I am very excited to be taking a Batik Class this summer.  I also hope to have lots of art days with my children.

I'm going to have to be even more organised this summer, when my daughter and her fiance move back home. Somehow my studio has never seemed so small!. Currently I am working on several projects for the regional day of the South east Region of the  Embroiderers' Guild, here in the UK. My branch (Bromley) is busy making an ensemble out of recycled materials. I have nearly finished a shawl that I have created out of those little mesh bags that hold washing powder tablets, using up my odd balls of wool. Then I plan to make a corsage out of those fiddly plastic pulls that come on boxed drinks, and finally I hope to embellish some foam toggles (again from those washing powder tablet bags) into textured beads.

Add this to the fact that Bromley branch is having an exhibition in October, and I need to finish some pieces to show then, and you can see why organisation will be key to it all going smoothly.

By the way, thanks for the great tip about Misty Fuse and Angelina. I'm just off to try it out. Plus, the free quilted bags book has given me more ideas.

Oh these are so cute!  They have so much potential!  And the iron would be great for my sewing classes.

I'm attending a huge bead show this weekend. Also wanting to practice sketching on a couple of planned summer trips.

Wow these are really cute bags.  If I won one I am sure I would have to fight with my daughter about who gets to use it. The iron is cute, too. I have never used misty fuse, but I would like to try it since I hear that it is great.  At any rate this summer I plan on getting a lot done...rusting fabric, painting fabric, finishing 2 landscape quilts, traveling to Amsterdam to get more inspiration for future landscape/cityscape quilts.  All in all a great creative summer planned!

I'm working on a quilt for my guild's biennial show in September.  The center of the quilt is a lion's head based on a photograph I took in Africa in September 2008.  I'm still trying to decide whether I want to piece, embroider, or applique the lion, or some combination of techniques.

I'll be attending 4 quilt shows this summer. And hopefully doing lots of quilting. Right now it's my favorite form of crafting. I also hope to be getting into more photography. I'm looking for a better camera, and it's hard to decide which one has everything I want!

paweis@yahoo.com

During the summers my husband and I travel in our motorhome.  Space is limited but certainly not all the inspiring landscapes, flora and fauna we see along the way. I tend to pack more art supplies than clothing and am always looking for better travel storage. The items you are showing here look perfect for the mini vacations we take. I remember one of my teachers encouraging us to do a little something artsy each day. What great handy space saving  storage contaners to pack all those little things I love to take with me, I love them!

This is so fabulous and so generous. That bag could carry all my supplies on vacation to the Outer Banks next month!

I'll be travelling back in time - the the Middle Ages! Each August, my husband and I participate in a large (13,000+) history re-creation event in western PA. I will be teaching classes on making clothing from the 6-7th centuries AD, including hand stitching techniques used to make children's clothing.

I love the bags!  My summer art projects include improving my spinning and making felt.

what a lovely idea, you are the best ! I intended to go to Switzerland's PIVA  in St. Moritz (this is a wonderful Quilters' meeting every year with world famous teachers- just google under PIVA) but unfortunately due to personal problems I had to draw back. The last 2 years I was there, and I can only recommend it .

hugs to all

Michou

Oh those bags are SWEEEEET! I teach paper arts & stamping workshops at my home studio. Over the  summer I like to hold workshops outside, using items from the garden as stencils & inspiration for color. I don't need to travel far to see the beauty in nature!

Greetings! I'm headed west to the Stitchin'Post's [Sisters OR]  annual week-long Quilters' Affair workshops and Outdoor Quilt Show, July 5-11. This trip has been on my "bucket list" since forever and I'm quite excited about it. In addition, I plan to make mini-excursions to museums; to travel world-wide via the Internet to gather ideas and learn from others such as the members of the Quilting Arts' community via blogs, online resources, QA publications, etc; and I also will be introducing my 8-year old grand niece to quilting and art -making learning journeys. It's never too early or late for an art learning journey. The  travel kits are a great inspiration+reminder that you can take/make art everywhere.

Any of these bags would be a step away from the canvas bags that usually go with me.   It's so hard to get into the creative mood during the work week.  This means that I am flooded with creative urges over the weekend and on vacation.  Though I'd love to take more - colored pencils and my sketchbook are generally all I pack for my week on the sailboat.  (Oh - and my current crochet project...and my camera...and my laptop.)

I love the bags and the iron!  My husband and I travel a lot, and I always take at least one small project to work on.  The bags would be perfect.

What great bags!  Just what I need to keep my stuff in for get togethers with my art group every week this summer.  We hang out and make alter art, collage, scrapbooks, albums, and more!

Next month I'll be traveling to the Enchanted Art Doll Conference in Albequerque with 2 friends. In September the 3 of us will head down to the Houston area for the Lone Star Polymer Clay Retreat. The art doll conference is a little more challenging for packing/taking supplies as we are flying. We're in the process of getting everything together for it. The clay retreat will be easier since we drive to it, but you are still limited in the amount of space you are given.

I'm planning to do some fabric painting this summer, let's hope the sun shines bright.  There will be a few quilt shows to attend and always love the merchant malls, also hope to attend a workshop in August.  Have recently purchased some QA dvds and will enjoy learning some new techniques this summer.  

I am an elementary art teacher and my own art has been neglected through the school year.  Today is my third day out for the summer.  My plan for the summer is to clean up my studio and work on my own art!

For art center days in class I've had a supervised station that involves a warming tray--the kind you put a casserole on for a buffet.  I cover it with aluminum foil, then tape a piece of drawing paper to it.  The students get to use a 'chunk' crayon--made in my muffin pan--and experience the feeling of the wax melting as they move the crayon over the warm surface.  I want to tape a piece of fabric to the tray and try drawing with regular crayons and then use dye or fabric paints

My colleague did a lesson on batik with first graders.  She used bleached muslin, gel school glue, and tempera paint with some amazing results.  I'd like to fiddle with that, also before I have to go back to school in August.

Darling bags!  Just in time for travelling to summer art retreats!!  

Greetings,

This summer I will be traveling to Rockport, Tx as we do every summer. Maybe this summer will be the one where we decide to stay forever. Lovely ocean side ,low country community. I would love to have a snazzy bag to store the handwork project I will take with me.  It is now packed up in a ugly plastic tub!  Thanks for the give away! shelly beth

I LOVE the bags - they are hip and fun and would inspire some crafty time!

i am taking a class on minatures quilting this summer and am excited for that - yeah - i love the tiny stuff - at least while the eyesight is still good! Plus plan sewing/craft days thru the summer with a group of lady friends to keep the creative juices flowing!

I find when traveling, or taking items to class the more organized I am the more fun and ease I have when doing my project - these bags and the iron would definately help!

One of the quilt guilds I belong to is beginning to discover the wonder of art quilts and is supporting our development by bringing in the Artgirlz for a workshop in July.  I can hardly wait to spend the day with these creative gals and get some inspiration!!  I am not sure what we are making, but it really doesn't matter; I know it will get the creative juices flowing.

I'm loving these new products!  With a bipolar daughter and a new puppy (guess which one is easier to deal with!) it's been hard to get away, but we're going to try to go to the mountains for a few days this summer and I will be checking out leaves for a new project in the fall.

Just love those totes! The colors are marvelous!  And that iron too!  I have a wall hanging project that I brought home from a vist with a friend in Ft. Myers, Fl. that I am itching to work on!  I can never leave home without a bag of some sort!  At least I have to have a good book (a must)  and my camera for starters.  You never know where inspiration may come from!  And when traveling I need STUFF....sketch books, watercolors and paper, pencils, pens...and the list goes on!

that round box would be perfect for all my bottles of ink.

The bags are great. Love the color scheme. This summer I will be traveling back to the midwest where each

year myself and three friends who all live in different areas of the US gather for a long weekend of fibery

goodness. In the past we have traveled to Chicago for Stitches Midwest, gone on a quilt shop hop and this year

we are planning on a dye session at home to stock up on "fiber stash" for the upcoming year.

I just wrote a comment a few minutes ago but it got lost in cyber space. Anyway, here goes again: I just got back from a wedding in Texas as well as buying some fabulous Batik fabrics for my textile art. The bags would have been a great addition to my stuff. However, I will be doing several road trips this summer. I usually travel around the province (I live in Canada) taking pictures and sketching as inspiration for my art. A new bag would be welcome.

Two friends and I are continuing our "Friday Fun" days this summer with our tween-age girls!  One of us is into sports, another into cooking, and the third is a crafter!  We get together after school on Fridays to teach each other and try new things.  Our hope is to show our daughters that even as women we are constantly learning and growing throughout our lives and that they should too!  It's a great way to learn something new with your children and to share what you may be great at with others.

Love the bags.  I can think of any number of things I can tote.

Wow! What a roomy bag with so many nooks and crannys!  I'm going to a Quilt Shop Hop on a tour bus later this month.  It would be wonderful to have one of these travel bags.  It appears to be the right size to bring yo-yo making supplies to keep me busy between stops.

Great little iron!  

Wow! What a roomy bag with so many nooks and crannys!  I'm going to a Quilt Shop Hop on a tour bus later this month.  It would be wonderful to have one of these travel bags.  It appears to be the right size to bring yo-yo making supplies to keep me busy between stops.

Great little iron!  

I'm calling this "UFO Summer." My intention is to finish all, or at least a good portion of, those unfinished projects sitting around my art studio! Maybe one of those little totes would help me finish them while on the road to Sedona for vacation, or while sitting under an umbrella at the beach.

These bags look so useful!  I look forward to the summer and more time for art (I am a teacherin a Waldorf School).

I am getting ready to vacation in Canada next week with my husband who is going to a conference.  I am going to have a lot of free time and these would have been great fun to have to take my "stuff" in to work on in the hotel.  I have been saving my Quilting Arts and Cloth, Paper, Scissors, magazines to read while I am there.  It was all I could do to wait!

I've just completed a fused glass class as well as a PMC class.  I will also be going to Albuquerque, NM with hopes of finding lots of beads, and fabric.  Those cute bags would come in handy to bring all my new found treasures home.

Debby Howard

This summer my kids and I will be going to visit my sister and her family in Wales.  We are going to try the Travel Scarf idea that was published in the QA Gifts 2008-09.  I have the paint sticks and the scarves ready to go--I'm very excited.  I also thought we'd do some muslin rubbings and the kids kid do that as well.  Then we can mount in a frame with a picture of the kids in the middle of the rubbings, or maybe print them out on fabric or faborganza--but something along those lines.  I'm also planning on trying to do some sketching--so baggie of small sketchbook and some pencils and markers...Thanks for all the great publications.  Sharon

I am going to Indianapolis to meet 50 or so online friends from Atcsforall.com. I would love to have a new art carrying case.

Babies as Art

Traveling to Seattle for August, as new grandchild due Aug 2.  It's brother will be 14 months old, so my ART will be Babies.  Will definitely need

to pack creatively in order to have a month's work of goodies to work on, while baby sitting.  Love this opportunity to win something to help me

organize and enjoy.

Great bags and the iron is such a useful size!  I plan on taking a drawing course this summer so that I do have to solely rely on pubic domain images when working on projects.

Every year I vacation for 1 month travelling from DFW in Texas to northern Minnesota.  Lovely lake and great people.  When I tell others I take my sewing machine, they think I'm crazy, but I get some of my best sewing done during my "veggie" vacation.  There is an independant quilt shop 15 minutes away from me and they always have something I just have to have.  Any of these bags and/or the travel iron would make great compantions to my sewing machine and make it much easier to pack!

What fun!  I'm planning a summer with lots of visits from my grandchildren who live in New Orleans. When they get here, they head straight to Nana's craft room to see what's new. They love to explore my fabrics, paints, stamps, beads and bling! And I love sharing it with them in hopes that a spark of arts exploration will lead to a life-long love of it.

Nicole

My supplies fill my cupboards and many tote bags.   It takes me forever to find what I want.   Taking a sketch book when I travel with watercolor pencils usually fills the need to take notes and do a little art.    I love to travel to art workshops.  I belong to the Texas Federation of Fiber Artists so I get to attend a conference at least every two years.

I'm so excited to leave next weekend for the beach!   I'm taking a quilt I'm working on for my grandson with me.  However, because I'm going to the beach with 3 grandchildren, the quilting time may be limited on this trip.  I am going to pack the quilting materials in my suitcase and hope for the best, however, as the adults typically watch movies after the little ones go to bed at night - a great time for conversation and quilting.  Hopefully, a great time to interest my daughter in quilting, too.

This is just what I need to go to D.J. Pettitt's class in Birmingham, AL.

What a creative way to pack your tools for a retreat or a trip! My plans for the summer is to spend a week camping in the Colorado Rockies. There I will take many photos for future projects and inspiration. I also usually take a small project that I can do without electricity. I look at it as a time to enjoy my surroundings and enjoy.  

Wow, those sure beat putting things in plastic bags.  My husband is driving me  to the Long Beach Quilt Show in July.  We are staying with relatives.  It's about a 6 hr drive.  I need to have something to be doing with my hands, so I take small things I can work on, like fabric beads etc in plastic bags.  I keep these down by my feet so I can reach them.  Messy with 3 to 4 bags sliding around on the floor.      

I want to make some mini quilts and summer tops for myself. I'd also like to take some classes and learn how to applique and try some other quilting techniques. This summer is all about me, baby! I've always made stuff for other people, so for once, I'd like to make stuff for myself.

these look like the perfect thing for me to take to the cabin.  I always stick tools and supplies where ever there is room.  Right now, I keep a sketch pad (small) a medicine bottle of watter, a stackable set of water colors and a brush and pencil in my purse.  Could use use more to tell the truth. The iron would be a great tool as well.  Stuck (happily) in the middle of the woods, no TV, nature sounds and a few music notes, and I am good to go.  That is where I come up with great ideas.  So to have the travel iron would work out great.  You all always come up with the best things.   I just got a new journal making book, and the iron would be a great tool to use there.  To be sure, anything would welcome and very appreciated.    Vickie

Those bags are so cute and who couldnt use another iron! we're planing a few trips this summer and of course time at the beach and I love crafting so how do you bring the 2 together?!  lucyly I'm into many crafts, drawing, painting, sewing, scrapbooking, beading and thats just to name a few I really havent meet a craft I havent liked lol Hopfully I'll be able to bring a few crafts with me.  Crafting it really is a drug isnt it?  Just gotta have my fix every day! lol

I am working on a Nicho made of fabric instead of metal as they usually are, I sold the last one and he has been hinting he wants one of this own, "all about him". All I have left is the beading and then the mounting. I would love totravel with a snazzy bag instead of a plastic bin!  ThankX shelly beth

Awesome little bags!  Hoping to try out the Misty Fuse.

I've just started quilting and I love to look at inspiration on your site and in your magazine.  Thanks for the great items in the giveaway and for all the wonderful eye candy.

HI,

I love Misty Fuse for all sorts of uses.  This summer, my husband and I are enroled in two courses at the Haliburton School for the Arts (Ontario, Canada).  He is taking travel writing (last year he took Memoir Writing) and I am taking a course on Manipulating fabric with Judith Dingle.  Last year, I took Colour and Design for Fibre Artist with Marion Spandjerdt.  I would love to win the travel bag.

Dally

As a quilter, crafter there is no such thing as having too many bags. I just love these and would be happy to have one for one of my projects.  Have a good day

Cool bags!  My art plans for the summer will have to be inexpensive (use up all those supplies I already have!) and close to home, since my daughter is getting married in September and there is NO budget for anything extra.  I do hope to take a machine quilting class at a local quilt store, something I would love to master.  That will be my one and only indulgence for the summer!

Wonderful Giveaway! I have a beach trip in July, a quilt retreat in September and my first trip to the Houston show in the fall.  I love to pack compactly and light and  leave more room to bring home new quilt supplies.

I  am heading off to QSDS in a few weeks... This bag would be fun to have!

This summer I plan to do a lot of quilting -- in particular finish quite a few UFOs.   My mentally retarded sister has recently gone to live with my other sister and, just this week, they have both gone thru a very difficult time with my mentally retarded sister most likely having had a stroke.  They are back home today and adjusting to a "new normal".   Since I cannot be there -- I live half way across the country -- I want to finish some lap warmer quilts to send to them so that the blankets can wrap them with my love when I cannot be there to wrap them in my arms.

This summer I am attending and teaching at 4 different retreats.  I am also taking a class on art quilts.

I love those bags!  I usually take my quilting along to my cottage.  I get so much accomplished there-it's quieter than home!  I have a kit for a Halloween quilt that will probably be this summer's vacation project.

Love those funky bags!!  Much more 'chic and arty' than the recycled business briefcase that I use - sturdy and has good compartments, but oh so plain!!!!  As it is winter here in Oz I am having fun playing with and learning from the instructions in an on-line course I have enrolled in.  Learning lots and making a lovely mess of my worktable.

A friend and I attend "quilt camp" every year--the Mid-Appalachian Quilt Guild 3-day retreat--and it's a high point of our summer. We often take local classes, as well. The bags would be perfect for us to get organized in advance.

The perfect carry bag, it would be ideal for my next workshop, and even for at home when I take online courses, everything at my finger tips.

I'll be toting my camera around with me this summer to record inspiration for painting and quilting projects.  

Very nice! I'm going to try to make my quilting area a little more art-inspiring. It could use some help! And that, hopefully, will inspire me to get quilting.

Great giveaways! All perfect for travel. I plan to take an online class in hand embroidery techniques. Embroidery is so portable and I like to keep some hand word ready for any time I'm traveling. Someone mentioned rusting fabrics... I hope to try that as well, but have not started my "collection". I'll try some other fabric coloring techniques, too, such as ink-dyeing. Have a fun summer everyone! Nancy

I'm going to declutter and better organize my art space.  I feel like I"ll be more motivated and inspired.  Love the latest new studios issue by the way.  It's really got me started!

This summer I will be finishing a baby quilt, starting another, and felting felting felting.  My camera will always be handy, and so will my journal/sketchbook.  I teach English to immigrants everyday and I have 5 children.  Imagine all the creatitivy that surrounds me everywhere I go!  I am blessed!

Those bags are just wonderful, I would love to have one to use to carry my things on vacation with me.  

These are sooo much cuter than the grocery bags I have been toting my knitting and crafting supplies around in!!  We have many family vacations planned this summer and we drive to all of our destinations so plenty of time for knitting!

LOVE that blue bag!  This summer, one of the trips I am taking is to a  Danish Family Camp in northern Wisconsin.  I have been attending this camp for all of my 29 years, and one of the things I most look forward to is the craft classes held ever afternoon.  This is where I learned to knit many years ago, and to cross stitch well before that.  My favorite thing about camp is sitting in lawn chairs out under the big tree during free time with several generations of women, all knitting or sewing and chatting.  When I imagine what heaven will be like, that's what I picture!

I plan to paint some of the glorious scenery in the lake country of New York as well as work on quilt blocks while traveling. Hopefully I'll get at least one quilt top finished by July.

I love going away but frankly, the thought of leaving my arts for a whole week (!!) is a little sad.  This would be the perfect way to take a project with me so I can really enjoy the trip!

I will be traveling to New York City for the first time this summer with my sisters.  I've never been, and I'm looking forward to MoMA and the entire new universe of the big city.  I want to do some rubbings, and even though it may sound a little creepy, I enjoy going to cemetaries and looking at the art that can be found there.

BTW, I am a huge convert to Misty Fuse.  I've been very disappointed in other fusibles and how gummy they make my machine.  Misty Fuse is fabulous.

What would we artists do without bags!  I create OOAK Cloth Sculptures that I handsew so having a bag of some type to hold projects has been my method of working on new projects and to transport them to shows, interviews and to personally deliver them to buyers of my sculptures when possible.  I am disabled and I discovered how much easier on my back it is to carry my sculptures in bags vs boxes....your bags would be perfect and I love how stylish they are!

just love this!  hope I win :-)

Sharon

I plan on sticking close to home this summer, but I will go to the beach- Lake Erie to look for beach glass- and to visit family. I always take lots of reading material with me when I travel.  I don't spend much time creating things when I'm away, but I recharge my batteries so I am all inspired to get busy once I get back home.

Every year in the summer, we have 'all girls week' on the Outer Banks. We take our projects and we spend the week going to the beach, visiting scrapbook stores and cropping! There are 8 of the family's girls going this year in July and we are looking forward to seeing what each is working on! These beautiful items would sure come on handy! I have a huge rolling bag that stays ready to go but nothing cute and small like this!

Everyone's travel plans sound so wonderful.  But having gone on disability and losing 50% of my income, that kind of travel just isn't in my budget these days.  But a day trip to a local arboretum, or nature preserve...  Nature is what inspires me.  Would also be the best therapy I could ask for.

oops - did not read the whole thing:-(

I am going to learn to dye fabric this summer - way too cool

also hope to attend VQF

Sharon

What a sweet little iron. How happy I am that I right near an Artsy Community, the Historic Amana Colonies, in Iowa County, Iowa. The Amanas colonies are home to many very interesting artisans. A lady blacksmith, people who work with glass, photographers, vintners, jewlery designers, basket and broom makers, and craftsmen who make some of the most beautiful furniture in the world.

So for a art getaway I drive about eight miles and am in a whole different world. This year my daughter and I are going to take advantage of an art tour that is held monthly an. The tour includes getting to watch the artist in their studios.

Something "new" this summer (since I make jewelry)...  Going to "play" with fabrics 'n Mistyfuse to "alter" some ill-fitting fashions 'n dig into never-touched fabric stash.  What could be better than "repurposing" stuff already under roof!?  Have to BUY the Mistyfuse first.  Stopped by 2 local shops yesterday & came out empty handed.  Calling 2 more today~ if can't find, shall do online order.  The sooner I have some - the sooner the creative whirlwind shall get underway!!!

Love the bags - the round one would be perfect for beading supplies.  Colors are wonderful on all the bags and who would know that fun things you had packed inside.  Nice job.

I love the fibre arts and that to me especially includes quilting.  I live in a remote area where one has to travel at least 100 miles for a workshop.  There are many quilters in our area but not all can afford to go to these workshops.  So I go,  learn the new methods and when I feel confident about what I am doing I work together with the Adult Education Department within our County to bring awareness and education to those also love the fiber arts for an affordable cost.  Trouble is I have a small vehicle so organization is key when traveling but to find the affordable organization items is also difficult.  These bags have given me some great ideas for when I travel to workshops and remote areas to encourage future quilters.  A large bag such as the blue one would be very handy indeed.  Thank you for sharing them with us and I will keep my fingers crossed that my name is chosen.  The iron would be very nice too.. :-)

I love all of the wonderful ideas, but time is an issue. Thanks for the motivation!

I joined NYC knit in the park.. and a couple of other local knit groups. I am also trying to go to the WWKIP event.. but then again I always am creating in public! I have a laptop bag full of crafty- artsy stuff that goes everywhere with me. In fact, I'm visiting my parents right now in SD and a short trip to Mayo Clinic to check out the public art they have in the Hospital is amazing. I'm always awed and inspired by Dale Chihuly's blown glass art installations.

I'm so new to quilting and fiber arts, my stash of notions and necessaries is merely at the tip of the iceberg, but I'm already frustrated with how and what to carry when traveling.  One thing I have learned for day trips close to home which are geared to hiking with my photographer hubby, is to take my own simple point and shoot camera.  Better than a sketch pad for me.  Quilting Arts is opening up a whole new artistic world!  ncneedlenovice

My art this summer is on a very large scale.  Daughter bought a house in need of a total makeover. So we're painting walls (and trying a crafting little patchwork trick below one chair rail.)  Making lots of pieced and quilted wall art to  brighten the rooms.  Should be a lot of fun....

Love those totes and the darling little iron. What a neat idea! My dream for the summer is to create a sunroom so I can put one of my machines out there and sew plus enjoy the beautiful summer weather. These totes would be perfect for storing supplies out there.

I'm looking forward to my family's annual reunion in Squam Lake, NH.  (Yes, this is actually one of those elusive cool family reunions.)  It's a week in what I consider the most beautiful place on Earth, and I love to bring my knitting, crocheting, embroidery, and sketching materials, which, of course, makes for a lot of very disorganized, bulky packing.  I'm also looking at a couple weekends in the Adirondacks, as well as the Knit & Crochet Show in Buffalo and Fiber Fest in Hemlock.  It would be sweet to be able to efficiently pack up my projects and supplies in one of these stylish bags.

This summer I plan to find inspiration.  Inspiration to finish projects started and to dream and plan new projects.  I'm going to start today by enjoying the blooms in my garden.  The colors, textures, and smells are soul lifting.  Tomorrow will be a quilt show where the colors, textures and FINISHED quilts will invigorate me.  Then, trips to the mountains throughout the summer with paper and pencils for sketching and planning new projects.

Love the bags... I'm always looking for a new "activity bag" to tote my crafts.  I sure hope I can win!!

My summer getaway is a move...from a 2000 sq. ft. home to a 1075 sq ft condo (!!!)...so much of my adventure has been a self-imposed downsizing of my art supplies. I have been searching for the perfect tote to assist with the process since my new and cozy home will require me to travel from bedroom closet to dining room table and back again...art on the go right in the home. I will also have the opportunity to work in a fresh air "studio" (our new, roomy patio) when the mess is too much for the indoor multi-use space. The one thing I refuse to downsize on, however, is Cloth Paper Scissors. This is a crucial part of my creative process. I always take as many as my husband will allow when traveling by car. In fact, we are making a cross country trek to see Salman Rushdie in July so I know I will get to enjoy CPS all over again and will return home refreshed and ready to get back to my art. Thank you for your wonderful, inspiring magazine. Do you really have to publish it only every other month?

My creative plan for the summer is to undo the chaos of my sewing room/studio and put it back into some kind of order.   Since I don't  use the O word (organize) in polite company,  I am always seeking euphemisms for that word :-)    Anyway, to be able to find something within 5 minutes of the start of my search would be fantastic.   This project will help lead me to other creative projects and a lot of UFOs.

Since I don't have the extra money to travel this summer (I'm saving my pennies for Paducah), I'm planning my own "Home Quilt Show" and inviting all my neighbors and friends to come and see my quilts.  I  I'm going to hang my quilts throughout the garden on clotheslines, set up one of my machines on the porch (I have small 3/4 size machines I let my grandchildren use) and prepare a picnic so that my friends can enjoy a day of quilting - touching, feeling, stitching.  It will be fun.  I've made a couple of the bags featured - my favorite is the tribal hanging bag of India.  I gave them as gifts.  I used silk scraps on one of them and it was BEAUTIFUL!  Thank you for the patterns!

The magazine and contest are perfect timing as I'm signed up for some classess in California next month.  Can't wait to read the travel article, and it would be super neato if I won one of these prizes!

Also, I didn't know about your blog, so advertising it is like winning another prize :) !

I am hoping to be able to go to Bead Fest in Philly this summer but the most exciting creative thing I will be doing this summer is moving into a new home and creating my dream studio in it.

Hello,

Those are really lovely bags. This summer, I will be making my first quilt - all by myself :). Hope I get a hang of it.

Bye

Just traveled to the Florida Keys and went to a shop in Key West callesd The Seam Shop.  They had great tropical fabrics and I bought a pattern for a bag and also a bag already made up by a local Quilter.  So am psyched about making tropical items.  (Yes I also bought tropical fabics-could not resist)

WOW love the bags -cute and functional for any kind of art project on the road or a retreat..I am thinking my art journalling and card making supplies would fit perfectly!  What a great giveaway-thanks

I will be participating in the LilyDale Victorian Weekend.  Workshops to include hat making and parasol making.

I love the colours.  Everything is fresh and bright. It is nice to leave winter behind and look forward to cruising in the sun to all the quilt shops I can fit in.  My husband and I own an RV, so those little bags and iron would be perfect to add to my "trailor trash"!!

Sister Charlie of the Yo Yo Sisterhood

I love the bags and would love one.  I am glad to see you are using Misty Fuse.  It is great stuff.

I'm going to a quilt show today and have plans to visit The International Quilt Study Center the end of July.  Love those bags!

The bags are fabulous!  I'm doing lots of lino cut surface design with my daughter this summer.  AND I'm helping organize the August Fabrications Retreat in Michigan.  

To organize my art/sewing studio I use a clear tool storage chest for my small items:  beads, needles, etc.  The drawers are only about 2-3 " wide and perfect for all my tiny stuff.  Easy  to see through so I can find things at a glance.  

Sew inspired :)

Because money is so tight these days and no big vaction in sight we will be heading to the mountains (just an hour away).  I plan to take pictures, draw and  watercolor next to my favorite stream. Another  fun thing that I will do when school is out for my nieces is have art days. We are going to make up traveling art kits and hit various places in the city and do altered art books...can't wait.

That little iron would be great for traveling as I always take craft projects with me when I travel.  I am anxious to try the misty fuse too.

Finally travel bags we can be proud to carry! I have carried my projects for years and made cloth sacks for my projects, a step better than grocery bags but notmuch and soft bottoms were a real problem. Cardboard holds only so much. Plus my family thought they looked awful and I would get comments like are you bringing "THAT"?

Shesews

Wow they are great. I am planning a weekend retreat with 2 friends to quilt  all day

My getaway is my home!!  I get away from work and go home to our farm and the quiet countryside.

I am blessed to be able to do some crafting at work when I'm not busy so I would use the totes to take

my "crafts" to work and back.!

The totes are adorable and so is the travel iron!  I'm fortunate this year to be attending a Retreat in Colorado with Ricky Tims.  It's next month and I can't tell you how excited I am to be going again this year!  It's such a beautiful setting and such a wonderful environment for being creative!

Hi,

I'm heading out the door in two weeks to stay on Squam Lake in New Hampshire (where On Golden Pond was filmed!)  Our family goes there once a year for a get away and it is truly the most relaxing, beautiful place on earth!  The cabins and nature have inspired more than one art quilt and if not swiming in the lake, I'm walking with my camera, hiking up Rattle Snake Mountain, painting, or sewing.  My problem is - how much room do I have in my suit case to bring my art supplies and should I just leave my clothes behind this year???  I've started to pack my "art" travel bag, but really don't know how I'm going to get it all there!  This year I'm not going to bring hand sewing - but paints, markers, drawing supplies.  Help!  Ideas are welcomed!

Hi Cate! My big creative endeavor for the summer is planning my daughter's 5th Birthday party: A Fairy Tea Party.

I have all sorts of crafts lined up from fairy wands (of course,) to silk flower petal bracelets, hand-painted glassware,

and all sorts of fun fabric draped in the trees just to name a few. I love the idea of having an outdoor Fairy Studio like an outdoor

Fairy Tea Party!

What fun prizes!!  This summer I am going to work more on journalling....AND re-do my studio....(Wish I could quit my job and spend ALL day on art!!)

I'm using my vacation again this year to travel away from all the interruptions of daily life to quilt!  It is the perfect answer to a busy life and a great stress reducer!

OK, count me in on this fabulous Art Travel Giveaway. I love the bags and  I  and could use one this summer for sure to just get away. Their great for travel and workshops, or just to share your projects with a friend.

Thanks Cate  @)-}---}----

Love the bags!  In July I'll be driving with a friend to Asilomar, CA for a 4 day quilt retreat with my quilting guild.  Looking forward to just hanging out, quilting, quilting, quilting.

I am just going a few miles to take a course withLarkin van Horne, but the bag would be great- likewise the mistyfuse

Isabel

I love the bags and both they and the iron would come in handy as we travel around in our RV!  

Your magazine is sooooooo inspiring.  Thank you, Josie Davis

love the bags, esp the hat box - I have plans to jazz up the electric outlet/switch covers this summer to coordinate with the new painting and floors

Oh! this would be great...I could create in style while camping this summer.

What nifty bags, and the iron is adorable.  I am going to a cottage with four very dear friends to sew, quilt, dye fabric, collect items from nature.   I will use these item  in many great projects this summer, and on through fall and winter.  With them all stored so neatly, I be able to find the items I want.

What a brilliant idea--to be able to carry one's art supplies in such a chic manner!!  And that iron is adorable!  I love QuiltingArts and Clothe, Paper, Scissors!  And this website is my newest favorite on-line hangoug!  Thanks for all you do!

Wow, great bags!!!  Would be great to have.  I am always on the go with my daughter's activities, school and crafting! They are stylish also!

This is my summer for textile related workshops--3 dye in the outdoors days, 1 dye in the indoors day, and a week with Jane Dunnwald in the fall.  How lucky am I and wouldn't one of your giveaways be perfect for me this summer?

I love those bags. Our guild challenge this summer is to make a surprise postcard for another guild member. I'm considering attaching a piece of shiny foil to imitate a mirror in my garden. The mirror will have a hinge and lift to expose my garden behind. Wish me luck.

This summer, I will hopefully be meeting up with other gals to sew on projects together. I would love to have these traveling bags and would put them to good use. As for summer projects: curtains, baby stuff, and bags! :)

oh my favorite colors and little tote bags as they say down in the sawth...i want i need...how many times do i have to enter...misty fuse and iron...GOOD stuff

I love cloth paper scissors and have the current issue and would love to try mistyfuse . I am planning on going to a retreat that I won in florida later this year once the accomodations are complete. The travel  bag would be perfect for me to win. I am also planning on goinfg to stampfest in orlando.

Ah, more organization! I think even my fashionista daughter would love these bags. And that iron - very cool. Thanks for this giveaway!

Those are much cuter bags than anything I travel to art classes with -- beats the ol' tackle box, hands down! I'm heading to the beach next week with a partially finished art quilt/wedding present -- hoping to complete it while I'm there then give it to my friends. They were married in July '07!

What cute bags! They would be so useful for taking my projects on the road.

This summer is the time to finish all of those not quite completed projects - 2 quilts, a costume and several little sewing projects sitting in wait. The children and I will go to art shows and museums in the local area and search out local talent - hopefully, we will find something to bring home.

This is an exciting new site for me. I am trying to push the envelope with creativity. I will be renting an apt alone this summer to babysit my grandson in another state and will have lots of time to create (finally!!!).  I'm planning all kinds of stuff!

what great travel tools -- & I love the way the giveaway tradition has been revived!

My quilt art group has a trip to Quilt national planned at the end of Jult. We were there in 2007 and loved it. As a group we visit quilt shows,dye and paint fabric. We have also made polymer clay "art" buttons. This summer we plan on painting and stamping fabric this month.  MARY LEE Bowling Green, Ohio

Ooooooh what stylish art travel bags.... . and in such delicious colours.....no plans to go travelling as of this moment ,but  ever the optimist I could  start packing straight away and be totally prepared...for once !!!

Anne

I love the carriers. I am always packing up something to do in the car while I wait for my daughter to get out of school and these would make it so much easier. The iron is pretty cool too.

The end of June 3 good friends are arriving at my ranch in the mountains of Colorado to stay in our yurt and craft, work on art quilts, whatever, for alomost a week!  We'll have fun working out on the yurt's large deck that overlooks the Eagle's Nest mountains and the Colorado River Gorge.  This is the third year for three of us and the second year for the four of us - I can't wait!  I'd love the travel assortment - How fun!

Those are great bags. I do a lot of sewing .

Beautiful bags  - thanks for the give-away.  

I'd love to take a workshop, if any develops in my area.  So far, nothing planned except crafting at home.

This summer our guild is having a 3 day workshop with Susan Carlson.  I'm looking forward to trying some of her techniques and maybe packing supplies in one of those cute bags!!

Ewwwee!  Any one of these wonderful products would be terrific to take with me to Mexico.  A friend and I will be flying to Morelia, Michoacan in August to visit a large number of local village artisans in their homes.  There will be pottery, textiles, wooden masks and the famous Santa Clara del Cobre Festival located in the copper canyon area, where exquisite copper pots are hand formed.  My plan is to document my trip by photographing and sketch journaling.

I took all my fabric and my sewing machine on a five week vacation! Beginning in Boise, ID, to Provo, UT, to Arches Nat'l Monument near Moab, UT, to Mesa Verde  Nat'l Park near Cortez, CO, to Denver, CO to visit a son and daughter, to Yellowstone Nat'l Park. A plastic tub with all necessary ingredients for a fabulous trip rode in the back of our truck. Never once did I disturbed it's enjoyment of our travels! A wonderful time was had by all and the tub now sits on the floor of my sewing room in solitary spendor while I garden. I may need something to spur me on......

Sweet giveaway, thanks so much for including me.  This summer I have plans to dye lots of roving, yarn, and fabric.  I love to play with the colors and create something totally unique.  I also plan to get out my fabric stash and reorganize it, it's been in the attic far too long.  

My summer art is a continuation of my year round goal to 'stop and smell the roses' and create art or see art around me as often as I can.  As I sit by the pool almost every day of the week watching my oldest daughter swim I bring crafts and create with my youngest daughter--simple watercolor painting, embroidery, tracing patterns and just drawing.  That is what we/I will do this summer!

i am always searching for "that perfect travel project bag." i do a LOT of small projects away from home on the road.

these look gret.

I'm meeting textile  historian friends in Morelia, Mexico this summer -- could surely use travel organizing!

This summer I'm preparing for five shows so it is paint, paint, paint!  Tough times, indeed!

Hi Cate,  Thanks to you and all the QA staff.  I have been so inspired by all the great projects and tips you send out.  I keep saying I should spend the summer finishing all that I have started, and with your great embellishment tips etc. I may just get a few done. But in reality they will never ALL get done because like many of you, I always get/see new ideas and can't wait to try them out.  

These bags are soooo cute, I can just imagine packing one of them to go to a stamping card workshop or a quilty ladies get together and go in style.  Who ever wins will be lucky ! To all those reading this, have a great inspirational summer whatever you do.

Uau, it's a fantastic giveaway!!! I'm going to take a workshop or two (maybe quilting, maybe polyclay, not sure...), and I'll be a "felt teacher" for the first time :-)

Cool stuff! I can see these products would be very useful at any time

We just traveled to Italy and all I carried with me was a sketchbook, two Pigma Microns, and a small watercolor kit with a waterbrush. It was awesome!

You can just never have too many project bags, can you?  These look great.  Planning what project(s) to take when traveling is right up there w/remembering your toothbrush!  Perhaps more important, after all, replacing a toothbrush is generally pretty simple...

oops, double post I think I hit the wrong button somewhere, apologies!

I was saying... those bags are wonderful, such great colours.  Travel is difficult nowadays but some knitting in the sunshine at a country park might be nice.  Or maybe I might get to attend something at The Studio Loch Lomond and take my quilting things.

Love, love, love the hat box one.  It is adorable!

I am doing craft shows all summer, starting tomorrow, so it is always beneficial to have a cute travel bag for my projects.

Thanks for the contest!

Sassy

Those bags are the cutest things!!  I'd love to take a crafting retreat this summer, but instead I'll be moving house - from Texas to Alaska!  Needless to say, I'll be packing craft supplies to keep me occupied on the week-long drive.  One of those bags would be awesome for keeping them all nice and neat!

What great bags for those of us who love to travel, whether to take classes or rejuvenate. My summer is filled with finishing construction in my new studio (the walls are the color of this web page border!!), taking a fabric dying class in Columbia, MO, helping with Primitives of the Midwest in Lee's Summit (Quilters' Station), and finding time to do some photography for inspiration. Whew! Makes me tired just reading it all.

Hi Cate, I have may plans for the summer! First, to get the second hip replacement. And because I will be imobile for a few weeks, my dainty little hands will be flying. I plan to try Chinese caligraphy (bought the supplies for my first hip replacement LAST summer!). I also have all I need to try watercolor painting and hope to find inspiration for that. Last summer, I cut out pieces for a quilt and maybe this summer, I'll have the courage to sew them together! And then, there is always yarn arts; oh yeah, and the embroidery that is on the frame that I haven't touched in 5 years! Oh the things that I will do! Your bags are great and will help to organize my rattled brain! Love lurking on your blog and everyone on this site is so generous in sharing thier expertise and journeys.

Those are such wonderful bags!

This summer will be a summer of many projects.  Sewing curtains and comforters for my boys room, painting and drawing, stenciling.  Hopefully catch a craft show or two!

Crossing my fingers!!

Wow! what great bags and materials.  They would be great fun to experiment with.

What a GREAT giveaway. I often take art supplies with me when we travel to our farm, where my brother lives, or when we go to our cabin at the Lake. I am going there next week for my annual solo art get away. I can hardly wait. There are many spaces for me to create within and then leave my art to dry, something which is difficult to do at home. I also love to paint or use alcohol inks outdoors, either there OR at home. YES to summertime art travel.

Oh my God I so have to have these. My art girlfriends are planning a trip in September to one of our artist friend's beach house in Washington State. We planned on doing projects out of the book Mixed Media Explorations and the misty fuse is definitely in some of those projects. So to boot, I'd get to take some of my stuff in these nifty cases already filled with great products.

This summer I plan to take advantage of the (hopefully) sunny Pacific NW days to do some some prints and  hand dye, over dye, coffee stain, tea stain and rust stain massive amounts of fabric in preparation for the rainy season (rest of the year).  I'll also combine a trip to Phoenix to visit my mother with a visit to her local fabric/quilt shops and the local art museums for more inspiration.

Oh! This bag are adorable! I would become very happy if it could be mine :)

This week I'm flying across country & I have packed a bag of mixed media goodies so my nieces and I can have some play time!  I could go in style next year with your travel giveaway :)

I am looking for ward to many crafts with my kids. My 4 yr old daughter LOVES doing "projects" & my 5 yr old son could use the fine motor practice. We love to draw, paint, mold, stamp, whatever. Looking forward to a summer of fun!

No special travel plans are in the works.  I wanted to take a workshop with Pam Allen, but it was all filled up by locals.  Lucky them.  I will be working outside on the deck and still could use some of your great items in the future!  If I am here typing I am not quilting.  bye!

I absolutely love that blue bag! It look perfect on my 1980's Schwinn that I'm fixing up this summer. I am also starting a business on ETSY.com selling recycled glassware and other stuff made from wine bottles and other materials. That bag would be perfect for me. I could stick my latest pattern in one of the pockets and still have enough room to store fabric for the bike ride home so I wouldn't have to use one of their plastic bags. I almost always forget to bring a reusable bag when I go to the fabric store because most of the time I go on a whim to help de-stress from a long day.

Those are so cute! They are the perfect size for those short weekend getaways. The size is great for making you limit what you can take thereby forcing you to be more creative with the items you do take with you.

I will be going to the cottage for two weeks.  The challenge will be to pack smart, not bring every craft supply I own, because it is heaven to spend two weeks crafting every day.  I will make sure to have some new craft books and magazines.

I love to travel and I take many pictures all over this wonderful country.  I get inspiration from old barns, houses, and fences.  My traveling friends aren't quilt artists, so I need projects I can begin on the road and take home with me.   The visual  photos and beginner work projects help me  for those  "middle of the night" times I need to create.

I want to learn more techniques and paint more canvas paintings and do stuff for me after all it is about enjoying what you want to do, and the journey along the way.  Those bags are so cute and the travel iron is brilliant.

My goodness these would go great with my summer plans to expand my creative time. I am almost an empty nester (two weeks) and plan to attend the quilt show the local guild is putting on. I am also going to get out and around to my local festivals for inspiration which I will bring back to my newly claimed studio space.

My family is taking a mini vacation to the Texas Gulf Coast in a few weeks.  All that sea, sand, and seagulls will surely get the creative juices flowing.   So besides collecting shells, driftwood, and sea glass for future art projects, I'll be taking along some watercolors to try and capture the beautiful sunsets over the Gulf.  One of those cute little bags would sure come in handy!

This summer I'm making landscape quilts. The first will be based on a picture in my back yard. In July, we're going on a fishing trip in Colorado. My only art tool will be the camera, and I know there will be lots of opportunities for inspiring pictures for the second quilt.

Today I am going to attend the Contemporary Crafts Market in Santa Monica, California,   I am anxious to see the the fiber arts and mixed media.  I really enjoy your magazines.  Tuesday is my 65th birthday! and it would be awesome to win on of the gifts.  I've learned so much from Quilting Arts.  You all have given me the COURAGE to explore my creativity and just create.  Many thanks

I'll be travelling to Ontario this summer, so will be taking alot of hand stitching with me.  I like to be doing something when others are driving!

A daughter is getting married in July.  After that is over, I will be leading craft classes for children and doing some of my quilting.  The totes are lovely and what a glamorous way to carry supplies.

I have been on the lookout for some local craft classes, but nothing of interest (to me at least) has shown up. However, my summer plans have included a lot of crafting at home as well as getting my craft area organized.

I love the look of these bags. They would really be cool to take on my husbands Engine Shows. I hate to get bored. LOL

Awesome!  I am taking a watercolor class now and am thinking of taking a quilting class.

I never win anything but I wanted to let you know...I just ordered Cloth Paper Scissors last week...I am looking forward to getting my first issue...That will be a prize in its self, I am sure...Thank you for this site..I am learning so much...Elaine

These look fabulous - great way to organize all those must-have bits & pieces. And half the fun of being away is to have the time to indulge in our passions!

Great bags and irong!  Wouldn't looking at one of those be a nice inspiration to "get going" on something fun?

This summer my plan it to work up a landscape wallhanging of some sore, using fabric I have printed from original photos.  Next, I will (I will!) embellish with stitching, painting or coloring of some sort  and fun "finds."  I will (I will!) have it on a wall by Labor Day.  I have never done a landscape quilt, but have lots of ideas and supplies and

excitement about doing one.

This summer I plan to take a class from famous long-arm quilter Karen McTavish.

What an inspiring groups of gifts!  My goal is to consolidate phots taken on several trips both in and out of the US and develop drawings from them to use to develop a wall size series of quilt/wall hangings using new techniques in addition to standard hand and machine piecing, appliqe and quilting.  My garden is also giving me lots of inspiration with its exuberant blooms!

I love to sit in my garden in the morning and listen to birds and hand finish the bindings on quilts.  This simple pleasure makes me feel like I have had a mini-vacation and renews my spirit and energy.

Earlier this summer I took a workshop on how to organize your studio.  It provided me with great ideas and inspired me to begin the task of organizing my space and art spplies.

Hi,

 I plan on getting out all the paints, stencils and articles I have saved from your weekly emails and learn some new ways to paint on cloth. I have 3 months until I start homeschooling my three grandchildren again and I intend to wallow in my freedom from math.

Cynthia

Hi Cate!  I'm new to the blog-sphere of crafting.  It is interesting to see what others are creating and being insprired to share with others.  I have friends in the Seattle area and we are planning summer crafting nights - bring what you're doing!  Our interests vary from jewerly making to stamping and card making to quilting.  The bags are a fun and artful way to travel whether down the block or across country.  Thanks for the fun opportunity.  Happy Creative Summer!

I am taking a watercolor class now & thinking of taking a quilting class over the summer.

I like the fusing, which appears to be small in size and would not require any folding to pack.  So many of them are just too large and even a roll can be too long.

What a great idea for summer, a small travel iron with mistyfuse for small collages on the road. Noone ever has had enough travel bags either.

What great looking bags to take along a favorite project.  They sure are a look prettier than my old every day tote.  I love working with Mistyfuse and  small iron to take to classes or to my weekly get together with my girlfriends would be very handy.

Finally I have started painting after ten years of a dry spell.  It started because I needed to add some design to an art quilt and used my acrylics for a great effect.  The storage containers look like they could replace all the plastic zip lock bags I use when in the car.  Anne-Marie Doolittle

These bags are sooo much cuter than the grocery bags that I have been carrying my knitting and oil supplies around in!!  I love to knit on the road to our family vacation destinations and my family would suffer much less embarassment if I had a pretty bag to transport all my stuff in.

After taking a recent class with Sue Spargo, I have been busy rediscovering my love of quilting with wool. Mistyfuse is a great way to provide light stability and placement for wools that may be a little to flimsy on their own. I've also gone a little crazy with the dye and have been dyeing wools in my own funky color combinations for my wool quilt project.

Love the bags!!! and the iron would be perfect for taking to quilt retreats.  I take vacation every summer to the Colorado Rockies and always like to take along a project or two for those rainy afternoons.  Misty Fuse is a must have in my studio but I usually never travel with it because of my big iron.  One as small and compact would be perfect for travel.  A day without Art is like a day without Air.  That's why I take a little bit with me where ever I go.  Can't wait for the travel issue. Lynn

Enjoyed this issue of Cloth Paper Scissors. I do take things with me when I travel, I can never be away from my art.  I also thank things with me when I do shows to help pass the slow times. These travel bags are cute and a great way to take it all along.

Although I've spent years exploring any craft that has to do with paper, and I have closets & bins & boxes full of paper, I am finally going to go to the 'beginning' and take a class on paper making.  It should not only give me another resource and deepen my understanding of the materials I use but should manage to fill up the last six square inches of space left in my studio.

In July I'm meeting my artsy daughter in Crystal Lake Illinois for their Fiber Arts Festival -- the third annual, We'll be taking different classes but we'll meet in the middle for lunch!

I am leading a workshop on making Artist Trading Cards @ my library.  It's a fun way to get people to explore their own creativity in a very non-threatening atmosphere.  I'm working on making small quilts on some of my ATC's!

LOVE that little iron! I love to iron so no wonder it would appeal to me. I've signed up for several classes (both online and local) and will try some new (to me) techniques! I love summertime! Thanks for the very generous giveaway!

Hello Cate,   In the Studio is such a fun publication.  Who doesn't love to see where others create, and learn how to better organize our stash of wonderful fibres, art materials, and treasures.   Thanks for all the free give-aways.  

I am creating an art quilt for the Kona Coffee Quilt Contest!  The quilt has to be coffee themed.  Already designed, getting ready to draw up pattern and cut out.  Wish me luck!

Sharon in Onyx

Rose of Sharon Studio

This summer I will taking my bag of fabric, floss and found object out sailing on my days off.  I find I do my best work while sailing or on road trips in the car. One of thoes bags would be great for organizing my carry on stuff.

Love the red iron!  I'm looking forward to taking a digital camera workshop this month so I can take some great pictures  with my new camera.

Any of these little prizes look wonderful.  I know I could fill them up in a few minutes!  Love the stripes.

The bags are so cute!  I have a mini iron and everytime I take somewhere people ask where to get one.  They are great!  I especially like to use them with kids.

Wow, cute totes, and I love the mini iron! I wll be camping this summer, as I do every year. I always try to bring along something artsy to work on. This year I am planning to bring my water-color paints to capture some of the beauty around me. I may even bring some hand applique quilting along as well.

What a great idea for a traveling art kit.  My husband is an art teacher and he never goes on vacation without his sketch book.

i just came back from sedona. what an inspiration for any art. and the colors!!!!!

i  took lots of photos and haven't decided what to do with them yet. i always travel with a few ongoing projects, just in case there is some downtime. any of those bags would be great to bring along.

Hi Cate and all!

My two friends and I will be doing Julia Cameron's "The Artist's Way" this summer.  I'm so excited because we all have such different creative interests and I'm sure we'll all be wonderfully inspired by each others "Aha! moments".  Also, my husband and kids and I spend a lot of time camping in the summer and I can't wait to do my "morning pages" (an Artist's Way exercise) out under the trees with the sounds of the birds and campers doing their morning wake up thing!  Aaaaahhhhh!

Good morning. Love these giveaways. My art is always on the go. I keep a project in my car at all times. Both of my girls are athletes and we spend an enormous amount of time at gyms, stadiums, and softball fields. I fill my time with creative pursuits - from cross stitch to crochet. Even officials ask about the lady who crochets behind home plate.

I'll be teaching a knitting class or two this August--at a campsite with 5,000 or more women all sharing their skills and talents.

As far as other arts and crafts?  I'll be dusting off a weaving loom that I took a class with last summer and my teaching schedule this school year has prevented me from using.  I'll also be walking to the park with my new puppy to socialize her and try to get some paper piecing done.

Gotta love summer vacations for teachers. . .have fun, will travel!

Hello Cate!  A few weeks ago I died @ work due to an allergic reaction to some remodeling going on.  So I've been put on a mandatory 2 month leave while the remodel finishes.  SOOOOOOO....I've gotten out a bunch of my quilting things, went to a bead show, bought some shrinky dinks, and am going to work on a Wizard of Oz art quilt during my recuperation period!  I don't think I got the short end of the stick!  I enjoy the online community and the different magazines put out by interweave press, but I cannot find in my favorite bookstore the Studios magazine.  I've looked.  So I think when I start receiving a paycheck, I'll have to subscribe.  Keep up the great work!  God bless

OOOOOOO...One of these would be perfect for my summer quilt ventures....Thank you for this generous offer.

Shirley in Oregon

I'm going to California visiting family. It is a place I've never been. When I'm out and about this summer, I want to make some inspiration sketches to use this winter. That way I can recall the pleasures of summer in my art. I'm thinking of packing a bag with pencils, paper, paints, and a camera just to capture that summer feeling. Who knows what will catch my eye.

Love the giveaway stuff.  Who can live without misty fuse! The bags and iron are wonderful as well.

I'm going to a quilting retreat for my local quilt guild next weekend at this facility that has the most beautiful views .  It's at an international college and we sleep in very rustic dorms.  I'll be learning how to make hand made journals for one day and then will continue having fun making landscapes using misty fuse, dryer lint, fancy threads, cellophane etc etc for 2 days. What amazing fun.

Love the bags!  This summer: convert a quilt top pattern to a duvet cover for my daughter; crochet a business card holder for a friend who got promoted; and my carry along project: yo yo's for a friend who has inherited 400 from her mom and needs about 900 more for her project!  Can not easily do workshops since I have trouble walking; wish I could go to the Knoxville or Des Moines quilt show.

Those bags are just adorable.  I travel from MS to LA frequently, always carrying my craft stuff in bags or whatever I can find at the moment to  put them in.  I admire people who can actually quilt.  I grew up watching my mother and grandmother, but I just can't get the stitch as small as they did.  I love to paint and sew. I am always looking for new things to try.  I really enjoy getting the newsletter. Hope everyone has a great summer.

Hi Cate.  These are absolutely great bags!  I don't get to travel very often (I have 8 dogs), and when I do go anywhere, I take my knitting in an oversized felted purse.  My goal this summer is to at least start finishing all of the unfinished projects I've started over the last couple of years.  I love to knit, but when it comes to finishing an item, it rarely gets finished!

Great bags.  Those look adorable enough to use as decoration in your studio between trips.

What great bags....I'd love to be able to take one of them when I go to the International Quilt Show in Long Beach, Ca in July. Lot of room to take all my supplies for workshops and maybe room to bring back more. :)

Those bags are fabulous! I'd love to win one to take on our vacation this summer. I am planning on spending a week in the bayou taking photographs and doing watercolors!

Nice bags.  Fresh, spring like colours.  Iron and Misty fuse, looks good to me.  Hope I win. Trish

I have a summer packed with art plans!  For my 50th birthday this month I am going to the Franciso's Farm Art Show (Midway, KY), I am just finishing up a portrait quilt of my mother as a Father's Day gift for my dad, and am also currently working on a quilt in bright batiks to hang in my house.  I just recently took a class from Karen Linduska (featured in the current issue of Quilting Arts) and have another class scheduled with her later this month on her style of fabric painting.  I also just bought all the supplies to begin dying my own fabric.  Needless to say, my house will not be very clean this summer!

I love your newsletters...I especially love the quick idea projects!

My travel art plans for this summer are up the stairs to my new studio! We are almost finished with a year long remodel and I can't wait to unpack all my art and sewing supplies. I did have my sewing machine and some fabrics stored under the kitchen table in the travel trailer we lived in, but soon I'll get to open up all my boxes and organize all my things. I also plan to do a lot of sketching at the river and in the forest this summer.

I was attending a women's art and craft retreat that is in its 17th year last weekend and I've been there for 16 of those years. This weekend I'm off to a fabric painting class at the Humboldt Stitches Conference. Should be fun - hope I learn some new tricks. I've been fabric painting for about 5 or 6 years now, so even if I don't learn anything new, I know I will have a good time.

My art activities this summer include my regular monthly meetings with my rug hooking group and my quilting group, and I also hope to go to a rug hooking retreat for a long weekend. Nothing gets the creative juices flowing better than surrounding myself with creative people!

As an older lady i have decided to get back into decarative art and oils . but isee what the younger generation  is accomplising and it inspires me  

                                                                                D aisy Duggan

What wonderful bags! Are they available anywhare? And the little iron is so cute! I'm looking forward to a free-style dyeing workshop this summer through our local quilt guild, taught by a fabulous hand dyer, Alice Cruz! I've taken classes from her before, and am always happy with the results. Last time she intoduced us to silk-cotton blend fabric, which I LOVE!

Wow a great give away and I want to win.  I always take some craft project with me on road trips especially.  I love to hand sew and usually spend hours making some fabric origami butterflies or birds while passengering.  I also like to crochet while in the car.  Plane trips are much more difficult these days as most "tools" are not allowed on the plane.  I did get my crochet hook past security last trip so I could crochet on route.  I have been known to take my stamping supplies and sit in the bar at a casino in Las Vegas happily stamping cards much to my husbands dismay however he knows it makes me happy to be crafting.  I am clearly a craft-aholic.

This travel iron makes me drool

I have been trying to do a project with medium gel.  First try not so good.  One thing about art quilting is the fun experimenting.

The Cloth Paper Studios issues are so inspiring!  They have helped me design the quilt studio in my new home.  The travel bags would be great for taking to classes & look great on the shelves at home, too.  That little iron is adorable.  I love working with MistyFuse--no more stiff fusibles-it's like working with butterfly wings.

This summer I am going to do more of what I did last summer with my neighbour. We spent a glorious, sunny afternoon outdoors, overlooking our pond, making fabric paper. With a glass of wine and some ice-cold watermelon with mint to munch on it was a perfect way to spend the day! What will be different this year is I will make more fabric paper than I did last year and I will spend more than one day doing it!

When I travel, I take an oversized kit for yarn and needles.  It relaxes me at night after driving or sightseeing.  I enjoy knitting while watching tv at night so I accomplish something while watching the "boob tube."  This summer I hope to complete 3 projects that need to be put together - 2 purses and a poncho.  This way I can stash them away for holiday gifts!

I am going to meet up with a group of bloggers in Canada and we are going to make art at the beach!  I could use a spiffy carrying case for my supplies!

What great items!  I travel from AZ to Wisconsin for a week each year.  My husband and I volunteer at the camp our daughters attended.  I bring an arts and crafts project to share with the girls.  We have done wet felting, fabric painting, and quilting most recently.  Two years ago, we did a "camp quilt" with each cabin creating a unique block.  During the year, my friends and I have "art day" every Friday.  We bring whatever project we are working on, and pot luck lunch!

Ellen R.

rosenbergellen@hotmail.com

Nice giveaways, love them! Next month I will have an exhibition and then I plan to dye fabric for a quilt series about colors, basing on the book:Color,a natural history of the palette from Victoria Finlay.

Oh something arty I am going to do this summer.  I am working on some small quilts, The themes are Off the Wall for the Grand National, Trees for Threadworks, and Celtic Connections for MacDougall Cottage. I plan to go to the Hook In (Rug Hooking) in Van Dorf, ON in July and of course I carry a camera around all the time.  My daughter is having a baby the first of August so I'll be taking lots of pictures of our first grandchild.  Oh yeah, I've got to finish crocheting that chocolate brown and sky blue afghan before the baby comes.  Trish

Hello!,

    We have MANY projects to look forward to this Summer!  My husband and I are making a screen door for our kitchen ( he's the builder and I am the painter)  Very excited about that!  I just recently found felting to be a new love of mine so I will be creating several felting projects...hobo bags etc. as well as "finishing the unfinished" projects that I have allowed to collect in my sewing/craft room...(vintage aprons, a dress, and a tote bag)  

Very exciting stuff!

Enjoy your Summer fun!

Trina Kerr

righteoustamales@hotmail.com

I cannot believe how much you can get in those bags. As a quilting teacher I would love to have one of those and all of the products in it. I use Misty Fuse all the time and, of course, you need a go iron to go along with it. I paint fabric and stamp it also, then I fill my fabric with thread and embellishments! That's why I'm called The Thread Lady. I'm doing two demonstrations next week and what I wouldn't give if I had a case like that to bring along!!!

I'll be spending time with my sister, a non-crafter, this summer and some of that will be in a hospital so I am planning on small applique projects.

A first art experience for me, I'm going to enter three fiber art jackets in the "Quilts in the Yard '09" show in Edinboro, Pennsylvania. Last year 200 quilts hung among the flowers and trees in the Scotland Yards nursery and it was breathtaking. I would like to be a part of that this year....and wouldn't it be fun to be carry one of those fabulous bags!

Great bags and incentive to organize for some work I would love to get back to!

What a great idea! I've packed a separate bag with all my quilting supplies -- ready to go --- but had not thought to create a traveling art  kit as well. I can image simply grabbing my new travel bag at a moment's notice and being ready to play while I'm on the road... whether it's for a vacation  or a simple day at the lake working on my projects while my husband fishes.

I am an art quilter and this summer I will be showing some of my work at our local, and fairly traditional, quilt show.  I love sharing my work and hopefully motivating others to get out of their box and try something new, as well as helping viewers learn to appreciate the art quilt as something they might want hanging in their home or office.  I have to say my work has been very well received by local traditional quilters and I have truly appreciated this support.  It is very fun to do what I do and have it be appreciated by peers, friends, and certainly the general public.   I love what I do and I am grateful that others enjoy it too!!

Heidi

Love the bags. TH is summer  my dtr and I will try and visit as  many local art fairs as we can in Michigan.  Most weekends we spend Sat night knitting  at the lake which is in PAW PAW MI

Would you happen to have a little time stored in those adorable bags?!  Working full time does not allow for enough creative time...but love the inspiration....and the travel iron is too cute!  Thanks for all your ideas.