Careful readers of the Muse Flash section of the new issue of Cloth Paper Scissors (July/August ) are probably the first ones to read this blog post, as in it we told you to look for our Creative Makeover Kit giveaway in this space today. Those of you...

Hi everyone, In this episode of In the Studio with Cate, we address an email from Betty Anderson, who writes: I have tons of clippings/old mags/postcards/etc/etc/etc I'd love to see an article on organizing the small pieces of paper that are to integral...

Fabric designer Melissa Averinos, whose studio graces the cover of the Spring issue of Studios, doesn't have a lot of room to work in. Her 10.5- by 23-foot space is not only narrow, it has two windows and three doorways. So, where to put a a design...

Tell me, does a messy studio stress you out, or is it a sign of a creative mind at work? Can you create better with everything out in the open and available, or when you have everything unneccessary to the task at hand put away, with clean open spaces...

Hmmm. None of the folks whose names I drew for the Creative Makeover Bag have responded, so it's time to draw new names. Meva abonestell bondgirl koffiebean Phyllis Krosinsky Please send me your address at cprato@interweave.com . You have until Monday...

Wow. Judging by the number of comments to my last post, the travel bags and iron were mighty tempting! I enjoyed reading all of your summer art travel plans--may you all have the good weather and health to carry them out. And now, for the winners: wer4tun8...

Until July 2008, Meg McElwee was a Montessori teacher in a one-room schoolhouse in rural Mexico. McElwee launched her sewing line, Sew Liberated, while living in Mexico and she now lives in Durham, North Carolina, with her husband and son, Finn. She writes...