{"id":3884,"date":"2009-04-29T03:46:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-29T10:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=3884"},"modified":"2009-04-27T22:02:32","modified_gmt":"2009-04-28T05:02:32","slug":"polymer-clay-cane-quilting-magazines-patterns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/polymer-clay-cane-quilting-magazines-patterns\/3884\/","title":{"rendered":"Polymer Clay Cane Inspiration from Quilting Magazines and Patterns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2009-04\/29-quilters-magazine.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Quilters Magazine\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Cane and Bead Making Design Ideas Are Everywhere!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I love magazines! All kinds of them. And even though I am not a Quilter, I love reading quilting magazines for polymer clay inspiration! Every time I go into my local library, I pick up a stack of magazines<\/span><!--more--><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> from the quilting section. They are loaded with wonderful ideas that are easily translated into polymer clay cane designs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Just look at the cover of the Quilter&#8217;s Newsletter in the photo above! Doesn&#8217;t that look like the making of a fabulous complex cane design to you?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Look at the use of color and pattern! Don&#8217;t you just get all wiggly with excitement when you see patterns like this? Sometimes I can hardly sleep after looking at one of these magazines, thinking of all the cool canes I could make!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">One cool thing about the pieced patterns that many quilts are designed with, is that many of the patterns can be made into polymer clay canes quite simply by using a clay extruder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Using square, triangle and diamond shaped dies in your extruder you can recreate many quilting patterns quite easily. A very simple example of a quilt pattern converted to a polymer clay cane pattern using an extruder, can be seen at this post: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/polymer-clay-canes-rainbow-quilt-design-perfect-for-pillow-beads\/1861\/\">Polymer Clay Canes | Rainbow Quilt Design Perfect For Pillow Beads<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Quilting has gotten so creative too. Quilt patterns aren&#8217;t only about geometric patterns anymore. Quilter&#8217;s are now painting and dying their own fabrics and adding embellishments and mixed media elements to their works of art.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Appliqu\u00e9 patterns and free form quilt patterns can also be a great source of inspiration for your polymer clay bead projects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">So next time you&#8217;re at the library or the book store, pick up a few Quilting Magazines for inspiration. Maybe you&#8217;ll have a little trouble getting sleep with all the ideas running around your brain too!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/cindy-sig.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Cindy Lietz Signature\" width=\"114\" height=\"99\" align=\"right\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutor.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Polymer Clay Tutor\" width=\"200\" height=\"26\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cane and Bead Making Design Ideas Are Everywhere! I love magazines! All kinds of them. 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