Instructional DVD's 
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Here are some of the best DVD's related to fiber art techniques that we could find. We have a crew of our best technical folk watch every DVD that is submitted, and we only accept and carry the best ones, usually by well recognized artists who have been practicing and teaching the techniques for years. For the price of a DVD, you are getting the equivalent of a class, which would be way more expensive, might include travel and lodging, and you don't have to put up with the other students dominating the teachers time! How can you go wrong?
"Off the Grid" - 2009 Surface Design Association Conference DVD
"Off the Grid" - 2009 Surface Design Association Conference DVD

The 2009 International Surface Design Association Conference DVD, with video, powerpoint presentations, audio recordings of major and keynote speakers, video interviews of Alice Kettle, Ray Materson, and much more!

  • Conference Overview
  • Keynote & Featured Speakers
  • Video Interviews
  • Audio Presentations
  • Presentation PDFs
  • Fashion Show and Exhibit Highlights
  • Extras

Filmed at the Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missiouri in Hi-Definition with Dolby® Digital Sound for premium audio/visual playback.
1 Disc – All Regions – DVD-ROM -- Contains Material which may be played in a DVD player and on a personal computer as well. English Language • English Subtitles

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Demonstrations 2009 Surface Design Association International Conference - DVD
Demonstrations 2009 Surface Design Association International Conference - DVD

Demonstrations 2009 Surface Design Association International Conference - DVD is the companion DVD to the wonderful "OFF THE GRID" DVD, also from the International Surface Design Association and Galli Film Studios. Featuring 5 spectacular 1 hour demonstrations by leading textile artists:

• Jane Dunnewold: "Soy Wax Three Ways"
• Kerr Grabowski: "Deconstructed Screen Printing"
• Lisa Klakulak: "Free-Motion Machine Embroidery on Felted Surfaces"
• Kathyanne White: "Creating and Printing Uncommon Surfaces"
• Daniella Woolf: "Encaustic for Fiber Artists"

Approximately 260 Minutes Runtime
All Regions • English Language - English Subtitles
DVD Made in the USA • Dolby Digital™ Sound

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#SDADVD  Approximately 260 Minutes Runtime $45.00 $40.50
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Stenciling Techniques on Fabric
Stenciling Techniques on Fabric

Diane Ericson, founder of ReVisions Patterns & Stencils, is an artist and designer who is passionate about stenciling. She shares her enthusiasm for the arts through teaching workshops and retreats in various locations, and has become a recognized expert and motivational speaker in the sewing field. A frequent contributor to various fiber publications, Diane enjoys playing in her studio, creating new designs for ReVisions and exploring inventive ways to inspire and celebrate creativity.

"Join me in my studio for this comprehensive, 33 minute stenciling DVD. From hands-on techniques to a gallery of my finished fabric pieces: I'll share my secrets and tips for fabulous stenciling results on fabric!" - Diane

This 33 minutes DVD includes everything you need to get started:

  • Basic Printing Technique
  • Combing Stencil Shapes
  • Layering Stencils
  • Creating Variety in the Printed Images
  • Relating Images & Creating Borders
  • Gallery of Diane's Stencil Work
... and many more techniques! In this DVD, Diane is using Jaquard's Lumiere & Neopaque fabric paints. Setacolor Opaques and Metallics would work as well, but don't limit yourself. It is fun to experiment using both opaque and transparent paints on different colors of fabric for many varied effects!

1 disc - 33 minutes.

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#STDVD  1 disc - 33 minutes $15.00 $13.49
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Paper and Metal Leaf Lamination Book & DVD
Paper and Metal Leaf Lamination Book & DVD

What is Paper and Metal Leaf Lamination? Renowned fiber artists Claire Benn, Jane Dunnewold and Leslie Morgan bring this exciting mixed media approach to fabric surface design into sharp focus with this must have how-to guide.

This book will be of particular interest to surface designers looking to expand the scope of their work. Utilizing both natural and synthetic fabrics, some basic screen-printing and quilting supplies, you will learn the process of layering, fusing, stitching (and more) everything from newsprint, photocopies, art paper and metal leaf or foil to various fabrics to create breathtaking one-of-a-kind pieces of art cloth.

This book is filled with so many beautiful and inspiring photos of the authors’ work; you may just want to keep it on your coffee table when it’s not in use. If the ordinary isn’t for you, then this book is! And if that isn't enough to entice you, it comes with a 21minute instructional DVD too! A great value and the best of both worlds to learn; other than taking a $400 or $500 class from these famous fiber artists!

8.75" x 11.75", soft cover, spiral bound, 54 pages, full color.
1 disc - 21 minutes

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#BPMLL  54 page book & 1 dvd - 21 minutes $38.00 $34.20
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The Festival of Quilts 2008 DVD
The Festival of Quilts 2008 DVD

The Festival of Quilts in England is one of the world's favorite destinations for quilting and textile arts. Each year more than 25,000 quilting and textile artists and enthusiasts come from all over the world to judge and be judged by a panel of their peers in what has come to be regarded as 'the most prestigious quilting award ceremony in Europe today'.

From over 1,000 entrants, over 30 get awarded a first, second or third prize and new for 2008, there was a Best in Show award. Categories include Art Quilts, Contemporary Quilts, Traditional Quilts, Miniatures and many more. More than $50,000 in prize money is generously given by leading manufacturers of sewing, quilting and textile art supplies, educational institutions, and associations.

Our local Galli Film Studios (Produced our Silk Painting and Shibori DVDs) was selected as the film production company for the 2008 Festival of Quilts Commemorative DVD, and for coming years as well. For 2008, they assembled a wonderful cross-mix of traditional and contemporary quilting and textile artists, and ventured north of Birmingham to Yorkshire where they caught up with famous quilters Lilian Hedley, Philippa Naylor, and took a private tour of the recently opened Museum of The Quilter's Guild of the British Isles, located in a 14th Century Guild Hall in York. This DVD gives you a chance to see what some of the best quilters in the world are doing. Why is Dharma carrying this DVD? Because we are amazed with what some of these artists do with our plain fabric, dyes and paints to create their own custom fabrics for their quilts, and the rest are fantastic too. It is fun and very inspiring!

1 disc - 93 minutes

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Lynn Koolish Teaches You Printing on Fabric
Lynn Koolish Teaches You Printing on Fabric
Finally, a clear step-by-step tutorial made for those of us who want to use our computer printers to create images on fabric. Perfect for art cloth designers, quilters and just plain crafty folks, Ink Jet fabric printing is quickly growing in popularity.
Lynn Koolish takes you from the beginning of the process of choosing your images and fabrics to print on, all the way through to navigating and understanding your printer menus and computer photo editing software. Simple, thorough instructions and fun, inspirational examples of her work make this video a must have for anyone who likes to make art out of fabric.
1 disc - 60 minutes
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#LKDVD  1 disc - 60 minutes $20.95 $18.85
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Speedball Screen Printing Instructional DVD
Speedball Screen Printing Instructional DVD
Screen printing is probably the most commonly used textile craft method out there today. The ease with which multiple copies of the same image can be created is unparalleled, and there simply is no better way to produce flyers, posters, T-shirts, etc, on a large scale. The chances are, you are wearing something right now that was screen printed. Knowledge of the methods and processes is simply required for any serious textile artist.
For those of you who don’t know the first thing about screen printing, here is a great way to get the basics. This quick 35 minute DVD breaks down the basics of screen printing into easy to follow, step by step instructions. Each of the most popular methods of screen preparation and use are covered, including paper stencils, drawing fluid, and photo emulsion.
When you are done with this DVD you will have the knowledge required to develop your own screens and print your own shirts, posters, flyers, etc. This DVD is a great way to get a handle on the basics of screen printing, and when you are done with it you will have a whole new craft in your growing arsenal of skills.
1 disc - 35 minutes
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Deconstructed Screen Printing DVD
Deconstructed Screen Printing DVD
In this visually stimulating DVD, Fiber Artist Kerr Grabowski leads you through the exciting and versatile process she has dubbed Deconstructed Screen Printing. This technique is not a science. You will not get identical results with each print as with traditional screen printing. Each print with the same screen will evolve and change.
In this technique, objects with interesting texture are placed beneath a blank, clean screen. Thickened dye is then applied to the screen where it builds up along the lines of texture created by the covered object. Once the screen is dry, it can then be “printed” with release paste, which actually serves to re-moisten the thickened dye, allowing it to deposit on the printing surface. As the screen is used, the prints will change, and morph, as more dye is deposited and less dye remains on the screen. This breakdown of the concept of identical prints, as well as the breakdown of the initial screen image, is what lends the title "Deconstructed" Screen Printing.
For beginners and experts alike, this 3+ hr video covers the basics and demonstrates techniques that, while easy to use, will yield sophisticated results that are sure the trigger the artist's muse! Included are instructions on screens, squeegees, print boards, Fiber Reactive MX dye, and print paste. In addition, this DVD is full of inspiring samples of students work and a gallery of artists using DSP in their own work. This DVD is so enthralling it nearly shut down the office when we viewed it the first time!
2 discs - 210 minutes running length
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#DSPDVD  2 discs - 210 minutes $40.00 $35.95
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Shibori DVD - 400 Years of Inventive Design
Shibori DVD
In 1608 eight formerly farming families in Japan settled along a stretch of the Tokaido or ‘eastern sea road’ connecting Kyoto and Osaka to the new capital, Edo, now Tokyo. Taking up handicraft, they developed a peasant textile industry, initially mimicking the fine silk Shibori techniques found in Kyoto and ultimately developing their own methods and techniques for working with silk and cotton fabrics to create magnificent designs for summer and winter clothing and home decoration. Narumi joined in with the neighboring village of Arimatsu to create a cottage industry that would eventually grow to be known worldwide as “Arimatsu-Narumi Shibori”.
The Guild of Artisans of Arimatsu and Narumi in collaboration with Studio Galli Productions has released the most comprehensive overview of Shibori available in honor of reaching 400 years of continued production. Each part of the process is meticulously detailed in this sumptuous film, with narrative provided by acclaimed Shibori artist and scholar, Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada. Visit studios and workshops to see the Shibori processes demonstrated by the most expert artisans available today. Includes contemporary and historical examples of Shibori textiles hand made by local artisans.
Filmed in Arimatsu and Narumi, Japan •Narration by Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada
1 Disc - 155 minutes
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#ASMDVD  1 disc - 155 minutes $29.95 $26.95
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Paverpol Instructional DVD
Paverpol Instructional DVD
Paverpol is a new and exciting fabric hardener that allows anyone to create professional looking sculpture with fabrics, and even tee shirts. This great DVD is just the thing for the Paverpol newcomer.
Josephine, one of Paverpol's creators, demonstrates the whole process of creating sculpture with Paverpol. Everything from the basics of how to sculpt your own garden statue from a t-shirt, to achieving the look of bronzing. Josephine shows you how to prepare fabric with Paverpol, give shape to your projects, as well as some tips and tricks. What better way to learn the process than following along with one of the creator's as she does it?
This DVD is a great compliment to the book From T-shirt to Garden Statue for those that want tips on building forms, draping fabric, and creating a fully composed work. Keep in mind that you don't have to use tee shirts. Experimenting with different fabrics gives you all sorts of textural possibilities. This stuff is fun!
1 disc - 46 minutes running length
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#PDVD  1 disc - 46 minutes $39.95 $37.59
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Paintstik Inspirations DVD
Paintstik Inspirations DVD
You may have seen the Shiva Paintstiks and accessories before and wondered how one would use them? What sorts of things can be done with these products? Well this DVD answers that question in detail.
In this DVD Laura Murray, an experienced user that has taught thousands of others the 'tricks of the trade', covers many of the techniques and uses of paintstiks. Some of the subjects covered are creating texture with rubbing plates, stenciling, shading and masking, and the ever important general use, maintenance, and clean up.
For anyone that is interested in gaining more knowledge and skill with Shiva paintstiks, this DVD is just the thing. Filled with techniques, uses, and examples of finished projects, this DVD will inspire with every viewing.
1 disc - 73 minutes
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#PIDVD  1 disc - 73 minutes $29.95 $26.95
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Improvisational Screen Printing DVD
Improvisational Screen Printing DVD
This is not about traditional silk screen printing methods, but more about, as the title implies-improvisational techniques using everyday or easily accessible materials. Temporary or removable surfaces include using wax, flour, aquarelle crayons, freezer paper stencils and plastic sheets.
Jane's approach is informal and allows for creativity to flow! Most inspiring. In fact, I went out and bought a silkscreen after watching this video!
Another approach is with permanent surfaces such as using interfacing over a permanent surface which allows you to do a multi color print in one pass. The other surface is spray paint.
She only touches on what products to silkscreen with, so refer to our catalogue or web site for more info on this.
She gives helpful background info on screen mesh, squeegees and stretching your own screen. The DVD has a nice pace, is interesting and fun to watch with a little surprise at the end!
1 disc - 137 minutes
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#ISPDVD  1 disc - 137 min. $35.00 $31.50
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Silk Painting DVD
Silk Painting DVD
Jill Kennedy is the well know silk paint artist and co-auther of "Silk Painting - New Ideas and Textures". She is also a great teacher! Jill's lively presentation and well organized format makes this how-to DVD a joy to watch. She's very clear, concise, and has a great British accent. The techniques she covers are perfect for beginners through intermediate silk painters and include getting set up, water, salt, alcohol, and sugar technique, as well as demystifying things like thickeners, discharge, anti-spread, wax and gutta. Demonstrations include paints and dyes, and how to fix them, including steaming. She says there's much more to learn, but we think there is enough here to keep anyone happily experimenting for a long time!
1 Disc - 145 minutes
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#SPDVD  1 Disc - 145 minutes $29.95 $26.95
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Complex Cloth: The Workshops DVD Set
Complex Cloth: The Workshops DVD Set

This is a three DVD set and is the entire Complex Cloth workshop. The demonstrations begin with dyeing and overdyeing and include all the processes used to generate a layered surface - discharging with discharge paste and also chlorine products, extensive information on textile paints, and also foiling.

In addition to the wet processes, Jane also discusses and demonstrates stamp carving, making a stencil from interfacing, and two silkscreen surfaces that are easy to make without any special light set-up. The demonstrations cover everything in the book Complex Cloth , but in an updated and expanded format. Filmed at Art Cloth Studios, this three hour presentation is the most complete information currently available as a DVD. Viewing and reviewing these demonstrations will be just like coming to San Antonio for the week long workshop! Except that you'll miss the great Mexican food!

3 Discs - 163 Minutes

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#CCDVD  3 discs - 163 minutes $75.00 $67.50
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Learn How to Tie-Dye: Complete 3 Volume Set
Learn How to Tie-Dye: Complete 3 Volume Set

Good customers Martine and Tom have produced a new "How-to" DVD for Tie-Dye that is a compilation of their beginers guide and advanced techniques! A complete proven system is taught, revealing the "secrets" refined by the authors over 10 years of successfully producing and selling tie-dye.

In the Tie-Dye 101: The Basics DVD, the viewer is guided through every step of the process using Fiber Reactive Procion MX Dye, including how to create basic patterns and obtain the best results. An excellent guide for anyone looking to taking the first step towards becoming a superb tie-dyer!

In Advanced Tie-Dye Techniques: Shapes and Mandalas, the viewer is guided in depth into the creation of shapes like aliens, hearts, stars, a wide assortment of mandalas, blossoms, suns, and more! Better than a book for those who desire a more hands on instructional guide. Use the concepts you learn from within this video to make your own amazing patterns and designs. If you are looking to expand your tie-dying abilities to a professional level, you can't go wrong with this!

3 disc set - 217 Minutes

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#TDVD3  DVD - 3 discs (217 minutes) $59.95 $49.95
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Tie-Dye 101 DVD
Tie-Dye 101 DVD

Good customers Martine and Tom have produced 2 "How-to" DVDs for Tie-Dye, beginning and (drum roll) advanced! A complete proven system is taught, revealing the "secrets" refined by the authors over 10 years of successfully producing and selling tie-dye.
In the Tie-Dye 101: The Basics DVD, the viewer is guided through every step of the process using Fiber Reactive Procion MX Dye, including how to create basic patterns and obtain the best results. An excellent guide for anyone looking to taking the first step towards becoming a superb tie-dyer!

87 Minutes

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#TDVD1  DVD (87 minutes) $24.95 $21.50
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Advanced Tie-Dye Techniques: Shapes and Mandalas DVD
Advanced Tie-Dye Techniques: Shapes and Mandalas DVD

Good customers Martine and Tom have produced 2 "How-to" DVDs for Tie-Dye, beginning and (drum roll) advanced! A complete proven system is taught, revealing the "secrets" refined by the authors over 10 years of successfully producing and selling tie-dye.
In Advanced Tie-Dye Techniques: Shapes and Mandalas, the viewer is guided in depth into the creation of shapes like aliens, hearts, stars, a wide assortment of mandalas, blossoms, suns, and more! Better than a book for those who desire a more hands on instructional guide. Use the concepts you learn from within this video to make your own amazing patterns and designs. If you are looking to expand your tie-dying abilities to a professional level, you can't go wrong with this!

2 disc set - 130 Minutes

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#TDVD2  DVD - 2 discs (130 minutes) $36.95 $32.00
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Marbling Mastery DVD
Marbling Mastery DVD

Peggy Skycraft, teacher and master marbler, makes this "most complex of the easy processes" exciting and inspirational! Instructions for paper and fabric are clear and thorough, with hints on thinning and floating paints, cleaning the size, and correcting problems. In the "Marbling Fabric" section she uses a variety of paints on silk scarves. With a gallery of over 60 pieces and quick links on how to create them, this is the best instructional DVD on marbling we've ever seen!

103 Minutes

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#MDVD  1 disc - 103 minutes $29.95 $26.95
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T-Shirt Airbrushing Start to Finish DVD
T-Shirt Airbrushing Start to Finish DVD
A DVD For all those interested in airbrushing but don't know a thing about it. This DVD starts at the beginning: which end of the brush paint comes out of, and works up to creating designs on T-shirts.
You will learn how to airbrush with stencils, do lettering, and some of the secrets of free hand airbrushing. Besides learning different techniques, you will also learn about airbrush maintenance, various tools, paints, and other tricks of the trade.
This DVD is a must have for anyone who wants to learn more about airbrushing on textiles. You can be one of those mesmerizing T-shirt airbrush artists in no time!
1 disc - 65 minutes
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#TSADVD  1 disc - 65 minutes $17.60 $16.16
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Airbrush Techniques Start to Finish DVD
Airbrush Techniques Start to Finish DVD
Airbrush Techniques Start to Finish is a great techniques DVD for beginning and intermediate airbrush artists. It starts out with basic information related to using an airbrush: maintenance, tools, and some tricks of the trade. But it doesn't stop there.
You will learn spray techniques, ways to achieve various effects, as well as some tricks to achieve a three dimensional effect. If that¹s not enough, it even covers color instruction and methods to create patterns not easily accomplished through other applications.
Every airbrush artist can learn something from this DVD.
1 disc - 72 minutes
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#ATDVD  1 disc - 72 minutes $17.60 $16.16
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Creative Machine Embroidery DVD with Alison Holt
Creative Machine Embroidery DVD with Alison Holt
Follow along with master embroiderer Alison Holt as she takes you on a trip through her garden and along country lanes in the beautiful countryside of Shropshire, England.
In this 3+ hour DVD, Alison will show you how to create your own machine embroidered landscapes. Alison combines her love of nature with her unique flair for creating dramatic effects with her standard sewing machine. Simply by using STRAIGHT STITCH then ZIGZAG stitch, Alison shows you how to make Astilbes, Alliums, Delphiniums, Poppies, Cow Parsley, Roses, Daisies, and Foxgloves.
She explains how to work with iron fixed silk paints (like Dynaflow and Setasilk) to achieve depth and contrast, and combines all of the skills you learned in the first half of the DVD to create an incredible landscape, "Penylyn Lane" (dvd cover). Working with standard photographs and more than 30 colors of thread, Alison skillfully recreates Penylyn Lane in this beautiful and truly unique DVD.
Perfect for silk-painters who want to combine their love and skill in painting with embroidery for dramatic effects!
1 disc, 207 minutes
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#CMEDVD  1 disc, 207 minutes $29.95 $26.95
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Fabricadabra DVD
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Sandra McCall, author of 2 books on stamp art, inspires artists and crafters in whole new ways with her fabulous new DVD about transforming even basic cotton muslin fabric with paint and stamps into amazing works of art! Dharma’s white rayon/silk velvet scarves become exquisite works of wearable art with Fiber Reactive Dye, rubber stamps, fabric markers and beads. Sandra demonstrates how to emboss the velvet with rubber stamps and how to string delicate bead fringe to the ends of the scarf for a very artful touch. Her artistry shines when she transforms black Dharma clothing blanks (#BR32B & BR16B) into an elegant ensemble. Her techniques work equally well on dyed Dharma blanks. Sandra also shows how to create elegant fabric beads, jewelry, purses and books with inexpensive cotton muslin, paint (Lumiere and Neopaque, among others) and a few rubber stamps. For the jewelry segment, she even teaches a great lesson on how to use a soldering iron! With over 100 minutes of projects, tips, and ideas, this fun new DVD is packed with information and inspiration to last you a good long while. Happy creating!

125 Mins. Dual-Layer Format

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#SDVD  Fabricadabra $29.95 $26.95
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