Get ready to transition into fall with the latest issue of Belle Armoire. The September/October issue is packed with creative and fascinating designs of unique clothing and accessories. Check out the cover story by artist Maureen Cox and her ideas on the elements of rust dying. She shows how she incorporates metal to make art cloth while offering the how-tos of achieving color, pattern and texture. Enjoy the presentation of Part 2 in our charming collaborative art necklaces call. In our first Answering the Call, we had so many necklaces flood in, we were forced to make room in this issue to show the rest. We also share some of the many submissions from our Belt It Out! call, which shows off several unique and functional belts. Learn the interesting concept of thread wear fiber collages and stamped leather baby booties. And don’t forget about the Salon section, the gallery of ready-to-wear items created by you, our readers.

The Elements of Rust Dyeing
Talented textile designer and fiber artist Maureen Cox shows the how-tos of rust dyeing to achieve color, pattern and texture. This fascinating and intriguing process make her ego-conscience happy!

Altered Couture
Our Altered Couture department shows off fun and fashionable altered clothing designs like these collage T-shirts created by mixed-media artist Lisa Bebi.

Answering the Call:
Belt It Out! Check out the results of our call for artful belts with these wonderfully inventive designs for latched, cinched, buckled, and wrapped and tied artwear.

Thread Web Fiber Collage
With this unique and surprising technique she calls gthread web,h artist Barbara Matthiessen uses snippets and other stabilizer-based methods to construct everything from very solid to very sheer and ethereal materials that will amaze you.