SPECIAL FEATURES

6 Cover Story: It's All Wrights, Baby, in Lindsay Mason's Design World
Artwork by Lindsay Mason
Story by Pat Bolgar
After a fall into The Gap, Lindsay Mason broke the code of uniformity by diving into the sewing and embellishment arts. In her first year since graduating from the fashion design/textile program at Syracuse University, she designs project ideas for the trimming, crafts and dewing supplies company Wrights.

20 Answering The Call: Artful Aprons That are Fit to be Tried!
by Our Readers
Collaged, painted, fringed, "bling-blinged" and other embellished aprons made their way to Belle Armoire in response to a Call for Creativity. Here's a roundup of the best.

34 Tribal Toes
by Myra Wood
Look no farther for a fun and easy way to embellish summertime footwear – flip-flops – using recycled sari silk and findings from your stash.

48 Answering The Call: Simply Charming Collaborative Art Necklaces
by Our Readers
Square cut or pear shaped, these charms won't lose their status as objects of affection and admiration among the art friends who made them in response to a Call for Creativity. Here's the first installment of a two-part series.

58 Easy Peasy Patchwork Tote
by Debra Cooper
A mixed-media artist with a newfound passion for fabrics creates a patchwork tote on which she displays her favorite swatches.

60 Nostalgic for Square Knots
by Sandy Lupton
The annual girls' trip to the coast brings back a blast from the past – macramé – into the present with the new Swarovski crystals and other findings.

DEPARTMENTS

10 Designer Collection: The Rarw Ambition of Eric Silva
by Ricë Freeman-Zachery
The artist carves, mills or latches by hand raw materials such as Siberian mammoth ivory, sterling silver and titanium in order to create jewelry with both biomorphic and mechanically engineered qualities.

28 The Professional Artist: Books, Booklets & Brochures
by Sarajane Helm
The availability of POD, or "print on demand" services, offers methods for artists to self-publish books or create marketing collateral to sell their work or services.

30 Clay Arts: Wasabi Beads Necklace
by Cassy Muronaka
The Author shows how applyign two or three coats of lacquer to floral-patterened beads will lend them an elegant, high-end look.

37 Altered Couture: The Art of Transformation
by Our Readers
Maureen Cox, Joell Helton-Long, LaTrecia Raffety, Jessica Loughrey and Janyce Sisson make their unique mark on found garments and accessories.