Art & Soul, Inspirational Mixed Media Retreats

The Scrap Book

Portland Spring 2026 is NOW OPEN

Beatriz Helton
9:00 - 4:30
Thur/Fri March 19-20
$370.00

Enjoy crafting a beautiful cloth book filled with unique pages pieced together from fabric scraps using instinctual stitching.

-Begin by selecting scraps of fabrics from my stash, that will compliment the scraps you bring from your own personal collection.
-Learn how to piece those fabric scraps together to form book pages filled with tantalizing textures and colors.
-Build layers with sheer fabrics and small scrap tidbits using thread as a mark-making device
-Bind all your instinctually stitched pages together into a book full of tactile delights. 

Supplies Needed  to bring for Class:

This is a list of what I used to make my Scrap Book, but feel free to substitute anything on this list with what you have on hand.

-Small, medium and large fabric scraps, (some sheer) in your color choices - solids and patterned light and dark for contrast - I’ll have some to share

-Sewing needles with a large eye to accommodate heavier weight threads

-a blunt needle for weaving

-Threads of varying weights for hand sewing, embroidery and DMC 5 and/or 8 - your choice of colors, black and white or cream is recommended for contrast - I’ll have some to share

-Seam ripper for distressing fabric- I’ll have some to share

-Thread snips and fabric scissors

-Straight pins and a pin cushion 

-anything you’d like to include in your book to embellish your pages like buttons, baubles or beads

To pre-order supplies, click on this link for Runaway Art and Craft Studio...


Click here for a printable page