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Newsletter April 2010



Limited Edition Color

John mixed some colors together to see what they would look like and this is what happened. I'll put it out as a monthly color to see if you all want it to come into the Line. It's a Medium Teal. Order it under Blend 599 for $3.19 and see what you think. We didn't make a lot of it - so first come - first serve. If it comes into the Line it will be a regular color - although this batch has just a hint of sparkle in it.


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Transfer Paks April 2010


The transfer paks that I'm coming out with this year are designs that folks have asked for, to come back into the Line and new designs that have never been in transfer form.

I've been trying out new techniques on these designs, also, and putting anything new or a little different on the appropriate charts (like the sunrise scene in the T5052.


Country Cows

Country Cows Pak

Done with either outline and fill in or highlighting and shadowing that we all know how to do. These are old designs that I have been asked to bring back in.

Paks are $5.75 each and have 4 pages of transfers in them.


Kachina Dancers 1

Kachina Dancers 1 Pak

Done with either outline and fill in or highlighting and shadowing that we all know how to do. These are old designs that I have been asked to bring back in.

More of the Kachina Dancers will be put out over the rest of the year.

When they are all out, you will have enough for a quilt.

I’m putting them on a cardigan and I will be adding in a little ground and sky to each design on my cardigan.

Paks are $5.75 each and have 4 pages of transfers in them.


Click here to see All the Transfer Paks


 


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Monthly Quilt Blocks April 2010


Butterfly & Flower Quilt Block

Baby Stuffed Animals 04

Butterfly & Flower Quilt Block

Bouquet of Flowers 04

Wild Animal Quilt Block

Ginger's Dragon 04


Click here to see All the Completed Quilt Block Sets

Transfer News

I will be bringing out Transfer Paks for the next few months instead of individual transfers.


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HELLO ALL YOU WONDERFUL PEOPLE!


We certainly hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend. We actually had great weather - I hope you did, too.

Just a little extra for those of you that are pre-registering for the Spring Seminar on May 1, 2010 - you will all be able to take an extra 10% off any paint kits that you buy at the Seminar.

For those of you that are selling Cameo - this could earn you a lot of extra money. See how many kits you can sell between now and then - with them paying you up-front - tell them these kits will be ready for pick up any time after May 1st - and pick them up at the Seminar. (If you could warn me how many kits and what kind that you are going to pick up, I can have them all ready for you when you come in.)

I know that we could all use a little extra money and I thought this would help - and show you how much I appreciate you pre-registering and coming to the Seminar.

Now for some bad news - Christie Lee died unexpectedly in March. I know a lot of you knew her from Seminars. I, also, talk about her a lot in the newsletters and on the color charts. If any of you want to send a card and don't have her address - just get in contact me and I will give it to you.

More bad news - I'm having a lot of problems with my printer. I can't send the newsletter out until I have the prints 'in house' and have them painted and charted and ready to go.

I talked to the printer this morning and he says the prints that are in this newsletter should be here this afternoon - so I'm going to go ahead and get this out.

Some of you that mail in your orders order at the end of the month, for the next month's prints. I really actually like this because it keeps me on my toes and makes sure that I get things done on time. Unfortunately, this time it didn't work due to the printer not getting things done in a timely manner.

So now I don't have a lot to go in the newsletter because I can't get it done until everything is ready to have pictures taken. I wrote the first part during the month when I came up with the idea, so that worked out well. Then the month went downhill from there.




Paint News

The newest paint in the Line.

304 - Powder Blue Sparkle

When I was trying to figure out how I was going to paint this month's designs, I found that I needed a medium blue in the blue sparkles. I told John what I wanted and he went down and figured out how to make it. (He's great!)


108 Paints to choose from, or make it easy on yourself and get them all in the Ideal Kit.

The ballpoint tip nozzle can easily be removed for brush painting.

Formulated for fabric painting, these paints are also excellent for painting on other materials (wood, etc.). This is premium quality fabric paint with the following features:

  • Permanent, won't come off in the wash
  • Blends Well for shading or fading colors together
  • Machine Wash & Dry
  • Stays Soft and flexable, Won't Crack or Peel
  • Best of all it is Non-Toxic
  • Safe, won't harm children or animals
  • Makes a great gift for children who love to color and paint!

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Class News

My Workshop will be April 15 - 11:00 AM and ends around 3:00 PM.

Working on clouds and fire on the GDQ-04

Bring a sack lunch or eat before you get here. You can actually leave whenever you need to.

Here at Ginger's Cameo Home Office and Facility – April 15 - 11:00 AM

I hope a lot of you plan to come. We have a good time and learn new things. Be sure to let me know if you are coming so I have enough goodie bags made up for everyone to work from.

The registration fee for the Class is $10.00. This is to help pay for your goodie bag. It's always worth more than that and includes things that you will need for the classes.


Holiday Transfers

Don't forget all the transfers that we have for up-coming holidays:

(These are all great craft show and gift designs. They will go on any number of items to paint and sell or give away or to use for yourself.)

St. Patrick's Day

T4405
T4672
T4718
T4719
     

Easter

T4348
T4523
T4720
T4725
T4726
T4727
 

Halloween

T4129
T4467
T4631
T4632
T4633
T4634

Thanksgiving

T4372
T4427
T4644
T4645
T4647
T4750

Christmas

T0448
T0560
T0569
T4123
T4128
T4132

Accessories

Be sure to visit our accessories page and see all the tools and pens to make fabric painting easier.

With our accessories you to can make professional looking designs and pictures come to life on clothing, table cloths, linens, or most any material.


I thought I would give you some ideas on using our accessories:

I have had some questions on having empty bottles for sale [C557 - (5) -$3.00].

Tips and Bottles

One use for them is to make your own colors. Using colors that are already in the Line, you can mix the colors that you want to use on a particular design. Sometimes folks want to match the color décor of a dining room or bedroom. Maybe you want to do something on a particular color of clothing and need just the right color to work with. If you use an empty bottle to mix your color you will be able to use that color another time in the future.

I suggest that as you are mixing the color, you be sure to write your formula down so you can re-mix it when you run out.

You will need to order C557 + C556 (Decorator Tips - (10) for $3.25) + C558 (Nozzles and Caps - (10) for $3.30). Since you get five (5) bottles to a package, you need to order two (2) sets of bottles to go with the other two (2), since they come in packages of ten(10).

Another use for these items is to divide your existing paints into more than one (1) bottle. This is especially good for those of you that teach painting classes. You can buy one (1) bottle of paint and divide it into two (2) or three (3) bottles so that more folks in your class can use the same colors.

This works well if you're having classes with kids. They always seem to want to use the same colors as their friends are using.

For those of you that are running classes with the 'Quilt of the Month' quilt blocks, where your students are all doing the same design, this is especially good.

Of course, the best way to run the monthly quilt block classes, are to have them buy their own paints so they can continue painting at home. If they buy all the colors that they need for the first quilt block - then add the colors as they need them for the blocks as they come out - that makes your sales higher and gives them the opportunity to buy other things to paint in between the class times. This way they can gradually build up their paint stock and as their paint colors increase, they will want to do more things with them.

Be sure that you sell them (or give them) T4673-Paint Dots and have them iron it off onto something that they can carry with them. That way they can tell what colors they have and how many more they have to go to have the full Line. Make sure that you tell them to only fill in the dots with the colors that they own. When they have all the colors filled in they will have the whole Line and they can use the finished design to figure out what colors are called for in a particular design and figure out whether they want to change the colors to something else. This design fits on a P322Mini Flag, or just about anything else, even one of the P1492-Large Tote Bags. (If they put it on a tote bag, they can put the things that they need for the class in the tote bag to carry with them to class and know exactly what colors they need to order for the next class.)

There are un-numbered dots to fill in with colors that you mix up on your own (like I talked about in the previous section).

Another item that a lot of folks don't understand about is C548 - Sandpaper Blotters (5) for $3.75.

These are medium grit sandpaper.

Blotters

These are the best things to paint on. You put one under what you are painting (or in between the front and back of a t-shirt or sweatshirt) and the Sandpaper Blotter holds the item still so that you can paint it and it keeps the paint from going through to what ever you are painting on (or to the other side of a shirt).

For those of you that have been painting for a long time and are used to using the hoops - this works much better. You don't have to worry about smearing the paint when you move your material on the hoop and you don't have to let the paint dry before you move to the next section.

I know there are those of you that have to paint lying down and you need to have the hoop to hold the item that you are painting, but even in those cases, putting a Sandpaper Blotter on your hoop works better than using a blotter pad. Just cut the Sandpaper Blotter to the same dimensions as a C366 - 10" round Blotter. The grit holds the item very still for you to paint without having to stretch it out when you put it in the hoop.

The Blotter Pads [C451 -(2) approx. 10"x12"-$1.75 and C452 -(2) approx. 12"x20"-$3.25] are good for doing washes and using a brush [C460 - Fabric Brush Set (3) or C470 - Fabric Brush Set 2 (3)] to paint with. It holds the material for these techniques and keeps the paint from going through to what you are painting on top of or through to the other side of a shirt.

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Monthly Quilt Clubs

I am having so much fun with the new Quilt Blocks of the Month. It’s fun trying to explain new techniques in writing.

A lot of the different techniques that I talk about in the newsletter, I come up with when I'm doing the quilt blocks.

If any of you have suggestions on how to write up directions on this be sure to get them to me.

Last year I started using the 1-stroke technique on the Wild Deer Quilt and then I kept on using different kinds of techniques to get you to learn them and be comfortable with them. I describe them and tell you how to do them in the directions for the individual quilt blocks. (Of course, nothing says you have to do what I say.)

This year I keep trying new things out when I'm working on the blocks for Ginger's Dragon Quilt.

I want to thank everyone that has sent in dragon quilt block designs. I have used designs by me and my daughter Mysti and this month and next month the designs are from Missy Jane from Belinda's family. In the future there is one that has been put in by Lori Bartlett.

Keep them coming.

Next year I would like to have one set of the 'monthly quilts blocks' designs from mythology. You know - fairies, gargoyles, Pegasus, etc. If you have ideas on this I need to get started on setting them up to start in January 2011. We'll need 12 designs in all.

Christie Lee was working on a couple of ideas for next year - I'm not sure what I'm going to do about those designs yet. One of them was a quilt of Pennsylvania Dutch Hex Signs and another was with flowers. (The Bouquet of Flowers quilt designs are from Christie. I found the designs and sent them to her to be painted and charted.)

 

An explanation of the Quilt Block Clubs:

We have a lot of instructors out in the field that have pretty much quit instructing and others who are new and don't quite know how to get started. I thought this would help both sides. The quilt blocks come out once a month. I thought this would give you a built-in class session, or sessions, that you could do each month. Each set teaches different things. At the end of the classes the students don't have to sew and quilt these into a quilt, they can put two (2) together and have a two-sided throw pillow. They can use each one individually and put a plain quilt block on the back and make a throw pillow. They can sew all the blocks together at the end of the year, put a piece of blanket material on the back and use yarn to tie it together as a throw for the back of the couch or for use in the car for trips. You could also frame the finished product with a wooden hoop or a regular frame. (You can pick up lots of frames in yard sales.) Just use your imagination on what to use the finished products for. The transfers are all great for putting on a shirt, also. You can use the quilt block to learn on - then put the transfers on shirts or pillowcases.

I know that some of you are not into quilting, but you like the sets of transfers.

Here are some things that you could do:

Instead of quilts you can make throw pillows with a different design on each side. That would give you six (6) different throw pillows. If you want to make twelve different throw pillows - or six - or nine -you just need to order extra sets of blank quilt blocks (P601-$5.25) to use for the back..

Instead of using the transfers on quilt blocks you can put the designs on shirts, flour sack towels (P327), mini flags (P322), tablecloths (P1220, P1221, P1222, P1223), a Wallhanging (P324), dresser scarves (P326), placemats (P1289), tote bags (P1492), pillow cases (P1595), pants, skirts, jackets. There are just so many different ways to use the transfers.

I like to put several designs on a single shirt. I buy men's shirts at yard sales and then I make it into a theme shirt. I might make a unicorn shirt, or a shirt of flower faces. I have a Christmas shirt with many different designs on it. How about a snowman outfit on a sweat suit?

There are just sooo many ways to use the Quilt Paks it boggles the mind.

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Classes Being Held by Our Friends in Other Locations

You've seen my mention of the latchkey group here in Michigan. Their teacher, Vivien Gunderson, sent me some pictures, but asked me not to put any of the kids faces out in the world, just to keep them safer. So here you are - what some of the Michigan Latchkey Kids have painted (handkerchiefs -mostly for gifts).

LatchkeyLatchkey
LatchkeyLatchkeyLatchkeyLatchkey


Rene McDonough, in Venice, FL wanted to do the Christmas Quilt for her daughter, but her daughter didn't want Blue Birds on her quilt so Rene painted in her own colors - and changed out one of the blocks for the Christmas Basket (T4235).

The birds in this picture are done with 301-302 & 303. Striking!!

Rene QuiltRene Quilt


 

All the instructor/dealers that I put in this section have a lot to teach and would like to teach all they know to you. So contact them and get started now.


Our Newest Teacher! (Search for your location below!)

You can now contact Lisa Kinsley in Blanchester, OH for classes and supplies.

She just got started and would love to hear from you call 513-535-3175 or email her at harleymama123160@yahoo.com.


We have a new craft store carrying our products. See us at 'Crafty Folks' right on the Alaskan Highway in Taylor, British Columbia. They will be running workshops at the store so you can learn right there how to use the products and they

I know I have others in British Columbia that order from me - this store might be just what you’re looking for to pick up your products near you instead of waiting for them to come by Post.

We have a lot of dealer/instructors that have their own web sites now and more coming on-line all the time. When you're on the Web just put Ginger's Cameo in your search line and see how many you come up with. After you find them all - just check out the one nearest you and order. (You have to have your tax license # to get your discount from us to re-sell to others.)

We're also on EBay and Amazon.

We're getting better known all the time thanks to all of you out there. Keep up the good work!!!!

Ohio - Lisa Kinsley is still giving her wonderful classes in Blanchester. Give her a call if you want to learn lots of new things. (513-535-3175) or email harleymama123160@yahoo.com

 

Missouri - Christy Lee is still giving her wonderful classes in Camdenton. Give her a call if you want to learn lots of new things. (573-346-5730)

 

Oklahoma - Helen Heitger has started building up her classes around Nowata. If you're interested just let her know. (918-818-0085)

 

Arkansas - Jean Prince is ready to hold classes for you around Little Rock. Let her know if you're interested in learning. (501-351-7539)

 

Arkansas - Pauline Laughlin is 95 years old and still going strong. She does a lot of craft shows and is always happy to teach folks how to paint. She's an internationally known quilter and painter. If you need some lessons or you just need supplies from somewhere around Rogers, just give her a call. (479-636-6396)

 

Brooklyn, Michigan - Lori Bartlett has started having classes at her house on the second Sunday of the month in the afternoon. She takes the techniques that she learns here and passes them on to her friends. It has been working out very well for her as she starts to make money in her new business - "Rae's Country Corner". Contact her on her cell phone at 517-392-7477 if you're interested in attending. email lrsb@raescountrycorner.com

 

Blue Earth, Wisconsin – Sharon Pausewang will be glad to teach you how to use your paints. If you would be interested in taking classes with her contact her at (507-525-1037).

 

Millersport, Ohio – Phyl Phillips is there for you. If you would like to take classes with her contact her at (740-928-3117).

 

Linden, Michigan – Halleen Fisk has lots to teach you. I try not to keep her so busy that she doesn’t have time to have classes. If you would like to take classes with her contact her at (810-735-0100).

 

Florida - Rene McDonough gives classes twice a week in the Venice Area. Call her if you are interested in taking classes with her. (941-497-4242)

 

Florida - Sandy Wadelton is giving classes in the Leesburg Area. Call her if you are interested in taking classes with her. (352-787-4950)

 

Colorado - Rachel Fry has a good group going in Grand Junction. Give her a call if you are interested in joining them. (970-242-6091)

 

Alberta, Canada - Beverly Craig - This is a very nice lady, which has been helping people to learn about Cameo for a while. If you are in that area, you can give her a call at 403-224-3565. She will be glad to share her expertise with you and fill any orders that you have. She works with a wide variety of folks and would love to work with more.

 



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Final Words

I’ve been trying to hold down the price on shipping – but now I’m starting to lose money on it and prices are going up at the Post Office starting May 14th. (Prices at other shipping places have already gone up.) The increases they are talking about, on top of what I was already losing, means that starting May 1st, 2007 my shipping prices are going to go up.

Remember that shipping is figured on your retail total before your discount.

If you think I should give you a lower shipping amount on your order because it is a small order, you can call and we might be able to adjust it some. No promises though. I’m not in the business of making money on shipping, but sometimes the small orders are what off-set the big orders.

Well, I guess that's all for this month. Keep that those suggestions coming. I need every one of them. See you at a meeting.

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