HAVE FUN MAKING SPECIAL MEMORABLE GIFTS USING CARTONNAGE
Imagine yourself having so much fun crafting, relaxing, and using your favorite fabrics and other simple materials to make wonderful, no-sew fabric boxes and other projects for yourself, or for family & friends as great handmade gifts! This is CARTONNAGE and you can start making them today in the comfort of your own home. It’s simple and easy.
Join our Cartonnage Club to start making them following unique tutorials, from the basics to more advanced, including learning how to make the projects to fit your needs!
Members also get great discounts and gifts from our Loyalty program, and connect with lots of cartonnage lovers in our Cartonnage Club private community and in our bi-monthly virtual meetings!
The JOYFUL CARTONNAGE CLUB was designed for YOU if you:
- want to have fun and create unique handmade gifts that your family and friends will love so much and feel that you care and love them
- are ready to get started in the world of fabric box making, and don't know how to do it
- are looking to improve your cartonnage skills and become your own box designer.
- want to connect and make friends and be inspired by lots of other cartonnage lovers around the world
- have questions about any aspects of cartonnage. Claudia will answer them all directly!
- want to save money receiving special discounts as a ‘Club Awesome’ member
- would like to have the best benefits from our Loyalty program. You’ll receive points for every dollar you spend that can be redeemed for discounts and special shop offers.
Whatever is your case, with this CLUB you will get the best of Cartonnage from Claudia Squio. Lots of detail tutorials, new courses and videos added periodically and a great community of cartonnage lovers to be connected, to be inspired! You will have unlimited access for as long as you keep your subscription, and it's risk free, you can cancel anytime.
BEING A MEMBER WILL ALSO HELP MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE: Even before I started my Cartonnage journey I was blessed in so many ways, I received help and was guided to find my path, my mission of bringing Joy to the world through my work. I'm so thankful for that and I want to give back for those that are in need. So, this club is part of my "Gluing and caring" giving back program, when becoming a member you also going to be part of this as I will donate 3% of the membership fees to organizations that are in need of support and engaged to make the World a better place. We are currently helping Charlotte's School in Brazil and Love in Action (Michigan).Thanks in advance!
The CLUB has three parts:
1) ONLINE SCHOOL : place to have access to complete tutorials on 20+ online courses, with over 80 unique projects. The full list of courses is below, scroll down to see. More courses/projects are added periodically.
2) COMMUNITY: place to make friends passionate for the same craft as you are! I have made wonderful friends since I started this Cartonnage journey, and I'm inviting you to join us, share your love for fabrics and Cartonnage and get inspired! The community is a separate and secure website (not on Facebook) and you will be invited to join us as soon as you become a member!
3) SHOP: choose the "Awesome" plan to place orders and get discounts to buy unique DIY kits, tools and supplies, accumulate points on the rewards program. Members of the "Awesome" plan always get 10% OFF on ColorWay Arts shop, plus extra discounts and offers.
While you are a member of the Joyful Cartonnage CLUB you’ll get:
- Unlimited access to 20+ cartonnage complete online courses, with 80+ projects (new ones are added periodically)
- Exclusive lessons to guide you on your cartonnage journey (videos, templates and some written instructions), including the method of designing the projects
- Participation in Annual Workshop, and National Cartonnage Day - online events with unique projects and bonus
- A place to ask questions, post your projects and receive feedback
- Connections with cartonnage lovers that live near and far away
- A community network open to members only, where you'll find a secure, welcoming environment (not on Facebook)
- Bi-Monthly virtual meetings to be connected with other members, ask questions, have fun and show and tell!
- Members-only special products (DIY kits and supplies) in the shop
- 10% OFF to buy DIY kits, supplies and tools (For "Club Awesome" plan)
- Special Loyalty points with unique rewards just for members of the "Awesome" plan
- Special discounts to be part of extra courses and events, like Cartonnage retreats (For "Club Awesome" plan)
- Get points for every $ spent in the membership fee and on the shop and exchange the points for discounts (Club Basic get normal points, Club Awesome get double points)
Are you interested in learning cartonnage to teach classes in the near future? Cartonnage is so fun to make and also to teach! As I cannot possible be traveling and teaching this everywhere, I love to have this group of “Certified Cartonnage Teachers” that help me spread the word and share this Joy with many fabric lovers all around US.
How you can become a certified cartonnage teacher? First, you have to be a Member of our Cartonnage Club and practice. All you need to learn the technique is here. So, after at least 6 months as a member, and making many boxes and be confident with the method, you can join our group of Cartonnage Teachers. They are all independent teachers, but have my support, learn my tips for teaching, get DIY kits with discounted prices and more benefits. If this sounds like your plan, join the Club and contact me for more information.
(Important note: to be allowed to teach my method and the projects designed by me, you have to be part of our Certified Cartonnage Teachers program)
SEE MORE PROJECTS INCLUDED IN THE CLUB
Create the Chest of drawers any size you want!
Fabric embellished books:
Kindle case:
A great popular project: The Tool box!
The charger station (or desk organizer with drawer!)
The Round suitcase
The Fabric Cantilever Box
The Fabric Cigar box and Octagon Box
The Dutch Door box
And many more projects, see them all at www.colorwayarts.com/clubprojects
See what MEMBERS are saying and making!
I have done most of the online courses available. The online courses are very well done and, like all of Claudia’s products, very detailed. Also, she is available to answer questions if you have them and I really appreciate her quick response. You have access to the free and paid classes and videos at any time. ( There’s nothing like taking a Cartonnage course in your jammies—LOL) Marita
Just got home from vacation and went straight to Cartonnage! Couldn't wait to make the new desk organizer!! The hardest thing to do.... was to figure out what fabric to use😆. Following Claudia class on line, it was SO MUCH FUN AND EASY TO DO! I just LOVE it. Vicki
Darlene:
Using Claudia’s extremely helpful worksheets, I designed a box, cut the chipboard and covered it with pretty paper. I needed something to hold my paper crafting dies so that I could easily flip through them to find what I wanted. The solution was cartonnage. Joyce
Rochelle:
Claudia's worksheet is very helpful ! and that's the 1st
time I see a teacher sharing so much her tips. I tried with empiric method, I
will say, and had a lot of bad tries. But try, retry and still try ... If I had
Claudia's explanations, I would have saved a lot of chipboard and time!
Claire
Laurie:
Claudia does an excellent job of describing the process of Cartonnage. The videos are easy to follow and Claudia explains each step in great detail. You can rewind and fast forward to do the work at your own pace. Claudia will answer any of your questions that come up. Cartonnage does not require any specialized tools but the toolkit makes things easier. The kits will save you time because all the paper is already cut out. But you can cut the paper out yourself too. Cartonnage is fun and not difficult to learn! I would recommend these videos for anyone interested in learning about Cartonnage. Betsy
Cindy:
I just finished my Cartonnage small box project, using Claudia's video tutorials and tools. The course was fun and included easy to follow lessons that were broken up into sections that made construction simple. Claudia explains everything, including materials required, how to's that are easy to follow and replicate, and clear and concise videos that show you what you need to do to complete the project. Using Claudia's spacer tool and corner miter tool takes all the guess work out of cutting and placement of pieces for perfect corners and spacing. Cartonnage is a great way to use up fat quarters and scraps that you have in your stash! The result is a wonderful piece of art that you can enjoy yourself or give as a cherished gift! Vicki
Joyce:
I am not a skilled crafter, but Claudia's online classes made me feel like one! I found the instructions were detailed yet clear and simple to follow. It was fun. I am delighted with the results. It is particularly important for me as a visual learner to see the instructions and then follow with her demonstrations. I could follow and complete each process with ease and confidence step by step. Her attention to detail is valuable in the processes. Cheri
Debbie:
TO SEE MORE PROJECTS MADE BY MEMBERS CHECK THIS PAGE: https://www.colorwayarts.com/pages/members-gallery
Your Instructor
I'm Claudia Squio a Brazilian-American artist living in Michigan and focusing on cartonnage, that is a traditional art of making boxes covered with fabric or paper. I design fabric boxes and cases and teach this amazing technique at quilt stores, quilt guilds and also through my online cartonnage school. I have authored the book “Cartonnage Basics & Beyond – The complete guide to make fabric boxes”. Besides creating the pieces and teaching I also develop some DIY kits and tools that can be used for my students to have fun, feel the relaxing power of crafting and facilitate the process of fabric box making.
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