Explore your creativity with Cartonnage
in the comfort of your home!
Start having fun making beautiful no-sew fabric boxes and other functional items with simple materials and easy-to-find glue. Our FREE online courses have lots of great beginner projects for you to start with as you learn to make these unique, handmade gifts from simple materials around the house, even reusing cereal boxes! It’s easy and fun!
With simple materials like paperboard, fabric and glue, you can make amazing boxes, cases and more! Teachers, grandmas, grandpas, moms.... everyone will be so happy to receive them from you!
Before jumping into "box making" it's important to know some tips and tricks to have great finishing for the projects. This is a "3 days" classes, showing how to work with square and rounds edges, where you will have SO much fun making the projects, with NO-SEW.
Benefits of being a member:
* Tons of fun using favorite fabrics making boxes and many more projects from the scratch or using DIY kits.
* Access 80+ tutorials with dimensions and templates, plus learning how to design and make your own sizes
* Membership with different prices according with the benefits to fit your needs, cancel anytime.
* Connect with other cartonnage lovers in our Private Community and with our Zoom meetings - ask questions, be inspired.
* Choose the "Awesome" plan and get the best with shop discounts, and gifts in the rewards program! Click in the link below for more information.
The courses below are the ones that you can purchase separately and have long term access (for the lifetime of our school). Most of them ARE part of the Club, so you can access while you are a member, but not all of them.
Keepsake Box and album
Make the Keepsake Box and album. A unique box that can be used as a keepsake including a photo album and much more. Please check inside the course the whole collection. In this course you will find the complete step by step video tutorials to make the project. Different angles of the camera to see in many details, as if you were at my side! So many tips and ideas that you will be able to use in any other cartonnage project! (This course is included in the Cartonnage Club - so members have access)
Cartonnage Made by you
A great way to get started in the world of Cartonnage, making a wonderful set of Fabric Cigar Box and Fabric Notepad Cover - lifetime access to the course. These projects are not just enjoyable to make; they're sure to be loved by everyone who receives them! (These projects are also part of the Cartonnage Club)
Cartonnage Framed Arts
This is not a "quilting art" course, here you will learn how to make frames of any sizes to fit the arts you already know, or will start making in the future. Many arts ideas and tutorials are also included in this course that is also part of our Cartonnage Club.
Fabric Treasure Chest Plus
Very unique and clever box! Lots of fun to make, adding all details that will hide a special tray that can be only revealed once the back of the box is opened! It's not easy to find how to access the hidden compartment, which adds to the fun! Wonderful gift that makes a perfect jewerly box but also can be used for many other purposes. (This course is also part of the Cartonnage Club)
Fabric Wonder Chest
A unique, functional and impressive fabric box! Our most complete project that not only makes a wonderful gift but also teaches a lot about cartonnage making process. From making this box many students have come out with different variations to include in other projects. From the exclusive round lid, to the compartments, tray and drawers, this a joyful box to take your time and be so proud of yourself for making it! When purchasing the course the first DIY kit is included - you pay only shipping. This course IS NOT part of the Cartonnage Club, but members get special price to get it.
I'm Claudia Squio, a Brazilian-American artist living in West Michigan and I help fabric lovers creating special memorable gifts using Cartonnage - the traditional art of making boxes covered with fabric or paper. I design uniquely beautiful fabric boxes and cases, and teach this amazing technique at quilt stores, quilt guilds, and through my online cartonnage school. I authored the book “Cartonnage Basics & Beyond – The Complete Guide to Make Fabric Boxes”. Besides creating my distinctive cartonnage pieces and teaching, I also develop DIY kits and tools that can be used by my students to have fun, feel the relaxing power of crafting, and to facilitate the process of fabric box/gift making.
I actually made two of these boxes, one for me and one for a gift. I used button fabric I bought from Colorway Arts and loved them!
I don't have a Singer Featherweight machine but I made the mini notions box, well.....just because. My machine needle packets fit inside - a perfect storage box for them. Like all Colorway Arts projects, everything fit together just right. Another fun project. So happy!
Embroidery supplies are beautifully packaged in a parchment bag with J Long sticker. I have made the octagon box before with my punch embroidery. Such a fun box to make.
Like the kit options and your constant spin on a new creative boxes to make.
LOVE THESE LARGER SIZE top quality knobs. The brass color goes with all fabrics and I use then on wood front drawers also.
Design and colors are outstanding and fabrication is top notch.
I received my order much quicker than I expected. I am very happy with what I purchased. The Cartonnage starter kit includes two very nice kits so you can get started creating right away and get a feel for the quality of Claudia's products. I am also glad that I ordered her Cardboard thickness gauge, What a handy little tool it is. The starter kit really is well-thought-out. There is so much to learn and so much information, videos, the Facebook group. Customer service is outstanding. And it IS so much fun. I am so glad that I found ColorWay Arts when I was looking for information on Cartonnage. It is a wonderful community to be a part of. You just have to love Claudia's upbeat, joyful personality and her enthusiasm.
Thank you Claudia and your team for all your creativity and hard work. Can’t wait to make these kits into fabulous and useful bixes
I love the print on these fabrics! The delivery was fast! Thank You!
I am in love with this new box. I've made five so far. It's so easy and quick to make and a perfect little gift.
Can’t wait to build this little box to use in my Featherweight machine carrier. But most of all, Claudia’s insight to combine two orders to save me extra shipping cost was great customer service! Thank you !
There’s nothing like the right tool to make your project easier and make it look professional. This tool is the right tool.
Love this, I am going to make several of these for friends. Very quick delivery.
I love it I'm having fun crafting
