Interviews with Quilting Artists

Interviews with Quilting Artists

It is always great to find out more about your favourite artist. What they think about when coming up with designs. Their motivations. Helpful hints and tips. Watch these interviews for a special insight into the artist and their work..

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Interviews with Quilting Artists
  • Are You Annoyed When People Say A Quilt Is Not Art

    Faye Hatcher posses the question to our experts Linda Seward, Lucy Engels and Jenny Hayes. Find out what our experts think.

    For the full discussion Is Quilting Art? check out the Makers Studio Series.

    Learn more about Jenny Haynes, Lucy Engels, and Linda Seward .

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  • Is Quilting Less Important Because It's Womens Work?

    Faye Hatcher posses the question to our experts Linda Seward, Lucy Engels and Jenny Hayes. Find out what our experts think.

    For the full discussion Is Quilting Art? check out the Makers Studio Series.

    Learn more about Jenny Haynes, Lucy Engels, and Linda Seward .

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  • If You Put a Quilt on a Wall, Is It Art?

    Faye Hatcher posses the question to our experts Linda Seward, Lucy Engels and Jenny Hayes. Find out what our experts think.

    For the full discussion Is Quilting Art? check out the Makers Studio Series.

    Learn more about Jenny Haynes, Lucy Engels, and Linda Seward .

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  • Is Bisa Butler an Artist

    Faye Hatcher posses the question to our expert Jenny Hayes. Find out what our expert thinks.

    For the full discussion Is Quilting Art? check out the Makers Studio Series.

    Find out more about Bisa Butler from her website

    Learn more about Jenny Haynes, Lucy Engels, and Linda Seward .

    Cli...

  • Is a Bed Quilt an Art Quilt?

    Faye Hatcher posses the question to our experts Linda Seward, Lucy Engels and Jenny Hayes. Find out what our experts think.

    For the full discussion Is Quilting Art? check out the Makers Studio Series.

    Learn more about Jenny Haynes, Lucy Engels, and Linda Seward .

    Click here if you’d like...

  • If a Museum Recognises Quilts as Art, Is It Art ?

    Faye Hatcher posses the question to our experts Linda Seward, Lucy Engels and Jenny Hayes. Find out what our experts think.

    For the full discussion Is Quilting Art? check out the Makers Studio Series.

    Learn more about Jenny Haynes, Lucy Engels, and Linda Seward .

    Click here if you’d like...

  • What Price Should Be Put On A Quilt ?

    Faye Hatcher posses the question to our experts Linda Seward, Lucy Engels and Jenny Hayes. Find out what our experts think.

    For the full discussion Is Quilting Art? check out the Makers Studio Series.

    Learn more about Jenny Haynes, Lucy Engels, and Linda Seward .

    Click here if you’d like...

  • Men Are Paid More For Quilts(We Need to Talk About It).

    Faye Hatcher posses the question to our experts Linda Seward, Lucy Engels and Jenny Hayes. Find out what our experts think.

    For the full discussion Is Quilting Art? check out the Makers Studio Series.

    Learn more about Jenny Haynes, Lucy Engels, and Linda Seward .

    Click here if you’d like...

  • Women Get Paid 10% of What Men Get Paid For Art

    Faye Hatcher posses the question to our experts Linda Seward, Lucy Engels and Jenny Hayes. Find out what our experts think.

    For the full discussion Is Quilting Art? check out the Makers Studio Series.

    Learn more about Jenny Haynes, Lucy Engels, and Linda Seward .

    Click here if you’d like...

  • How A Song Can Inspire A Quilt by Lucy Engels

    Lucy Engels became inspired to make a quilt in 100 days. This Lockdown Project took on the form of a modern quilt, incorporating objects in the lyrics of a song.

    Talking about how her inspiration came from The Talking Heads track 'This must be the place". Lucy shows how inspiration can come fr...

  • Interview with Linda Seward, Quilting Expert and Author

    In this interview, Linda Seward (Quilting Expert, Author, Lecturer, and Quilt Judge) shares how she got into the world of quilting and her most recent obsession with the natural world - - which has resulted in some gorgeous new fungi inspired quilts!
    Most of us know of Linda as the author of twe...

  • Show and Tell with Claire Campion and Valerie Nesbitt

    Claire Campion discusses how she quilts her inspirational quilts on a domestic sewing machine. Particularly how using a grid pattern builds a spectacular all over effect.

    She shows us a variety of quilts and how her straight forward walking foot quilting produces modern patterns.

    The techni...

  • Meet Sandi Lush

    Valerie Nesbitt interviews Sandi Lush amongst her wonderful quilt designs.

    Well known for her hand quilting and whole quilt designs. Sandi talks Valerie through her collection of knitting inspired quilts.

    Undoubtedly a superb set of quilts, using a large variety of fabric and stitches to pr...

  • Meet Helen Howes - a Modern Quilter

    Helen fell in love with the modern quilting drive. But she decided that the Quilters Guild of the UK could accommodate a new specialist group and so the Modern Quilt Guild was born.

    Like many of us, Helen makes quilt for pleasure. But she also like to ensure that we can all follow the simple m...

  • Meet Helen Howes and Helen Butcher

    This modern quilt made of very modern cats, was a joint effort that the two Helen's hoped would cheer up their dear friend Kate during her chemotherapy. They organised the making of the blocks, and they had enough to make this lovely double size.

    Kate Percival, one of our delightful quilting f...

  • Meet Sallieann Harrison- Patchwork Tutor and Quilter

    Sallieann joins us in the studio and shows Valerie some of the work she likes to share as a tutor. She particularly loves wool applique with a blanket stitch, but has found that there are not enough hours in the day for her to work through all the patterns and projects by hand, so has perfected t...

  • Visit to the Jane Austen House Museum, Chawton , Hants

    Jane Austen is a popular author today. In this little house we get to see that she, along with her mother and sisters, were proficient sewers.

    The stunning coverlet is made entirely with English Paper Pieced patchwork. It's not a quilt because there is no wadding. It is also particularly unusu...

  • Fanadoo with Jennie Rayment

    In November 2018 Jennie is part of the Justhands-on.tv retreat at the Warbrook House Hotel, Everlsley, Hants. And in this short video we get to discover the projects that Jennie is sharing. She is combining Fans and Flowers to create a table runner and a small quilt or just cushions.

    The fabri...

  • A Chat with Philippa Naylor at The Festival of Quilts

    Born in Yorkshire, England, Philippa discovered a love of sewing and knitting as a child.  She progressed from making doll clothes to full-sized garments for herself and her family with a second-hand sewing machine she received for her thirteenth birthday.

    After training to be a clothes design...

  • Meet Philippa Naylor - Quiltmaker and Author

    Born in Yorkshire, England, Philippa discovered a love of sewing and knitting as a child. A second-hand sewing machine for her thirteenth birthday enabled her to progress from making dolls clothes to full sized garments for herself, family and friends.

    After training to be a clothes designer s...

  • Catch up with Anne Baxter

    Valerie spent a delightful few hours with Anne catching up on the textile projects.
    We get to learn about the Navajo Blanket quilt – an old favourite of them both, and as there are different techniques covered in the various sections, this could be considered to be a style of sampler quilt.
    Then ...

  • Meet Lee Brown

    A trip to New Orleans and a quilt show in 1974 sparked off her passion for fabric construction and embellishment.
    As well as working on commissions from her studio at home, Lee has for the past 15 years been teaching City & Guilds Certificate and Diploma in Embroidery, Patchwork and Quilting and ...

  • Meet Sylvia Critcher

    The Charlie Chaplin quilt is an award-winning quilt and was certainly at the forefront of patchwork innovation when it was first displayed.
    Sylvia is also part of the Hope Quilters. Their banner won the Humour Quilt Prize at Quilts UK, Malvern in 2009.
    Known mostly for her trapunto and faux Frenc...

  • Interview with Jennie Rayment - Queen of Calico

    This skinnyish, red-haired, slightly wacky Brit really likes ‘Nipping and Tucking’ – fabric manipulation and surface texture. She’s unique in her field. And people from whole world know for her quick, simple, innovative and original techniques with manipulated material. Also she is famous by her ...