Watch this video to see the new tutorials, tips and interviews available in August.
See What’s Coming up in August 2022
| Tutor | Anita Birtles, Carolyn Forster, Claire Campion, Daphne Morris, Dionne Swift, Jennie Rayment, Kate Findlay |
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Description
August is Festival of Quilts month at the NEC and many of our contributors will be there as well as some stunning quilt so we thought it would be an opportunity to show you the amazing series of contemporary quilts made by Kate Findlay. Her work was inspired by the Large Hadron Collider and the extraordinary science surrounding it.
We also have 4 brand-new tip videos featuring textile artist Dionne Swift with her advice on colour and Claire Campion, our expert quilter, promising that you won’t ruin your quilt by quilting it.
Jennie Rayment returns with this fun Fat Cats template to create blocks and bags. And still on the subject of Bags, our new guest tutor Anita Birtles is showing Valerie how she transforms orphan patchwork blocks into a really useful tote bag which she can then use as a gift or indeed to hold a gift (instead of wrapping it).
Our technique Thursday video for August is this Templates 101 introduction from Carolyn Forster as she takes us through the basics of using acrylic templates which are designed for use with the rotary cutter and for both hand and machine patchwork.
This month we also get to learn about a brand-new knitting series from our expert Daphne Morris as she shows us the amazing knitted sampler throw she has designed. The episodes on how to create all nine blocks with just a knit stitch and a purl stitch will be coming up this autumn.
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About the Tutor
Jennie is a world renown quilt teacher, lecturer, author of nine quilt books and numerous patterns. From Houston to Qatar, Durban to Melbourne, Auckland and many other international cities, Jennie has wowed them all with her superb teaching style and hilarious lectures all laced with wit, charm and professional expertise.
Dionne paints with stitches to create dynamic, vibrantly coloured textiles. Her needle becomes her pen and thread her ink. The scale, emotion, and energy of her landscapes are inspirational.
Claire Campion is a modern quilt designer and award winning teacher. You will be inspired by her Walking Foot Quilting techniques.
Daphne is a passionate knitter who will always have a hand knitting project on the go. Daphne particularly loves adding cables in her knitting for the texture and interest they bring.
Carolyn is an accomplished quilt maker, teacher and author of several books and patterns. Carolyn has been sewing quilts for over 20 years and just loves using up scraps. She is constantly inspired by vintage quilt blocks she finds on her travels and she brings them up-to-date with modern construction techniques – stitch n’ flip and Quilting on the Go are two of her favourites.
Making art is Kate’s passion. She works predominantly in textiles producing a wide range of work from wildlife and landscapes through to unusual night sky inspired pieces embedded with fibre optic lighting.
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