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Vendulka Battais

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About Vendulka

Vendulka Battais is an award winning textile artist, tutor and half of the couple running textile studio OliVen in the heart of Suffolk.

Vendulka started her creative journey making clothes from remnants with her mum in the Czech Republic. She learned simple patchwork when she moved to the UK and was looking for a new hobby. From squares and triangles, Vendulka’s work evolved into quilting, embroidery, and circular patterns inspired by mandalas and dreamcatchers.

It was this growing passion which led her to start her own patchwork and quilting shop with her partner, Olivier, on the Isle of Wight in 2011. It’s called OliVen. In 2015, they moved family and shop to the village of Monks Eleigh in Suffolk.

Vendulka loves to make patchwork quilts, teach patchwork in the shop, travel to teach groups and demonstrate at shows.

Somehow she found the time to publish a wonderful book, Cathedral Windows – New Views, and win the Best in Show Award at Festival of Quilts 2021. This is what the judges had to say about the work: “a wonderful collaboration of design and workmanship. We loved the variety of feathers and their balance of glorious colour. A masterclass in the stitching of an intricate Mandala, together with precise use of the glitter liner medium.”

Click here to see an interview with Vendulka where she shares completed Cathedral windows projects using a folded patchwork technique with a new twist in a myriad of colours.

www.oliven.co.uk

Signature Technique

Bringing embroidery into quilting

Top Tips

  • Glittery and metallic paint on fabric brings a project to life – especially in the dark!
  • Create an enhanced 3D effect on Cathedral windows with folded patchwork, padding, and a new colour twist.
  • Combine different elements such as machine quilting and hand embroidery. It’s a joy to work on and the result is stunning.

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Downton Abbey fabric from Makower

Well for once Twitter has come up trumps;  just learnt about new range from Makower Andover Fabrics is delighted to announce that the first exclusive collection of licensed fabrics for Downton Abbey ® will be available to you this September. Playing on the strength of the upstairs women of Downton, this exciting premiere collection will be THE WOMEN’S COLLECTION, featuring designs chosen in collaboration with the award-winning Downton Abbey production team.

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You need to defluff your machine regularly!

Superior Threads in America have a Dr of Threadology - Dr.Bob;  if you go to their website https://www.superiorthreads.com   it is full of wonderful information and here is a true and salutory story from their June 2013 newsletter:   Lint is defined as an accumulation of fluffy fibers. We have lint in clothes dryers, clothing, and unfortunately, our sewing machines.

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Filming with Paula Doyle and Julia Gahagan

Despite having put in 4 long days at the Festival of Quilts providing workshops and demonstrations these two ladies joined Dave, Matt and Val for a day's filming .   Paula Doyle generously allowed us to use her lovely workshop and you can see us getting ready (!) -     Look out for workshops with Paula on making her Tulip Tree Bag and on hand quilting but you can enjoy her mini-mosaics workshop now by clicking here:     Julia Gahagan is passionate about miniature quilts and showed us how easy it is to create a small shadow applique project.

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