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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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Quick Quilt (and big!)

Pat decided to make her son a very large quilt but wanted something quick - so took inspiration from the stripey quick quilt workshop;  she also added sashing to make the quilt even bigger!        

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Tumbling Blocks by Machine

I am so pleased to finish my tumbling blocks with Jenny's help. I liked the hand sewing one too and might try it later on.   from Joyce   So by hand or by machine the blocks still look good - well done Joyce.

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