I experimentedwitha wholelotof
fabric,learneda tonof techniques
andendedupgiftinga lotof quilts
tofriendsandfamilywhilepractising.
I thinkit wasfallof 2014whenI
decidedI’dlovenothingmorethan
toquiltallday,soI startedmaking
my first collection of five quilts.
What’sbeenyourmost
inspirationallocationtodate?
I’mnotsureI canchoosejustone!
Therearesomanyincredibleplaces
thathaveinspiredmyworkand
they’realldifferentandprovokingin
theirownway.I thinkthemost
meaningfulplaceshavebeenthe
regionsthatinspiremyquilt
collections:thehighdesertsof
CaliforniaandTexasfortheBalance
Collection,northernEuropeforthe
LowlandsCollectionandmost
recentlytravellingthroughThailand,
whichwilldictatemynextcollection.
Theseplacesarenotonlybeautiful,
but I’m really fascinated by the way
thelandscapeandclimateinforms
theculture,foodandarchitecture.
Eachof theseregionsaredistinct
andspecificandsomethingabout
eachoneresonateswithmeand
feelsfamiliar.It’stryingtocapture
that spirit of a place that I love.Doyouactivelycomeupwith
designswhileyou'rein a location
ordoyouworkonideaswhen
lookingbackat photos?
It totallydepends,butforthemost
part,I’llseesomethingonmytravels(a colour,a pattern,anarchitectural
featureora landscape)thatsticks
outtomeasa design.I'lltakea
photoandstartworkingoutin my
headwhatit mightlooklikeasa
quilt.Sometimesthatprocessgoes
reallysmoothlyandthequiltdesign
comeseasily,buttherearesome
designsthatrequirea lotof
manipulation,manyversionsand
sometimesmanymonths before it
feels right as a quilt.Leftandbelow
farleft:Lauraand
herhusbandhave
spentmanyyears
perfectingtheir
quiltphotography.
Below:Livingin a
smallspacelends
itselfto techniques
like hand quilting.Àt h i n ki t wa sfa l lo f20 1 4wh e nÀde c i de dÀ'd love
nothingmorethantoquiltallday,soÀstarted
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