Today's Quilter - UK (2019-07)

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TEXTILE JOURNEYS

DISCOVERING INDIA FLINT

IndiaFlint’sbeautifulbooks,SecondSkinandEcoColourarepartof many

contemporaryquilter’swell-thumbedlibraries.Herresearchintonaturaldyeing

techniquesandhermethodof ecoprintdyeinghasinspiredmanyquilterstocreate

theirownfabricsinfusedwithaspectsof their natural world. Her gallery at

TheFestivalof Quiltspromisesto

inspireevenmoreandis a wonderful

opportunitytoseethetextures

andcoloursthatsheachieves

fromnature’sbounty,upclose.

“Incompletejourneysis a collection

of hand-stitched,plantdyed‘cloth

objects’thattomereadaspoems

aboutplace,odestotheearth”,says

Indiawhois alsoexploringthesense

of placeinherQuiltAcademylecture

BeingT(here),onSaturdaymorning.

Visitwww.indiaflint.comtofindout

moreaboutIndiaFlintandher

Schoolof NomadArt,andto book

yourplaceat hermorninglecture visit

http://www.thefestivalofquilts.co.uk

PRACTISE MAKES PERFECT

Quiltingmasterclass
Doyouhavea pileofquiltstops
justwaitingtobequilted?If so,
best-sellingauthor,Christina
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kick-startthatyouneed.It’sa super
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sewingmachinesaswellasquilters
withtheirownlongarmmachines,
andit’spackedwithstep-by-step
tutorialsforcreatingwonderfully
tactile(andhighlystrokable)quilts.
Therearesixty-fivedifferent
designstoperuse(coveringa
mixtureoforganicandgeometric
textures),andwelovethefactthat
she’sincludedbothfree-motionas
wellaswalking-footdesigns.Use
theguidestoaddplayfultexture
toyourprojects,bringoutthebest
inyourpiecing,andimprovethe
overallimpactofyourquilts.For
thosepreferringa morestructured
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tousea gridasa guide,whileher
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course,quiltinginspiration.

Step-by-StepTextureQuilting:
65 NewFree-Motion & Walking-
FootDesigns
ChristinaCameli
£20.
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