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Stuart Hillard – Meet the Artist

A little textile inspiration from my YouTube ‘Meet the Artist’ Collection. Today it features beautiful quilts by quilter, author & fabric designer – Stuart Hillard.

Stuart reached the semi-final of BBC2’s Great British Sewing Bee, bringing a fantastic sense of invention, passion, creativity and style to all things fabric. His brilliant designs and simple-to-follow approach helps everyone to sew for their own home, their own way. Catch up with Stuart at the Festival of Quilts 2021 as he shares his latest books and stunning quilts with us.

Images courtesy: www.stuarthillardmakes.com 

Bags for Life book - blue cover with patchwork bag photo
Bags for Life by Stuart Hillard
100 quilts book by Stuart Hillard with multicoloured patchwork quilts on the cover
100 Quilts
Simple Shapes Stunning Quilts book with multicoloured patchwork quilts on the cover
Simple Shapes Stunning Quilts

Books by Stuart:

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Pippa Moss – Meet the Artist

A little textile inspiration from my YouTube ‘Meet the Artist’ Collection. Today it features beautiful Hawaiian appliqué quilts by artist Pippa Moss.

Hawaiian quilt-maker Pippa Moss explains her techniques & shares her beautiful quilts with us, each quilt is lovingly crafted with authentic Hawaiian patterns, hand appliqué & hand quilting. Catch up with Pippa and her beautiful quilts at the Festival of Quilts 2021. 

Images courtesy: http://welshquilts.blogspot.com

red on a white background - hand appliquéd Hawaiian quilt by Pippa Moss
Hand appliquéd Hawaiian quilt by Pippa Moss
Green on cream Hawaiian quilt by Pippa
BookHawaiian Quilt by Pippa

Books and patterns mentioned in the video:

Hawaiian Quilt Patterns: 

Suggested Baltimore Books by Elly Sienkiewicz:

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Dawn Cameron Dick – Meet the Artist

Dawn Cameron-Dick

A little textile inspiration from my YouTube ‘Meet the Artist’ Collection. Today it features beautiful appliqué quilts by artist Dawn Cameron Dick.

Dawn has over 40 years experience working in the textiles industry and is best known for her signature technique ‘Invisible Machine Appliqué’. She teaches all over the world including the Festival of Quilts, Houston Quilt Festival & QuiltEuro. Dawn has written four books (details below), presented on a TV sales channel, filmed classes for Just Hands on TV and filmed her own DVDs. Catch up with Dawn at the Festival of Quilts 2021 as she explains her techniques and shares her beautiful exhibition quilts with us.

Images courtesy: https://www.dawncamerondick.com/

patchwork quilt. white square on point inside a lime green square. What square is filled with pink applique flowers and green leaves
Artwork by Dawn Cameron-Dick
reverse applique ammonite shell created in a spiral of rainbow colours
Artwork by Dawn

Dawn’s books:

It’s been brilliant to be back filming again. I’ve really missed talking with other textile artists – sharing our love of cloth.

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