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If you’ve a thirst for some international colour then pick up a copy of Today’s Quilter (out in the shops 28 April 2016) with its World Textiles supplement – should be really inspirational with its 44 pages of photographs, interviews and information from experts about all the incredible fabrics that are available worldwide.
Thanks to Nancy Feve for a look-in to her creative process. She took advantage of an Oakshott sale of packs in reds and blues and here is her colour placement sample, yet to be quilted (we look forward to the next instalment).
Don’t those colours shine?
Do pop over to Quilt Paradigm for the story of Judy Murphy’s fantastically colourful quilt “Nod to Gee’s Bend”:
If you are interested in some history of Gee’s Bend then do pop over to Wikipedia
Thanks to Rona Bebb for sharing her photos; guess who gets first choice of seating?
Rona tells us:
Oakshot meets Kaffe!
I pieced my own design and Isabel Hall did the long arm quilting
Mary Menzer says:
Still winning ribbons because it’s made from the best!
Judges Choice ribbon at the AQS show in Padacuh.
Oakshott Fabrics say:
and its thanks to our superlative designers that the fabrics get to look so good. Congratulations Mary! (and by the way fresh stocks of Autumn are arriving in May).
and here is a pick of the be-ribboned Flight Path (click here to go to Mary’s blogspot on the making) or download the booklet we created that contains eight makes with the Autumn Fat Eighths packs
We’re introducing our NEW Offers of the Week with six luscious fabrics – and hope you’ll be tickled pink!
Ingrid Huber has sent in some photos of her take on the Trip Around the World pattern using Oakshott fabrics she acquired at the 2015 Festival of Quilts and a dark red fabric from her stash:
“I choose a ‘Trip around the World’ pattern and put a different colour in the center of each pattern. So I tried to highlight each of the 9 colours … I call the quilt ‘Trips around the Silk Route’ – a name very suitable for this quilt, isn’t it? In the stripes between the blocks I quilted horses, donkeys, camels and yaks wandering around the blocks – all animals which were used for transporting goods on the Silk Route in medieval times.”
And I managed to make three cushions from the rest.”
Lovely to see how the shot effect translates as silk. Thanks Ingrid
Enter our monthly Prize Draw to be in with a chance of winning this Moss Fat Quarter Pack of shot cottons, worth £36 (approx $52/€46).
Simply enter your details and answer the question. Entries must be received by 22 April 2016.
New Lipari perfectly captures the primordial beauty of the Aeolian islands. Its luminous colours mirror cobalt seas, lush greenery, pink bougainvillea and shimmering sun; a beauty shot through with dark, fine-grained volcanic rock and black sand.
The rich, soft drape of this 54″ wide fabric with its black warp and 18 lustrous wefts offers you distinctive, iridescent jewel tones to work with; see what inspired Oakshott Fabrics to create this collection.
‘luscious’ ‘dynamic’ ‘stunning’
Feast your eyes on sumptuous woven textiles from rising star of UK textile design, Margo Selby. Margo’s trademark three-dimensional fabrics result from a combination of innovative hand-woven constructions and industrial machinery.
Margo’s work is sometimes described as ‘quilterly’ and her love of saturated colour fits right in with our own ethos. So, up until Monday 4 April 2016 (9.00am UK time) you can claim 20% off Margo Selby products by using the coupon code OAKSHOTT at the checkout on www.margoselby.com.* If you haven’t got to this post until after that date you still need to check out her fantastic range of furnishing fabrics, bedlinen, jackets, scarves, rugs, towels, throws, art, and her famous cushions:
*Furniture, carpets and the Osborne & Little collection are excluded from this offer. See offer on Oakshott website.
