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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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Sarah Hibbert – Meet the Artist

A little textile inspiration from my YouTube Textile Collection. Today it features a stunning collection of Modern & Improv Quilts by artist Sarah Hibbert.

Sarah Hibbert’s eye-catching ‘Macaroons’ Quilt features on The Festival of Quilts 2020/21 posters. In this YouTube, Sarah explains how she designs her beautiful ‘Collage to Quilt’ pieces and shares a few quilts that you might see in her Textile Gallery at The Festival of Quilts 2021. Sarah has exhibited several pieces at Quiltcon.

Sarah is a member of The Modern Quilt Guild & The Quilters’ Guild of the British Isles. Her work has been exhibited at Quiltcon and The Festival of Quilts UK.

poster from the Festival of Quilts 2021 featuring The Macaroons Quilt made by Sarah Hibbert
The poster from the Festival of Quilts 2021 featuring The Macaroons Quilt made by Sarah Hibbert
Macaroons Quilt and another quilt made in Drunkards Pach blocks, in Linen
Macaroons Quilt and a quilt made in Drunkards Path blocks, in Linen
Crosses created in Linen cloth. Sarah uses all her scraps to create tiny artworks
Crosses created in Linen cloth. Sarah uses all her scraps to create tiny artworks
Drunkards Path quilt created in Linen
Drunkards Path quilt created in Linen sourced from Ray Stitch