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Hand made quilts UK appliqué quilts by Tessa Layzelle. Bespoke quilts made to order.

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I’d love to hear more about the way Erick Wolfmeyer pushes tradition to new places!

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An extraordinary young man from Greensboro, AL. Natural dyer, quilter, gentle and wonderfully kind. I would love to hear Aaron on Seam Side!

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Kayla Powers is a textile artist, quilter, weaver, natural dye and pigment maker.. and beyond. She does interesting work connecting place and landscapes to experiences and communities.

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Radha | Textile Upcycling | Quilter on Instagram: 

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Love her work and relate/inspired by her journey. Plus she documented the upcycle quilts at Quilt Con! She’s a reuse angel! 😇

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Radha | Textile Upcycling | Quilter on Instagram: "Introducing: A Meditation

I love this quilt for so many reasons. And so, while I did decide to submit it for QuiltCon, I’m not concerned if it’s accepted because I know it’s amazing. 

It’s from 100% upcycled and secondhand fabrics — denim from an old pair of Levi’s I found on the street in San Francisco, silk scraps from college, cheap cotton muslin, linen and leather I collected while volunteering at @scrapsf 

Can upcycled quilts be modern? Yes. 

Is it a sacrifice to work with upcycled materials? No. 

Are upcycled materials less worthy than new materials? No. 

Materials: upcycled jeans and Oxford shirt, fabric from stash
Design: Based on a print by Avraham Loewenthal
Pieced on my @berninausa 1008 and quilted on a 770 QE with @schmetzneedles and @aurifilthread 

#zerowaste #madeinsf #quilteddenim #denimquilt #denimpatchwork #bayareaquilters #modernquilting #quiltersofinstagram #upcycleddenim #upcycledjeans #quiltingismytherapy #sewingthroughfog #sewingproject #textileart #fabricstash #fabricart #wastenot #slowcraft"

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834 likes, 133 comments - sewingthroughfog on October 31, 2023: "Introducing: A Meditation

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Up cycling and sustainability! Amazing nooker also 🩷

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I would love to hear him tell his story. And Zak, you are such a compassionate storyteller and listener, I think it would be really compelling to hear the two of you in conversation about quilted textiles as a means for communicating about identity, optimism, social justice - such different backgrounds but so many shared themes.

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Gary Tyler is a fiber artist, living and working in Los Angeles, California. For over four decades, Tyler has been working at the intersection of art and social justice, teaching himself how to quilt to support the Angola Prison Hospice program, where he was a volunteer. For three decades, Tyler was the President of the Angola Prison drama program, using the position to promote a culture of community, civic responsibility, and optimism. At the age of 16, Tyler was sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit. Though his case was the subject of international outcry, the artist spent 42 years in Angola State Penitentiary in Louisiana before being released at the age of 57. Although his artistic practice was born out of injustice, it eminently generates hope. Tyler is a 2019 and 2020 Art Matters Awardee, and his work is in the collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.

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Gary Tyler - Artist | Library Street Collective

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Gary Tyler is a fiber artist, living and working in Los Angeles, California. For over four decades, Tyler has been working at the intersection of art and social justice, teaching himself how to quilt to support the Angola Prison Hospice program, where he was a volunteer.

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Would like to know more about Lindsey Ann Gradolph. Instagram# Lindzeanne, hand embroidery

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Would like to know more about Lindsey Ann Gradolph. Instagram# Lindzeanne, hand embroidery

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Artist in Japan.

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Patricia Kelly (from Ireland)

patriciakelly_artist on Ig for referencing her textile based drawings.

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Brenda is an award-winning Australian quilter and wonderful teacher of a variety of improv piecing techniques. Much of Brenda’s quilting is inspired by the natural world around her in Australia.

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Filed Under: Teaching, Zoom Workshops

I am excited to be able to offer a Shape-Line-Curve trio of fortnightly Zoom workshops in September and early October 2023. Take one, two or grab the discount for all three. I would love for you to join me. The workshops will also be recorded and available to view for 30 days. I am directly [...]

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Serendipity & the Art of the Quilt is the blog of Brenda Gael Smith, contemporary quiltmaker and textile artist from Copacabana, NSW, Australia.

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Michelle creates glorious thread paintings of undersea scenes and jungles. Her fabric collages come to life in a welter of colors and textures. She teaches classes all across Australia.

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Xandy is a knit and crochet designer who has pioneered entirely new kinds of stitches, called stacked stitches. Their designs have stretched the industry in wonderful ways. It would be cool to hear about how one goes from learning to knit and crochet to creating entirely new stitches.

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Astrid is a 14 (or 15?) year old textile artist, home schooler currently studying fashion design, weaving at a farmer’s market in South Carolina. She has learned shoe-making, among other skills. She is also a vocal advocate for her sibling with profound disabilities.

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Matthew has been very public about a journey with addiction and gender issues, all while working publicly in the textile industry as a model and then as a content producer. I think their reflections on the journey, as well as how the community has received their public shift to a non-binary identity would make for an interesting conversation.

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Sarah is a hand quilter who works with naturally-dyed fabrics. She also writes beautiful essays about quilting and its parallels to so much else of life: parenting, working with others, being a partner, and on and on.

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Meredith creates incredibly detailed botanical embroideries using soluble interfacing as her substrate. She is also a gifted teacher.

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She would be inspiring on Seamside.

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Especially love the quilted structural work

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Isabella Rosner wrote a zine on stitching and incarceration - so many stories to dig into that reflect on stitching, resilience, social justice, and resistance. She also is a textile historian and has a treasure trove of stories to share!

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Annabel Wrigley (Little Pin Cushion Studio)

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Annabel Wrigley (Little Pin Cushion Studio)

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Another vote for Russell!

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Oh my word! What a conversation that would be!

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Contemporary art quilted portraits of people of African decent by Bisa Butler

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Kate Jackson from The Last Homely House!

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Kate Jackson from The Last Homely House!

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Kate inspired me to start quilting and her content is a total delight. The experience of watching her channel reminds me of how I felt as a kid watching Mister Rogers. She is special.

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fabric smallholding cats spinning home "english paper piecing" quilting knitting "hand stitching" bees

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Welcome to my little corner of the world. Here is where I will share my home, my cats/poultry/bees/garden and all the things I love to do here in the North of England.

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Mary Ann Pettway and China Pettway - GEE’S BEND Quilters

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Mary Ann Pettway and China Pettway - GEE’S BEND Quilters

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Oh my goodness, my heart started glowing when I imagined Mary Ann and China as guests on SeamSide. I attended their Gee’s Bend Quilting Retreat this year and it changed my life. They are not only masterful quilters, but are also bright shining lights in this world. Endlessly inspiring, on so many levels, and they embody resilience and unconditional love. I asked Mary Ann what she thought about my reflection that “hand quilting is a form of worship” for them and that they are like “quilting ministers”, and she said “oooh I like that! I’m going to write that down. I may name a quilt that someday.” They would be LEGENDARY guests on SeamSide and are very approachable. I’d be happy to make introduction too.

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Arrival and check in 12:00-6:00
Welcome buffet of food/drinks 2:00
Dinner 6:00
7:00 China and Mary Ann will share the story of the Gee's Bend Quilting Collective, its history and their part of this amazing group of artists.

Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
8:00 Breakfast
9:00-12:00
Quilting with China and Mary Ann
12:00 Lunch
2:00-5:00
Quilting with China and Mary Ann
6:00 Dinner

8:00 Breakfast
All departure after breakfast

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Danielle Clough!!! A lovely human and UNBELIEVABLE thread painter

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Danielle Clough!!! A lovely human and UNBELIEVABLE thread painter

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Danielle creates pure magic with thread. I had the good fortune to take one of Danielle’s in-person hand embroidery workshops and it was life-changing. She opened my eyes to seeing color in a new way, finding inspiration in everyday life, and also lovingly listening to our inner voice for creative choices. (“if you want to add more blue, then the answer is yes!! Add more blue!”) She has a refreshing sense of humor and is remarkably kind. Danielle is based in Capetown, South Africa and travels for workshops. She recently taught in Kuwait. Danielle would be a GREAT guest on SeamSide!!!

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Russell James Barratt and Chris English (@thefullenglish)

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I love his unhinged approach to color and his seemingly boundless ability to make interesting art out of fabrics and materials that I would SWEAR could not be made beautiful.

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Jude Hill...she is the cloth whisperer after all!  Seriously though, I've learned so much from her generous tutorials but have never heard an interview with her.  Zak, I'm sure you'd tease a good one from her. 😆 just realized the wallpaper is showing her "glue stitch"

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Jude Hill...she is the cloth whisperer after all!  Seriously though, I've learned so much from her generous tutorials but have never heard an interview with her.  Zak, I'm sure you'd tease a good one from her. 😆 just realized the wallpaper is showing her "glue stitch"

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Jo Andews, host of the Haptic and Hue Podcast! She presents super interesting stories, has a soothing voice and I suspect could have a neat perspective on quilting.

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@lindsayolson816 on Instagram. Textile artist and teacher who seamlessly (ha!) blends science + textile art.

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Would love to hear Claire talk more about her research work she did in her PhD and her community projects looking at the use of stitching and craft to create cohesion within a community and its affects of physical and mental health.

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Delighted to finally share the cover of my second book here - a project I've been working on since 2018. Resilient Stitch: Wellbeing and Connection in Textile Art will be published by Batsford in April 2021. Resilient Stitch is an exploration of the notion of resilience in textile art and its importance for mental wellbeing, community cohesion and engagement with the environment. It contains mindful and practical stitch exercises using techniques such as piecing and patching, mending, tying and binding, and natural dyeing ideas. It also includes a postscript written in the first phase of the Covid-19 crisis that reflects on this project.

Beautifully illustrated with photographs by Michael Wicks it features work by myself, by community groups and contributions from international artists Lynn Setterington, Raisa Kabir, Amy Meissener, Willemein De Villiers, Alice Kettle, Ruth Singer, Bridget Harvey and Angela Maddock You can preorder Resilient Stitch here and here. I will also have signed copies available through my online bookshop.

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Resilient Stitch - Claire Wellesley-Smith

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Delighted to finally share the cover of my second book here - a project I've been working on since 2018. Resilient Stitch: Wellbeing and Connection in Textile Art will be published by Batsford in April 2021.

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I'd love to nominate Liz Kettle for Seamside time. She is the founder of Stitch Meditation, as well as a wonderful stitcher, quilter, author, and teacher. I've learned so much from her and she does a beautiful job making stitching feel accessible to most anyone.

https://www.instagram.com/lizkettle/

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I would love to connect you and Jeanne Hewell Chambers. Jeanne is an amazing quilter, stitcher, storyteller, writer, and all around artist and amazing person. Jeanne created The 70,273 Project to remember all those who were exterminated by the Nazis due to physical or mental health issues between January 1940 and August 1941.

https://www.instagram.com/whollyjeanne/

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A brief overview: Between January 1940 and August 1941, Nazis murdered 70,273 physically and mentally disabled people – men, women, teens, boys, and girls. Though they never even laid eyes on…

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South Carolina lifelong textile artist who just had a show in Bluffton. Beautiful work reflective of her locale and her amazing materials, which she salvaged and slters. She stitches, she dyes, she’s propelled by her materials. Lovely human. Would be a great talk.

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Shin-hee Chin

my brain cannot wrap around her work. 🤯

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I definitely think we need to hear from some older quilters. I'm thinking 70+. I'm having trouble coming up with names but I did think of Freddy Moran. Only problem is I think she is over 90 years young and not sure how active she is. Any of the older Gees Bend ladies would be good. We need to get the older folks stories on the record!

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I definitely think we need to hear from some older quilters. I'm thinking 70+. I'm having trouble coming up with names but I did think of Freddy Moran. Only problem is I think she is over 90 years young and not sure how active she is. Any of the older Gees Bend ladies would be good. We need to get the older folks stories on the record!

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Valerie White

Ricky Tims

Freddy Moran

Any of the older Gees Bend ladies

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I would love to hear an interview with her about her hand sewing journey

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Natalie Baxter

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 Natalie Baxter on Instagram: "🌟Ribbon Star Quilt🌟
made from found bed sheets, mostly courtesy of the Sharon Bargain Barn 

Join me & @blakeemyers @russelljanis in Brooklyn for a @cottagecourses on all aspects of quilt making using the Ribbon Star pattern on Saturday February 24. Hope to see you there!

🧵 🪡 

#ribbonstarquilt #upcycledfabric #nataliebaxter #cottagecourses #quiltsofinstagram"

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234 likes, 6 comments - nattybax on February 3, 2024: "🌟Ribbon Star Quilt🌟
made from found bed sheets, mostly courtesy of the Sharon Bargain Barn 

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Andrea Myers

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 Andrea Myers on Instagram: "Happy Sunday-studio day! Last week I did some final adjustments/touches to my public art piece for the Columbus Metropolitan Libraries. Here’s an action shot of trimming the width of the piece to adjust it to the space/air vents. I always love photos that not only capture the process but also the scale of things I am working on-not to mention how often I am on a ladder-final photos coming soon!! @columbuslibrary 
📸❤️ @kahnso 
#collectingarainbow #andreamyers #publicart #largescaleart #artconsultant #artcommission #commission #process #wip #ladder #textileart #textileartist #artoftheday #artoninstagram #art #artwork #colorful #color #interiordesign #fabric #quilt #quiltsofinstagram #wip"

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1,483 likes, 51 comments - andreamyersart on August 29, 2021: "Happy Sunday-studio day! Last week I did some final adjustments/touches to my public art piece for the Columbus Metropolitan Libraries. H...". 

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Maxine Sutton

applique, hand stitching, needlework, meets collage and print - she uses so many different techniques to create her compositions

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 Maxine Sutton on Instagram: "👗🪡🧤🧶🧵
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#appliqué #screenprint #gathered #assembled #memory #clothmemory #abstraction #fineart #fineartistmaker #embroidered #needleworks #madeofcloth #textilelanguage #finearttextiles"

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409 likes, 6 comments - maxinesutton_art on March 16, 2024: "👗🪡🧤🧶🧵
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Celia Pym

on mending ordinary objects

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 Celia Pym on Instagram: "“WYP PYM Pastry Bag Test 2” 2023, jacquard knit Waste Yarn blanket, 92 x 132cm 

On view in “BLANKETS” @salgshallen_galleri until 17th March 🧶

Selection available for sale! Please contact the gallery if interested. The colours will vary 😊@wasteyarnproject"

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1,418 likes, 25 comments - celiapym on February 23, 2024: "“WYP PYM Pastry Bag Test 2” 2023, jacquard knit Waste Yarn blanket, 92 x 132cm 

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Monica Rezman

quilting, but paintings, but quilting - and the seams! the composition! the color choices!

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 Monica Rezman on Instagram: "Thank you @paul_hobson_ for writing  this relevant piece about my exhibition “The Elephant in the Dark” @salongallos  paul_hobson_ Taking its title from Rumi’s famous fable of ‘The Elephant in the Dark, Monica Reman’s show @salongallos in Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico presents a series of new textile works which relate perfectly in scale, palette and texture to the formerly industrial space in which they are installed.
The raised seams of the surface assert the materiality of the work and the titular reference to tactility and the experiential, while overtly drawing on the interplay between late modern abstract painting and its shift towards sculpture; whereas her sculptures express a relationship to concrete poetry, providing a syntax and grammar to the installation. Speaking about her process, she says “I make two and three dimensional work, and I think about the space in between” and it is this imaginative gap that takes us back to Rumi’s lesson on the ambiguous nature of the subjective encounter. An enjoyable show, curated by Tiffany Meesha Thompson. @monicarezman @salongallos #monicarezman #salongallos #mérida #yucatan #contemporarysculpture"

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415 likes, 11 comments - monicarezman on March 24, 2024: "Thank you @paul_hobson_ for writing  this relevant piece about my exhibition “The Elephant in the Dark” @salongallos  paul_hobson_ Ta...". 

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I would enjoy hearing more from Radha Weaver and Rebeka Lambert.

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I would like to hear Mark Newport https://www.instagram.com/newportmark?igsh=MXFqa2ppaW1sZ3dkdQ==

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This hand crafted clothing maker in Brooklyn uses scraps to create one of a kind things to be seen in. All employees are local and paid an actual liveable wage.

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zero waste unisex apparel by daniel silverstein. Sustainable, eco friendly, handmade in Brooklyn and always one of a kind!

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