This was a happy day! I finally met
Brigitte Giblin. She was in Amsterdam to give workshops at
Den Haan en Wagemakers. Brigitte is a very talented, friendly and relaxed lady whose work I admire for quite some time now.
As some of you may know I made coverlets from her first book : 'Feathering the nest' already in 2013 and 2014, see these two photo's below:
You see more pictures
here and
here
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I had hoped to meet her one day and now was the chance. She gave a workshop called :'Tricks of the trade- Fussy cutting workshop'.
We started with a package of templates (made by Brigitte herself:), paper shapes, laser cut 'paper windows', enough fabric, instructions, photo examples, a folded mirror for finding the right spot to cut into and coffee with sweets. Enough to keep us busy the whole morning!
All kinds of shapes placed here by Brigitte: this is what she calls playing with fabric.
She uses beautiful bags to hold all her stuff. You can find the pattern
here
Did you ever think of finishing your coverlet (there is no quiltng on most of her coverlets like in the old days in England) with these kind of fringe? Fun isn't it?
Explanation by Brigitte how to choose your fabrics/colours here on the tessellations coverlet from her first book.
Look at this folded quilt's beautiful edge finish!!!
My photo's of this quilt don't do this quilt justice but this was all I could do in the room upstairs the shop.
The edge again...I will make one someday!
This ( and on the other 3 photo's above) is a quilt you can find on the cover of her second book:
'Feathering the nest 2' and of course all the instructions in the book
.
How to use the mirror, great method!
Thanks Brigitte for all the tips and tricks on this wonderful morning. I hope we will meet again some day.
I could not leave the shop without taking some fabric home....
And Than I left Amsterdam again.....full of happy memories.
Have a nice start of the week,
Groetjes
Annemieke