We are very excited to have Lynne Edwards MBE, as our 11th Extraordinary Quilter this year.
Lynne is an internationally-known quilt designer, teacher and author. She has presented exhibits, classes and lectures in numerous locations in the United States, Canada, England, Spain, France, Dubai, Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, Kenya and South Africa. Some years ago, Lynne began developing and teaching a structured learning course for quilters teaching a wide range of basic skills. From this work came her two books, ‘The Sampler Quilt Book’ and the ‘New Sampler Quilt Book’, which have sold more than 83,000 copies worldwide and in 2010 these were combined in an updated version called ‘The Essential Sampler Quilt Book’.
Lynne is the acknowledged authority on Cathedral Window quilts, introducing many to the design possibilities using this technique. She writes regularly for UK quilt magazines and has currently has 5 books in print, her latest book based on her own designs for blanket stitch quilts will be published in July 2012
For some years Lynne has been associated with the ruler company Creative Grids and has designed her own range of rotary rulers with them.
Lynne has exhibited many of her own works in galleries and museums internationally and throughout Britain. In 2011 she had a retrospective exhibition of forty-seven quilts at Cowslip Studios in Cornwall. She was also included in the Nihon Vogue book, 88 Quilt Leaders of the World.
In 1992, Lynne won The International Quilt Association’s Jewel Pearce Patterson Scholarship, which is awarded in recognition of outstanding qualities as a teacher. In 2000, she was awarded an Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award by The Quilters’ Guild of the British Isles and in 2002, was awarded the prestigious Amy Emms Memorial Trophy at the annual British National Quilt Show, ‘Quilts UK’. Lynne was awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honours list in 2008 for services to Arts and Crafts, she received her MBE from HRH Prince Charles at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
Lynne will be teaching her renowned workshop on Cathedral Windows as a one day class and she will teach a two day workshop Curves, Curves and More Curves. Registration is by mail postmarked Feb. 29, 2012 for members and March 14 for non-members. If you need a registration form contact robsonbh@eastlink.ca More pictures of Lynne's work can be found on the MBQG Flickr Photostream to the right.
Through the Square Window
April 19 – Through the Window and Beyond – Designing With Cathedral Windows
In this class, the Cathedral Window is taken beyond the traditional square to explore the use of the rectangular shape for creating exciting flowing designs. Several designs are available for the students to use, or they can plan their own original pieces and work on them. The class also includes instruction on how to plan and complete the design, including borders, backing, etc.
Blue Lily
April 20 & 21 – Curves, Curves and More Curves - On the first day, you will learn to use Lynne’s own curved ruler (which she will have for sale) to achieve the corner curved design. A range of patterns are offered from simple formal blocks to complex flowing designs plus tips and strategies for students to move on later and create their own original designs. Also included are demonstrations to show alternative pain-free curvy piecing using a wavy edged ruler and other ways of using curves in patchwork and quilting.
The second day will cover rolled back curves. This is an origami-type technique, where folded squares of fabric are layered on a background and the folded bias edges rolled back and stitched into a gentle curve, either by hand or by machine. The technique can be used to enrich regular patchwork blocks in a quilt or to create curves and soften the straight outlines of pieced designs. Several designs will be offered, including two nine patch blocks that can be combined in a quilt design, larger block projects and curved-edge elephants and cats. Strategies and tips will be given during the day for students to help them with future designs of their own using this gentle 3-D curve.
