Burwash Quilters 2012: Fay Maxwell Workshop

WoW! What a brilliant day.

Fay wowed us with her exuberant colours and examples of the different ways you can use the new textile you create.

Some of the examples from Fay's work.

We spent a wonderful day with Fay, learning about her method of creating new textiles using different fabric scraps by layering then in a fabric sandwich. We learnt not to be 'picky' with colours and types of materials - all have their place. In fact we have learnt that all materials have a use.

Once we had all made our material 'sandwiches' and chosen our top fabric we set about stitching the 'sandwich' together using wavy lines, spirals and squares (all will be revealed later).

Once you have filled your area of fabric with stitching -

- the hard work began. We cut between the stitching, through the layers of fabric to the backing. Sounds simple, but after the first few lines - well. What kept us going was we knew how impressive the end result would be.

A pair of small sharp scissors are very important.

Then the fun began. To create the lovely effect we washed, scrubbed and beat the fabric against a wall. Great for all those pent up emotions. Hard to believe but the result were wonderful.