Art and Crafts

·An introduction to the screen-printing process: setting out the fabric, mark making possibilities and the basic equipment required.

·A study of the work of post and present print designers.

·Collecting ideas and resources to inspire the final print for the quilt front.

·Experimentation with the colours and printing techniques.

·Working with a limited range of natural dye pastes to form a colour palette.

·Brief history of the use of natural dyes.

·Dyeing process for some plant dyes and a bit of chemistry behind indigo dyeing.

·Assembly of the quilt and how to stabilise it ready for stitching

·Simple Kantha stitching technique and guide marking.

·Binding the quilt to finish. The finished size will be approximately 130cm square.

This course is suitable for any level, although some hand and machine sewing experience will be useful (but not essential). Please bring an apron some rubber gloves a thimble and a few stories to tell whilst busy sewing.

Nicola Cliffe

About Nicola

Nicola Cliffe, a chemistry teacher, with a lifelong love of textiles and an aim to redress the careless use of synthetic dyes worldwide, launched Madder Cutch & Co. in October 2016 after graduating from UAL.

Inspiration from her surroundings and a love to draw, Nicola turns her sketches into flowing repeats and screen-prints her designs to order from her garden studio in Stamford, Lincolnshire. Her design collection has expanded rapidly and is available by the metre from maddercutchandco.com as well as from leading showrooms worldwide.