We've been really spoilt at Cambridge Quilters with two very engaging speakers. On the Wednesday evening meeting recently we had Mary Mcintosh speak about her journey into patchwork and quilting.
Mary related how she began patchwork and quilting back in 1995 when she lived in Canada. By 2007 she decided to undertake the City & Guilds Course with Annette Morgan which she completed four years later.
Mary showed us many, many pieces of her work. Early design inspiration came from the site of some traditional brickworks near her home on the Suffolk/Essex border. 3D vessels emerged along with panels overlaid with many fabrics and even newspaper. Here's a close up of one....
More recently Mary has taken an interest in discharge dyeing. Working on a whole cloth, Mary uses discharge paste to print through a silk screen.
Because bleach is involved, the dye in the fabric is removed leaving lovely copper coloured designs behind.
Mary is a regular tutor in the area and beyond. She exhibits with 'Out of the Fold' based in Bury St Edmunds and 'Tin Hut Textiles'.
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