Featuring Textile Artist, Susan Briscoe

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Susan Briscoe's book (see above) is one of four from the Search Press series of 350... tips and trade secrets relating to various crafts Note: all titles are from different authors. This book, by Briscoe, is a comprehensive and detailed book about all things quilting. It includes the basics, but this is more about taking your quilting skills to a higher level and even to the point of achieving prize winning finishes.

I am relatively new to quilting, taking up the craft, in earnest, in the summer of last year (2018). I was lucky to have chatted with the author, Susan Briscoe at The Festival of Quilts event of the same year, and Briscoe recommended this, her own book, to myself and a friend on the day. At the time the pair of us had limited knowledge and were unfamiliar with terminology; we were clueless and didn't know where to start! Since, we've equipped ourselves with essential tools and materials and purchased new sewing machines, and between us we undertaken half a dozen or so quilting projects and have learned quickly with the help of Briscoe's book and other quilters who publish how-to-do instructions online.

Pictured left is Susan Briscoe at her Sewing Quarter TV debut

About Susan Briscoe
Briscoe is an award winning textile artist and designer from Wrexham. The book mentioned here, is one of many publishing successes she has enjoyed. Briscoe has a particular interest in Sashiko (a traditional stitching technique from Japan and Bangladesh respectively). She also has a passion for Japanese and indigo dyed fabrics. Briscoe teaches too. Face-to-face we found her patient when we grilled her for information :) and her enthusiasm for her craft we found inspiring.

Susan Briscoe's Blog here

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Sharing two related images below, photographs from The Festival of Quilts event at NEC Birmingham 2018. Not the work of Susan Briscoe in this instance, but they are great shots, don't you think?