Batting

 

Liberty Lawn info for quilting

 A compilation of information about working with Liberty Lawn in quilts. This has been done to inform my decisions regarding my first Liberty Tana Lawn quilt as I am almost at the batting and backing stage. But first there are the borders - what to do?

What kind of thread/batting/backing to use? 

https://skalabara.com/2019/06/06/quilt-finish-with-liberty-fabrics/

https://thestrawberrythief.com.au/tips-and-tricks-sewing-with-liberty-lawn/#:~:text=Tana%20Lawn%20has%20a%20very,threads%20or%20leave%20any%20holes.

https://www.redpepperquilts.com/2014/08/liberty-tana-lawn-and-collage-quilt.html

Understanding KFC

 This is a post copied of the Kaffe Fassett Collective Facebook site by Philip Jacobs to help understand how the KFC works:

Ive just updated my explanation about how the KFC works and who it comprises and who does what:

People often express a bit of confusion about how we work in the Collective and who designs what? So here is a definitive answer: The way it works in the Collective is that Kaffe, Brandon and myself all do the designs independently, then Kaffe does the colourways which unifies it all as a single collection. I do my "natural" colourway and then Kaffe does the others. Brandon does all of his own colourways. One of my tutors at art college many years ago said that you should only do textiles if you are happy with "team work". Since many people are involved at the different levels of production. Right through from the original design to the final production: colourists, printers etc. I`m also not a part of The Kaffe Fassett Studio. I`ve had a long 46 year career as a textile designer following a degree in printed textiles, where I`ve designed collections for the majority of the World`s great furnishing fabric houses. While Kaffe and I used to meet up all the time in the 70s and 80s, these days we just meet up once a year for the event known as Kaffe`s Christmas, when I hand over the new collection. But I do love being able to work with Kaffe, Brandon and Liza and consider it an honour to be part of such a great team.

Another aspect that I ought to mention is that: Kaffe, Brandon and Liza are involved in the design of the actual quilt patterns (along with others) that appear in the books, which I have no involvement with (not being a quilter). I also have a separate fabric line for FreeSpirit called: "Snow Leopard Designs". Looking at the actual designs in the Collective I would say that Kaffe tends towards the more ethnic inspired designs, sourced from antique rugs and textiles and Chinese pottery etc. Brandon goes for the more "whacky", which as well as his trademark fish and geometric forms, includes interestingly observed patterns in the repetition of houses and tents and even dancing girls. My own speciality is botanical and natural forms. Mainly floral but also including shells, feathers, fungi and any form that I observe which emanates great beauty.

The way the Kaffe Fassett Collective brand came about is also interesting, as it`s origins were quite organic, rather than just springing to life suddenly by design. Liza Lucy got Kaffe into the patchwork world in the early 90s after quite a bit of persuasion. At first they tended to use furnishing fabrics for the quilts as they could not really find what they wanted amongst quilting fabrics, which back then tended to be minute little patterns. So to get round the problem Kaffe started designing his own larger scale quilting fabric for the Rowan brand (Westminster Fibres in the USA). In 2004 Kaffe was visiting my studio in Dorset and saw the furnishing designs I was currently designing for Sanderson and thought that they would be great for quilting fabric. So I prepared him a selection of photos that he took over to Westminster Fibres in The USA and they said that they would be pleased for me to join the team. As I have always been a designer rather than a colourists, I asked Kaffe if he would mind doing my colourways, which he was delighted about. A few years later Brandon (who had been Kaffe`s studio manager for many years), also started designing fabric for the patchwork industry. So our group of three individual designers collaborating on fabric collections was born. I`m not sure exactly who came up with the brand name: "Kaffe Fassett Collective" or KFC. I first spotted its use while browsing ebay one day several years in. At a certain point in the story Westminster Fibres had been acquired by the Coats group, and Westminster had also acquired the FreeSpirit Brand. Early in 2018 the Westminster Fibres and FreeSpirit brands were acquired by Jaftex: a family company owned by Scott and Greg Fortunoff and their father Robert.

Under the new ownership our KFC brand has really thrived. It is such a wonderful artistic group to be a part of and such an interesting coming together of diverse talents. I feel that it will continue to thrive well into the future and am so happy that so many people around the world love the designs that we each create.

Trick for inserting the bobbin case