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Jennie Rayment - The Muslin Mistress. Classes, Lectures Books and Patterns for the art of quiltmaking
Description
Having had no previous interest in sewing, Jennie got hooked in the late 1980's, completely by accident. Rapidly, she became addicted and in her boundless enthusiasm wished to share her habit with others, so started teaching. She obtained her teaching diploma then taught Patchwork and Quilting to both recreational and City & Guild classes, eventually becoming an official verifier for C & G Creative Studies. Her work is exhibited in various galleries and at shows and exhibitions around the world; she has written many articles for both magazines and books and currently writes for two internationally known journals.
In 1994 she wrote 'Tucks Textures & Pleats', now a classic text on fabric manipulation techniques followed by 'Tucks and Textures Two', 'Tucked Up in Bed', 'Tinkering with Texture' and recently her latest inspirational book 'Creative Tucks and Textures for Quilts and Embroidery. All five books are about Jennie's intriguing, fascinating and innovative methods of fiddling with fabric and manipulating material. These techniques have proved to be very popular, as they are fast, fun and easy in addition to being suitable for all ages and levels of sewing ability. Most of the ideas are very easy to understand and simple to construct and can be used in quilts, hangings, bags, boxes, garments and soft furnishing.
Jennie has been affectionately nicknamed the "Calico Queen" in Britain or the "Muslin Mistress" in the U.S.A. as the majority of her work is made from this particular type of unbleached cotton material. Nowadays, she zaps around the world persuading people to 'Nip, Tuck, Twiddle and Fiddle' as well as manipulate and manoeuvre bits of fabric shapes into fascinating and innovative designs and patterns.
