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    Oakshott is a family business run by Michael and Rose Oakshott supplying quilters and textile artists the world over since 2003.

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  • 2016 MAQF Best Use of Color

    2016 MAQF Best Use of Color

    March 01, 2016

    Congratulations to Mary Menzer who won 'Best Use of Color' for 'Quilt it Wright' in the Mid Atlantic Quilt Festival, February 2016.
    "This is my all Oakshott quilt inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright. I love my Oakshotts!  Thanks for making a great product."
    MaryMenzer-MAQS-Winner ... and thanks Mary for making such great use of them. Read all about Mary's making journey and get some fantastic tips from her great five part description at  FairlyMerry blog where she describes her whole improv process, piecing, threads, basting, quilting, re-jigging, binding, and so on. Read more
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    • binding, blogs, color, colour, colourshott, competition, Competitions, design wall, Designer, Exhibitions, Improv, Oakshott, piecing, Quilting, Thread, Uncategorized
  • Quilt It Wright

    Quilt It Wright

    October 15, 2015

    "This quilt was inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright's designs (if you are not familiar with him, he was a famous American architect that designed modern buildings in the early 20th century).  The title of the quilt is 'Quilt it Wright'"
    FairlyMerry1 FairlyMerry2 FairlyMerry3 Mary Menzer of FairlyMerry sent us these photos of her great design using Oakshott Lakes. Do have a look at more info on her Facebook page and her Instagram feed to learn about threads she uses and her design, matchstick, quilting and improv techniques. Read more
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    • Blogs, Designer, improvisation, Lakes, matchstick, Oakshott, Quilting, Thread, Uncategorized, USA
  • Grand smocking

    Grand smocking

    September 22, 2015

    Thanks to Jenny Putney for letting us have these charming photos of her granddaughters in the beautiful dresses she made and smocked for them using Oakshott fabric (plain and checked purple) purchased several years ago:
    Jenny-Pudney2-2 Jenny-Pudney1-2 "The fabrics were a joy to work with by hand and machine.  I used my smocking pleater to gather the fabric and matched the colours in the check weave to do the smocking which was my own overall design using ideas from a number of smocking books.  The scariest part was cutting the rectangle of smocking to the shape of the pattern and making sure that it was symmetrical ... Thank you for selling such a range of high quality fabrics to delight us all."
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  • Moroccan Market Spicy Quilt

    Moroccan Market Spicy Quilt

    February 18, 2015

    The Oakshott Colourshott Blog Hop
    A rummage on Pinterest led Collette of Poppy and Poochie to thoughts of technicolor piles of spices.
    The Oakshott fabrics are so shimmery and colourful so I wanted to show them off! The fabrics are a dream to work with and very stable and just beautiful to look at.
     and this is the technicolor result using Oakshott Colourshott Charcoal (COTX29) as a background to the the New Colourshott 10″ Square Pack of 27 colours
    SpicyQuilt1"A gramme of saffron please!"
    Do visit her site for a fulsome tutorial on using 60 degree triangles, with a template supplied.
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  • Off Course

    Off Course

    November 06, 2014

    Modern Quilt Guild member Judy Murphy upgraded her Janome 7700 to an 8900, invested in a whole roll of wool batting so she would always have some to hand, and sent us photos of her seriously lovely quilt, Off Course. Read all about the process (and gain some handy hints, particularly on binding and on the design process) on her blog, www.quiltparadigm.blogspot.co.uk [caption id="attachment_570" align="aligncenter" width="600"]OffCourseFront2 Front: Off Course[/caption] [caption id="attachment_567" align="aligncenter" width="600"]Back: Off Course Back: Off Course[/caption] The New Colourshott fabrics Judy used are, for the background, Vintage Silver (COTX28), Charcoal (COTX29), Black (COTX30) and Amalfi (COTX32); the blues are Banda (COTX16), Timor (COTX17) and Celebes (COTX18); and the pinks/purples are Lilac (COTX19), Sweet Pea (COTX20) and Dusk (COTX21). [caption id="attachment_571" align="aligncenter" width="600"]Quilting detail Quilting detail[/caption]
    "The combo of the sheen on the Isocord and the colors of the Oakshotts is nothing short of amazing! Oh, and the weight of these cottons? They are as heavy as any of the other quality quilting cotton I use. It is not thin and it is not 'see through.' I cannot wait to make another quilt with Colourshotts"
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  • 2016 MAQF Best Use of Color March 01, 2016

  • Quilt It Wright October 15, 2015

  • Grand smocking September 22, 2015

  • Moroccan Market Spicy Quilt February 18, 2015

  • Off Course November 06, 2014

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