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Interchange Applique with Gillian Travis

8/3/2016

2 Comments

 
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It's always a delight to welcome Gillian Travis to InStitches and today she was back teaching interchange applique for us. 

Her enthusiasm is so infectious yiou just know you're in for a busy, creative day!

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Interchange applique  is a technique Gillian has used with great succes for her own quilts and she's busy sharing the technique with others; and now, literaly hot-of- the-press, she has a book too!

 After a quick introduction to her quilts and quiting life the students were then off....trying out this amazingly effective technique for themselves.
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Gillian had brought along a fabric and paper kit to introduce the basic technique which gave everyone confidence,
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and then everyone was encouraged to start designing their own applique.  Debbie is a quilter after my own heart - she bought a Plymouth gin bottle for her shape inspiration!
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Anne is working with vases
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Whilst Gillian is on hand to give Sue a helping hand choose some fabrics which aren't floral!

...and there was cake!

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 Apricot & ginger flapjack
12 oz butter
10 oz soft brown sugar
8 oz golden syrup
1lb rolled oats
1 level tbsp ground ginger
A couple of handfuls of chopped soft apricots
 A handful of chopped pecans (optional)
  1. Melt butter, sugar and golden syrup in a large pan.
  2. Stir in chopped apricots and pecans , if using.
  3. Stir in rolled oats and ginger.
  4. Pour into a greased and lined tin, 9inch sq and flatten
  5. Bake 30 - 35 minuites at 180°C/ gas mark 5
If you want to know more about Gillian and her work, then hop along to her web site: www.gilliantravis.co.uk
2 Comments
Flora Weller
7/7/2016 10:39:33 am

Hi Gillian I have a copy of you publications to date and yould love to purchase a copy of Interchange Applique but can't find it in the shop section how can I contact you for a copy
Many thanks Flora

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Irene Ralph
30/7/2018 01:27:12 pm

I too would like to purchase a copy of Gillian Travis' book Interchange Applique

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