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new season product •<br />
DS Quilts Collection<br />
Now available exclusively to <strong>Spotlight</strong><br />
in Australia.<br />
See the fabulous DS Quilts Collections in store now –<br />
Salty Aire, Windy Roads, Picnic and Fairground.<br />
Denyse Schmidt has set the quilting<br />
world on fire. Her fresh, modern<br />
approach to this timeless craft has<br />
inspired a whole new generation of<br />
sewers and quilters. Denyse is a<br />
former graphic designer and graduate<br />
of the Rhode Island School of Design.<br />
Denyse has been sewing since her<br />
mother taught her as a young girl. As<br />
a professional seamstress, Denyse<br />
has stitched everything from tutus<br />
and bishop’s miters, to fine clothing.<br />
Not merely confined to beds, Denyse<br />
Schmidt’s Couture quilts have recently<br />
been featured in the Ralph Pucci<br />
International Gallery Nine in New York<br />
City and the University of Bridgeport’s<br />
Arnold Bernhard Center Gallery, among<br />
many others.<br />
A trailblaser in the current<br />
Modern Quilt movement, Denyse<br />
has inspired a new type of quilter –<br />
young, unconventional, cutting edge,<br />
contemporary. Her unique pairing of<br />
fresh, modern colours and fabrics with<br />
traditional quilt patterns results in<br />
singular designs, instantly recognisable<br />
as Denyse Schmidt Quilts. Her studioproduced<br />
patterns for the home crafter<br />
which include ‘Single Girl’ and ‘Stacking<br />
the Odds’, are at once fresh and rooted<br />
in tradition.<br />
Producing both custom and couture<br />
quilts since 1996, Denyse Schmidt<br />
Quilts continues to grow. Her licensing<br />
partnerships include books and<br />
stationery with Chronicle Books, and<br />
a new book – featuring twenty of her<br />
favorite traditional quilt patterns – will<br />
be published in 2012 by STC Craft.<br />
Her modern line of quilts for Denyse<br />
Schmidt Designs for Sarita Handa are<br />
sold in specialty boutiques worldwide<br />
and through catalogues including Crate<br />
and Barrel, Pottery Barn, Land of Nod,<br />
Sundance, Neiman Marcus, Maine<br />
Cottage Furniture and ABC Carpet and<br />
Home. Denyse designs a vintage-inspired<br />
fabric line for independent shops with<br />
Free Spirit/Westminster/Rowan, and<br />
her newest venture – a fabric collection<br />
designed especially for specialty chains<br />
for Fabric Traditions. Her first quilt<br />
pattern for McCall Craft will launch in<br />
spring 2012.<br />
A gifted teacher, Denyse inspires<br />
new as well as seasoned crafters<br />
with her frequent touring and homebased<br />
workshops. Her ‘Improvisational<br />
Patchwork Workshop’ introduces<br />
students to her intuitive approach to<br />
quilting. Her encouragement of risktaking<br />
and exploration in class reveals<br />
students’ creativity in fresh and<br />
surprising ways.<br />
Raised in a textile mill town in central<br />
Massachusetts, Denyse’s studio is<br />
located in the historic American Fabrics<br />
Building in Bridgeport Connecticut. •<br />
Please note: Due to varied buying patterns throughout Australia and New Zealand some stock may vary between<br />
stores or sell out. Ask a <strong>Spotlight</strong> employee at your nearest store for the best alternative.<br />
Get Creative Quarterly Autumn 2012 47
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