CQ West: Unfolding Stories 3

CHRISTINE SEAGER
www.chrisse.co.uk
I am an embroiderer turned art quilter.
Over the last 6 years my work has explored
well balanced design using a limited colour
palette and the Rules of Thirds, often
incorporating circles. This work is either
improvisionally cut and pieced or cut from
my own patterns which I have scaled up
from my printmaking. My designs are driven
by a desire for clean stark quilts that stand
out from a distance. The cloth for these
quilts is my own hand dyed fabric which I
also print and discharge. I use simple
stitching to integrate the work.
As a relief from the very disciplined design
work, I have started exploring whole cloth
using mark making and text within a
theme, currently ‘fabrications’. This fun
element of my work can be very messy as I
use various marker pens and dribbled
acrylic inks. These quilts are hand stitched.
I have just bought a longarm sewing
machine to stitch my larger quilts. I am
expecting this to change the way I use
stitch on my larger quilts.
I have had three quilts accepted for the
prestigious Fine Art Quilt Masters
competition at the Festival of Quilts. Other
quilts have been accepted for exhibitions
touring in Europe, China, South Africa, the
United States and Canada.
I am a member of SAQA, Studio Art Quilts
Associates. I have been a SAQA regional
representative for over two years. I also
curated and organised the last two SAQA
European and ME touring Exhibitions.
Facebook: christine.seager
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