Crafts CouncilDirectoryThe Black Fish PressQuiltsAboutMy range of printed and handstitched quilts is influenced by traditional patchwork and wholecloth quilt designs, and aims to play on the printing blocks’ ability to create detail and difference in the way each print is inked and overprinted. Using larger pieces of cloth for printing was enabled by a grant from Sheffield City of Makers, SCC, and Arts Council England, allowing me to buy a wonderfully large drummed washing machine to wash/fix my printed textiles before working with them.The Black Fish PressSheffield, England'Goose' quilt, alexandra wallace photographyThe Goose quilt is hand block printed onto linen union as one piece, the design referencing traditional patchwork patterns. The colours are dark charcoal, brown, silver grey on a creamy white base. The back of the quilt is a dark grey 100% linen, hand stitched in brown and white. The quilt is lined with cotton and soya wadding. Size: 134cms x 136 cms.'Wings' quilt, The Black Fish PressWings quilt, folded with stitching & label'Cobble' Quilt, alexandra wallace photographyThe Cobble quilt is hand block printed onto linen union as one piece, the design referencing traditional wholecloth quilt patterns. The colours are brown, plaster pink and orange detail, printed onto the creamy white base. The back of the quilt is a saffron yellow 100% linen, hand stitched to shadow the surface design to create its own separate pattern in white stitching. The quilt is lined with a cotton and soya wadding. Size: 134 cms x 144 cms.'Star' quilt, alexandra wallace photographyThe Star quilt is hand block printed onto linen union as one piece, the design referencing traditional ‘star’ patchwork patterns. The colours are blues, mauve, with details in olive green and a bluey pink. It uses four simple printing blocks which are lone printed or used under or over other blocks. The back of the quilt is 100% linen, hand stitched with a design which moves away from the star symbol and instead uses the outline of the block circles to create its own separate pattern in white stitching on the emerald green background. The quilt is lined with cotton and soya wadding. Size: 125 cms x 136 cms.'Cobble' quilt: printing process detail, The Black Fish PressQuiltsAboutMy range of printed and handstitched quilts is influenced by traditional patchwork and wholecloth quilt designs, and aims to play on the printing blocks’ ability to create detail and difference in the way each print is inked and overprinted. Using larger pieces of cloth for printing was enabled by a grant from Sheffield City of Makers, SCC, and Arts Council England, allowing me to buy a wonderfully large drummed washing machine to wash/fix my printed textiles before working with them.The Black Fish PressSheffield, England'Goose' quilt, alexandra wallace photographyThe Goose quilt is hand block printed onto linen union as one piece, the design referencing traditional patchwork patterns. The colours are dark charcoal, brown, silver grey on a creamy white base. The back of the quilt is a dark grey 100% linen, hand stitched in brown and white. The quilt is lined with cotton and soya wadding. Size: 134cms x 136 cms.'Star' quilt, alexandra wallace photographyThe Star quilt is hand block printed onto linen union as one piece, the design referencing traditional ‘star’ patchwork patterns. The colours are blues, mauve, with details in olive green and a bluey pink. It uses four simple printing blocks which are lone printed or used under or over other blocks. The back of the quilt is 100% linen, hand stitched with a design which moves away from the star symbol and instead uses the outline of the block circles to create its own separate pattern in white stitching on the emerald green background. The quilt is lined with cotton and soya wadding. Size: 125 cms x 136 cms.'Wings' quilt, The Black Fish PressWings quilt, folded with stitching & label'Cobble' quilt: printing process detail, The Black Fish Press'Cobble' Quilt, alexandra wallace photographyThe Cobble quilt is hand block printed onto linen union as one piece, the design referencing traditional wholecloth quilt patterns. The colours are brown, plaster pink and orange detail, printed onto the creamy white base. The back of the quilt is a saffron yellow 100% linen, hand stitched to shadow the surface design to create its own separate pattern in white stitching. The quilt is lined with a cotton and soya wadding. Size: 134 cms x 144 cms.More from The Black Fish PressProjectUrban TreesProjectChina Fragments