Birgitta Debenham

Dyer and quiltmaker

Yellow silk quartet I

Yellow silk quartet II

Yellow silk quartet III

Yellow silk quartet IV

Green eyed beast

Journal quilt; Feb 2012
Birch bark, ink, FMQ

Tree bark maps

Journal quilt Sept 2013;
Clamp resist shibori panel; transfer photos, bone plaques.

The jay feather

Journal quilt Dec 2012;
Silk, handwoven Japanese cotton fragments, silk chiffon, lichen (Evernia prunastri) and found jay feather, all overlaid with synthetic organza and closely quilted.

Journal quilt Dec 2010;
Stitched shibori, indigo dyed, hand embroidered with discs (silver bullion thread) and chain stitch.

The bridge

Journal quilt;
Cotton, abaca paper, gilded parchment; bridge needle-woven in situ with linen thread.

Red fishes

Journal quilt;
Abaca paper, velvet, linen thread, pearls and remnants of an old knotted glove.

Twenty buttons

Journal quilt Oct 2011;
Breakdown printed cotton, with hand dyed linen.

French buttons

Journal quilt Nov 2011;
Breakdown printed cotton with cut organza overlay, white and brown chain stitch, old French glass buttons.

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These are pictures of the many tiny quilts I have made.

Many are journal quilts made to specific criteria set by Contemporary Quilt, a special interest group within the Quilters Guild of the British Isles, to which I belong.

But I have also included some experimental test pieces.

Journal quilt Dec 2010; Stitched shibori, indigo dyed, hand embroidered with discs (silver bullion thread) and chain stitch.