Lizzy Drake
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I was born into a family of stitchers. My maternal grandmother and
her two sisters were seamstresses in a local workroom, and their mother came
from a family of Milliners. Art was my favourite lesson at Grammar
School. When I embarked on a City and Guilds course in Patchwork and
Quilting in 2001 this brought the Art and Stitch together. I have
since taken classes with Tutors such as Sandra Meech, Cas Holmes and Charlotte
Yde and this has helped me on my Art Textile journey.
I am a member of Contemporary Quilt Group which is a specialist group of the Quilters Guild of the British Isles.
I am still actively involved with my business as an Antique Textile and Costume dealer. This takes me all over the UK and to France and beyond. Handling old textiles and observing their design elements is a constant source of inspiration. My main source of inspiration comes from the natural things around me and my place of birth - Lyme Regis, Dorset, and being fortunate enough to live on the South West Coast of England slap bang in the middle of the World Heritage Jurassic Coast.
Awards.
2007 1st Prize Amateur Award - Festival of Quilts. UK.
Exhibitions.
2006 Dorset Arts Weeks - Dorchester, UK
2008 Dorset Arts Weeks - Ashmore, nr. Shaftesbury, UK
2010 Dorset Arts Weeks - Weymouth, UK
2010 Quilt Museum, York, UK
2010 Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, UK
2010 Hever Castle, Kent, UK
Publications
Breakthrough, Contemporary Quilt
www.vintagelizzie.blogspot.com
www.oldfashionedstuff.co.uk
I am a member of Contemporary Quilt Group which is a specialist group of the Quilters Guild of the British Isles.
I am still actively involved with my business as an Antique Textile and Costume dealer. This takes me all over the UK and to France and beyond. Handling old textiles and observing their design elements is a constant source of inspiration. My main source of inspiration comes from the natural things around me and my place of birth - Lyme Regis, Dorset, and being fortunate enough to live on the South West Coast of England slap bang in the middle of the World Heritage Jurassic Coast.
Awards.
2007 1st Prize Amateur Award - Festival of Quilts. UK.
Exhibitions.
2006 Dorset Arts Weeks - Dorchester, UK
2008 Dorset Arts Weeks - Ashmore, nr. Shaftesbury, UK
2010 Dorset Arts Weeks - Weymouth, UK
2010 Quilt Museum, York, UK
2010 Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, UK
2010 Hever Castle, Kent, UK
Publications
Breakthrough, Contemporary Quilt
www.vintagelizzie.blogspot.com
www.oldfashionedstuff.co.uk