"Everything but the Cotton" with Julia McLeod

When quilters don’t have access to a stash of quilter’s cotton, what do they turn to? In this one hour lecture, trunk show and Q & A session we will explore quilts – antique and modern – made of wool, silk, polyester and more. We’ll observe how the use of unusual materials gives rise to alternative construction techniques and design choices..

The trunk show of Julia’s work shows what you can create with neckties, saris, kimonos and other unusual, ‘not cotton’ textiles.

Julia McLeod is a quilt maker, presenter, instructor, quilt judge and author living and working in Northern California’s San Francisco Bay Area.

She specializes in making quilts from rescued textiles, particularly silks. Neckties, saris, kimonos and furnishing fabrics all find their way into her quilts.