Kaffe Fassett

Kaffe Fassett

Kaffe Fassett designs fabrics used for quilting. He describes a quilt he chose to bring for the interview because, unlike the vast majority of his quilts, he sewed it himself. He is known for designing quilt patterns and fabric; his quilts are usually sewn by Liza Prior Lucy, for demonstration or publication purposes. In 1995, Liza Lucy encouraged Fassett to start designing quilts and fabrics based on his noted knitting designs. The first textile artist to have an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Fassett feels personally rewarded by how the art quilt world has embraced his fabrics and quilt designs. Fassett does multiple crafts, although knitting is still a major part of his life. He designed his first striped fabric by first knitting a sample, which was then handwoven in India. The production of these fabrics by handweavers has had a beneficial economic impact for their villages. He paints his designs on fabric, which is then produced into yardage that can be cut up and re-assembled in patchwork. He generally designs one or two fabric collections a year.

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Quilting--Patterns

Quilts--Design.

Textile designers

Quilters

Quilting.

Quiltmakers

Quiltmaking

Quiltmaking process

Quiltmaking purpose

Quilts

Art quilts

Kaffe Fassett

Meg Cox

Nancy O'Bryant Puentes

Houston, Texas

Sarah Cleary

Sarah Godoshian

Liza Prior Lucy

Fabric - Striped

Fabric design

Handwoven

Quilt design

Sewing

Knitting

Victoria and Albert Museum

International Quilt Festival

Quilt shows/exhibitions

Hand quilting

Machine quilting