ISABEL PATERSON

Isabel Paterson Isabel has been part of Makepeace Quilters, Dumbarton, for the last 10 years and was a founder member of the group along with Patricia and Ruth. She completed both Part 1 of the City and Guilds in Patchwork and Quilting and a Machine Embroidery course at Cardonald College in Glasgow. Her great love is traditional quilting and this has been put to good use over the past few years in the making of countless baby quilts for people in the local community and noticeably never seems to get to the end of the request list for these.

Isabel holds office in a number of organisations and groups – as a Unison (trade union) Steward, as the Welfare Officer and Publicity Officer for West Dunbartonshire Council Unison branch, as treasurer of both Makepeace Quilters and the quilt-making, quilt-donating Comfort Quilts, as legal administrator for Loch Lomond Quilt Show and the programme of STUDIO classes and workshops – and somehow she also manages to squeeze in working fulltime at Dumbarton Library.

In her ‘spare time’ Isabel just loves being with her two year old granddaughter Abbie.

An interview with Isabel

What is your favourite colour?

Blue. I have to force myself to look at other colours.

Books, fabrics, gadgets ... on what do you spend your money?

Can't tell you ... my husband might be reading this!

If you could travel anywhere in the world to inspire a new quilt, where would it be?

Africa. I love leopard prints.

What is your favourite block?

Carolina lily, although I haven't used it yet ... one day!

What is your most inspiring book?

I like doing Sashiko, so I love the Japanese books.

If you were producing 'I'm a celebrity - teach me to quilt', who would be at the top of your guest list?

Mel Gibson, Pierce Brosnan, Nicholas Cage ... yes, they're all men!

If you were on 'Desert Island Disks' what piece of quilting equipment would you take with you?

Rotary cutter ... useful for all manner of things!

What is the most bizarre place you've found yourself quilting?

Unison Conference at Bournemouth

What has been your most inspiring class?

Lillian Hedley, North County Quilting. Designed a whole cloth ... not done anything with it yet!

What is your top quilting tip?

Hide your fabric!

What is the most helpful/unhelpful comment your husband has made about quilting?

As he has just decorated/fitted out a room for me to quilt in, I have to be very nice about him!

Which quilt show has been your favourite so far?

Alsace.

Contact Isabel at: isabel@lochlomondquiltshow.com.