Dawn Cameron-Dick Quilter, Author, Teacher

Hello!

Guess you are wondering who DAWN is?   First of all I am a quilter.  I am self taught and made my first quilt in 1971.  Doing the maths that means I've been happily making quilts for over 40 years...yikkes!

Born in the USA (stop singing!) I moved to Saudi Arabia in the early 1970's and eventually back to Colorado for a while  to open a quilt shop in the '80's.  In 1988 I moved to Belgium where I taught patchwork and was part owner of a shop.

1995 saw me finally living in the UK.  First Tunbridge Wells, then Stamford, Lincs and now in the Southwest.

Travel is as much a part of my life as quiltmaking so my partner John & I are always happy to accept teaching offers anywhere in the world.

I am known for fun, informative workshops that help quilters build a good foundation in skills to help students build confidence and become the very best quilters they can be.

Invisible Machine Appliqe is a technique I developed in the mid '80's.  I adore doing hand applique but many of my students did not!  I was not overly fond of bonding web so developed a method of turned edge applique that could be done on the sewing machine and yet look 99% hand done.

I have written two books on this subject and teach a workshop on it as well.

My most recent creation is my Pocket Tutor.  For years I have tried to educate students about the proper use of needles, threads, sewing machines and wadding. I had hoped someone would produce a good, easy to understand book on these subjects.

When that did not happen I took the situation into my own hands and designed my Pocket Tutor.  It was released in July 2011 and has been selling extremely well.

Now I continue to travel and teach.  Many of you have met John and I as we travel across the UK and the world.  Perhaps you'd like us to plan a visit to your neck of the woods? (You can take the girl out of the USA but you cant take all of the USA out of the girl!!)

Thanks for visiting my site!  Hope we meet in person one day...

Dawn