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Elli Beaven is a textile artist, quilt maker, and natural dyer based in rural Galicia in northern Spain. Working under the name Wholecloth Studio, she creates tactile, richly coloured patchwork pieces using thoughtfully sourced vintage and repurposed textiles.  Her use of plant dyes—grown in her garden or carefully foraged from the local countryside—imbues each piece with a luminous colour palette that roots her work firmly in the surrounding landscape.

 

Her practice spans a broad range of work that explores the boundaries between fine art and craft, from wall hangings and stretched patchwork compositions to functional quilts and everyday textile goods. Each piece incorporates her favoured hand-stitching techniques, bringing depth, texture, and character to the finished work.

Alongside these stitched pieces, she produces small collections of naturally dyed fabrics and threads for fellow makers, sharing her delight in the rich colours and layered stories of these special textiles. These are also offered as thoughtfully assembled kits, bringing her hand-sewing patterns to life and inviting others into her slow, considered approach to making.

 

She also shares this relaxed, low tech approach to stitching, as well as her plant dyed textiles, in her workshops, both online and across venues in the UK and Europe.  She sells her work in person at several annual events including Festival of Quilts and Selvedge Fair in the UK and Pour L'Amour du Fil and Carrefour European Quilt Show in France.

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