Folk Fibers is Maura Ambrose's quilting atelier located in Central Texas. Founded in 2011, she hand-stitches quilts made with fabrics colored by nature.
Maura Ambrose
Folk Fibers is Maura Ambrose’s atelier located in central Texas. Founded in 2011 during a creatively charged summer road trip, Maura followed her dream to combine gardening and quilting. Coming from a family that made clothes and quilts, it brings Maura joy and meaning to connect with ancestors through the work, and carry on the tradition of heritage crafts.
Maura pioneered a movement of hand-dyed fabrics and hand-stitched quilts through sharing her process of yielding dye from plants and using those colors for quilt making. Folk Fibers grew into a brand that is international and sought after by collectors of heirloom quilts.
The studio and garden are a sanctuary of color, a place to commune with color. This is where the work begins and develops a sympathetic approach to color, from seed, to plant, to dye, to textile.
Maura teaches workshops from her home studio and abroad. The workshops are a balance of technique and play, allowing experimentation to develop into creative flow.
Maura lives with her husband and 2 kids on a hilltop in Bastrop, TX and are stewards of 10 woodland acres by the lower Colorado River, living a lifestyle that feeds her creatively. Choosing to ebb and flow with the seasons yields authentic and life-giving work.
Workshops
Maura teaches workshops from her home studio and abroad. The workshops are a balance of technique and play, allowing experimentation to develop into creative flow.
Guidebooks
Maura published an online video workshop called Guidebooks as an offering to folks interested in making quilts using the same techniques.
