by andrea | Jun 7, 2018 | Blog, Community
On International Women’s Day of this year, Kim Soper of Leland Ave. Studios kicked off a project called the “In Our Own Words” quilt: “We are workers, caretakers, survivors and creators who deserve to have our voices heard and our merits...
by andrea | May 24, 2018 | Art, Blog, Our Song, Quilts
I have teamed up with award-winning songwriter and musician Meaghan Smith to create Our Song, Your Reflection – a celebration of community through music and quilting. The project gets to the core of what makes us tick as creatives — connecting people and...
by andrea | Jan 11, 2018 | Art, Blog, Quilts
American Patchwork and Quilting’s Challenge for QuiltCon 2018 was Flying Geese. The prompt asked participants to modernize a traditional flying geese block with any variation, and make it into a modern quilt using modern quilting elements. Finished quilts could...
by andrea | Dec 8, 2017 | Blog, Colour
Round 3 of the Stash Fabrics Design Star Challenge is on, and I picked a relatively personal subject this time. Beth at Stash Fabrics gave us the prompt of “Man Quilt.” What immediately came to mind was plaid, navy, forest green, taupe and brown. Totally...
by andrea | Apr 18, 2017 | Blog, Canada
When I was in architecture school eons ago, I participated in the Canadian Centre for Architecture’s annual student “Charrette” competition. It was a weekend-long intensive project that called for little sleep and fun times with my comrades. My team never won. The...
