by andrea | Jan 29, 2020 | Art, Blog, Quilts
I am so grateful for the opportunity to exhibit my work as part of the 2020 DesignTO Festival, made possible through a Presentation Grant through Arts Nova Scotia. On January 15, I arrived in Toronto to install my collaborated to my dual exhibition with Libs...
by andrea | Sep 18, 2019 | Blog, Community, Quilts
We kick off #partyinthequiltback today! From September 18-22, post photos of your favourite quilt backs using the hashtag #partyinthequiltback and win daily prizes from our awesome event sponsors. Wondering what to post? Quilt backs or portions of quilt...
by andrea | May 13, 2019 | Blog, Quilts
Introducing Spoonflower’s newest substrate, Petal Signature Cottonâ„¢! This new quilting weight cotton is colour-fast and is easy to work with.Pictured here is a baby version of my Striped Scallops pattern with a lively background fabric designed by yours truly....
by andrea | May 2, 2019 | Blog, Quilts
Striped Scallops gives illusion of curves without curved piecing! Learn to get comfortable with some skinny piecing and a scant 1/4″ seam allowance with this pattern. Small throw, 50″ x 56 1/2″. Quilted by Violet Quilts. Striped Scallops comes in 5...
by andrea | Dec 4, 2018 | Blog, Quilts
If you ask anybody who knows me even a little bit, they’ll tell you, “Andrea doesn’t do floral.” I don’t wear flowers. I don’t plant or grow flowers because they always die on me. I don’t have any floral prints in any of my...
by andrea | Oct 4, 2018 | Art, Blog, Community, Have You Met, Our Song, Quilts
As the crowdfunding campaign for Our Song, Your Reflection was unfolding in May and June of this year, I asked a few quilting friends — new and old! — to each make a star block. It could be paper pieced from the original pattern, their own star invention,...