by andrea | Sep 12, 2017 | Blog, Colour, Quilts
I have been a faithful reader of Uppercase magazine for a few years now and I finish reading each issue having been injected with a large dose of inspiration. The smell of the ink and the weight of the paper also leave my heart feeling pretty happy. Editor Janine...
by andrea | Jun 22, 2017 | Blog, Quilts
Sometimes you come across a dream client: Someone who lets you explore as an artist, someone who wants you to succeed, someone who wants what’s best for them and what’s best for you. These people are hard to come by. This happened to me in early spring 2017, with the...
by andrea | Jun 12, 2017 | Blog, Quilts
Euclid was a Greek mathematician and the “father of geometry” that lived in the 4th- to 3rd-century BC. Euclidean geometry is basic to our understanding of mathematics, including the Pythagorean Theorem. In the mid 20th-century, Alvin Lustig designed only twelve...
by andrea | Mar 17, 2017 | Blog, Canada, Quilts
Quilting as a craft has deep roots in American history. Quilting was common from the birth of the United States as a nation and saw much evolution — from traditional blocks stemming from pioneer journeys in the early 19th century, to Colonial Revival quilts in...
by andrea | Feb 7, 2017 | Blog, Quilts
2017 marks the 150th birthday of Canadian Confederation. The country has been ramping up to this for quite some time now, with capital projects readying for years leading up to this very...
by andrea | Jan 24, 2017 | Blog, Colour, Quilts
This quilt is inspired by Andy Gilmore’s digital artwork “08-25-10.” The intention was to translate a digital process of generating art into an extreme analog version. The result was 2,160 triangles in 25 different shades. As my second quilt, this marked...
