Her Quilt of Many Colours

Her Quilt of Many Colours

New Glasgow, Nova Scotia quilt maker Myla Borden sews together the pieces of her peoples’ past. Myla Borden prefers that people cozy up under one of her quilts to having it hang on a wall. Their colours and stories are meant to spread warmth, be used and loved,...
Buxton’s Forget-Me-Not Block of Honor Quilt

Buxton’s Forget-Me-Not Block of Honor Quilt

A Black settlement founded in 1849 by former slaves, Buxton, ON, at its peak was home to 1,200 fugitives who had escaped slavery in the United States and found freedom in Canada. Their skilled quilters often created fundraising quilts, usually to help members of the...
Deep Connections

Deep Connections

My inspiration to paint on a quilted background came from my grandmother, Rosella Fraser, Sr., also known as Mommay. She had 15 children and raised 17 in the community of North Preston, NS. During the 1950s and 60s, when all her children were being born, my family,...
Quilting Activism

Quilting Activism

How Canadian quilters can get involved Founded in 2017 by sewing and quilting author and pattern designer Sara Trail, the Social Justice Sewing Academy (SJSA) is a US-based not-for-profit youth education program that bridges artistic expression with activism to...