Climate change is causing lasting and devastating problems for our world right now. Hear Mayne Island, BC, quilter/textile artist Sandra Sandvik who will join us to share a look into the world of up-cycle quilting and textiles! Sandra will discuss the devastating effects of the textile industry on our climate while offering creative and beautiful solutions. Her trunk show will include her innovative up-cycled quilts and textiles with the use and reuse of fabric scraps to ensure nothing goes to waste. She will also share many ideas from the textile creative community to give you a jumpstart for your own up-cycled projects.

Sandra has been a textile artist for over 30 years. She is a graduate of the Capilano University Textile Arts program and has studied under numerous instructors both weavers and textile artists, in the US, Norway and Canada. Sandra currently works from her home studio on Mayne Island, BC. Her love of textiles has focused on quilting, mix media, art quilts, repurposing textiles and weaving. During the past few years, Sandra has shown her quilts and textile art pieces in a number of local exhibitions. In recent years she has had quilts accepted into the Canadian Quilters’ Association’s National Juried Show and published in Curated Quilts Magazines.