by Leslie Van Patter | Jan 31, 2022 | News
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,...
by Leslie Van Patter | Jan 31, 2022 | News
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...
by Leslie Van Patter | Jan 31, 2022 | News
I Love First Peoples supplies sewing labs in northern schools. Sew & Sew is a program run by I Love First Peoples, a charitable organization focused on reconciliation that serves 90 northern communities. Schools in the far north are supplied with equipment and...
by Leslie Van Patter | Jan 25, 2022 | News
Cindy Connell talks with the founder of Quilts for Survivors Late last spring, as the remains of children were being uncovered in the burial plots on the grounds of former residential schools, Vanessa Génier of Timmins, ON, started a new Facebook group. The goal was...
by Leslie Van Patter | Jan 1, 2022 | News
Congratulations to our seventh and last group of Fat Quarter Lottery winners: Valerie H. (MB), Joanne A. (ON), Colleen F. (BC), Patricia O’M. (BC), and Beverly R. (SK). Each will receive a lovely bundle of nine ruby red fat quarters to add to their stash! The lottery...
