When Baby Joey Goodyear left Newfoundland and Labrador as an infant, his grandmother started a quilt for him. They wouldn’t meet again for 27 years, but that quilt was still waiting. On April 1, 1977, in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland, Trudy Goodyear gave birth to a...
After seeing each winners’ work at Quilt Canada 2025, we asked how they take a quilt from good to great. In this case, Carol Chenier, of Sarnia, Ontario, won the Viewers’ Choice Award for her tribute to reading, healing and quilting. In 2000, during a difficult time...
In 2011, Sarah Bass was visiting with her great-aunt Donna Carswell in Campbellford, Ontario when she received three bags of scraps arising from Eaton’s and Simpsons department stores. That led to a cross-country investigation into this barely documented phenomenon....
Over the past year, Soaring Circle’s Sewcase skills program has opened up more opportunities for Indigenous youth in sewing, fashion and textiles. Our educational platform, Sewcase.ca, officially launched to connect students and teachers with mentors and resources...
At the 2025 National Juried Show, I answered many questions about how Habitat Merry-Go-Round was made: the thickened dye, close trimming and the screen background. Now, I’ll spill the beans on all the gory details of the trials and tribulations behind its...
