My Canada! Quilted Runner
Add as many leaves as you wish to this runner. You can make it look like the ground on a beautiful autumn day, or just the very start of the first leaves that fall. Read more in our Summer 2017 … Continued
Artist Profile – Mary Logan
The most challenging aspect regarding this article will be to translate it into Croatian for mom, who lovingly and patiently taught me from a very young age, a spoonful at a time, the craft of sewing. Ever inquisitive, I remember … Continued
Classroom Etiquette
Elaine’s Tech Tips™ Over the last 10 years, I have taught hundreds of classes and thousands of students. Every class is filled with a wide variety of people with different personalities, expectations and work habits. This can make for a … Continued
Scrappy Hearts Quilt
This lovely pattern is great for beginners and ideal for using your collection of fat quarters! The alternating placement of two simple blocks creates a deceivingly complex pattern. This lovely pattern is great for beginners and ideal for using your … Continued
Snips ‘n’ Snails Quilt
Sometimes what appears complex is the result of a simple concept. As well, what is conceived as simple can be a challenge. Before designer Monika Kinner-Whalen’s quilt project is dismissed as too complex or too simple, a closer look might … Continued
Crazy Quilters International
the guilded edge 4th Annual September Stitch Shenanigans Members of the online group, Crazy Quilters International, recently gathered in Estes Park, Colorado, for five days of fun, friendship and stitching at the 4th Annual September Stitch Shenanigans. Stitchers arriving from … Continued
The Brant Broderers
the guilded edge What began as a casual conversation with fellow stitchers, led the Brant Broderers on three trips abroad to learn specialized embroidery techniques. The Broderers, a needle arts guild in existence for over 30 years, meet in Brantford, … Continued
Embroidery Makes its Mark at the 8th Kaunas Biennal Textile 2011
The Fibre Report with Joe Lewis The 8th Kaunas Biennal Textile held in Kaunas, Lithuania, brought together textile work from around the world. Artists participated through invitation for solo exhibitions, special presentations, national survey shows, a student exhibition with work … Continued
Artist Profile – Leslie Samson
Near the tiny hamlet of Onondaga, in Ontario lives an artist with a difference. No paints and brushes here; this artist works with natural fibre. Nature is her inspiration; having been taught by her parents at an early age to … Continued
Millefiori Mosaic Collar & Earrings
The challenge: Take ANPT’s Summer 2012 palette and design beadwork to reflect the season. I created netted X’s & O’s as a contemporary version of a Ukrainian-style ‘gerdan’. A keyhole opening was incorporated into the netted collar in place of … Continued