From Andrea's Blog:
"Andrea Tsang Jackson is a textile artist, quilt designer, author and educator based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. After working in various design fields and settings ranging from architecture to museums, the quilting medium called to her as a way to explore place, belonging and agency. Her background in architecture has allowed her to understand design process from a variety of approaches; her training in life has taught her about the beauty in mess.
3rd Story Workshop is her tiny sanctuary where she feels the freedom to try new things and think with a clear head. Although her favourite colours to wear and design with are neutral, she loves to play with colour in her studio.
She was the 2017 Artist-In-Residence at the Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. Her first book, Patchwork Lab: Gemology, was recently published by Lucky Spool in 2019."
These are just a few of stunning quilts that were discussed...
Our Song, Your Reflection
A 2nd version using Alison Glass Shot Cottons
The back of the 2nd version was stunning!!! A Cotton Lawn fabric
A collaborative effort by Andrea's quilting community
The next few quilts are from Andrea's new book!!!
"Statement Piece"
"Jewelled Collar"
"Family Circle"
The back was just as stunning as the front!!
"The Here & Elsewhere Bee" Pier 21 collaborative quilt
Be sure to read the posts on Andrea's blog to learn about the inspiration and the process of curating this humongous quilt (12' x 12')!!! Hearing some of the stories from the contributors to this amazing quilt was inspiring. Learning about the process of layout and assembly was very interesting. The result is a massive quilt, that showcases part of Canadian heritage.
In addition to the Trunkshow, the PEI Modern Quilt Guild was pleased to host 2 workshops on the weekend.
Saturday was the Our Song: Swan workshop.
This class had us sorting our fabrics from light to dark to represent the sky. Most of us chose to work in shades of blue-y green, and a white swan.
Dawn (our rebel) used a batik strip set in shades of red to purple and a black swan to boot!! Stunning!!
Dianne gives us a smile between piecing...
Andrea discusses the paper piecing templates, sharing her method for perfect fabric placement without the guesswork!!
Heather's is really coming along....
Nancy's taking her time, making the points line up just so..
Here's Andrea getting ready for the Y-seam demo...
Group shot!!
What a great day with lots of progress made... I hope to see some finished projects in the coming months....
Sunday's workshop was the Teardrop Gemstone.
To kick off the class Andrea discussed gemstones, and the way that light affects colour. Tone and contrast are also important when creating the illusion of fabric that sparkles!!
Andrea had us choose 10 fabrics from light to dark in a colour of our chosen gemstone. She then helped us to narrow down our selection to 6. There was lots of fabric sharing and encouraging opinions from everyone, helping to get the colours just right...
Here's a lovely Emerald, almost halfway there...
Heather's got all the pieces she needs!!
Cathy just has to assemble her 2 halves and add the borders....
Newbie Wenli has been taking lessons from Heather during Community school, and decided to attend the workshop. A few days after the workshop she brought her finished block for Heather to see. Great job Wenli!!!
Velda also finished her block after the workshop and shared this sparkly Sapphire!!
On behalf of the PEI Modern Quilt Guild, I would like to thank Andrea for coming to share her story and quilts and teach us some of her designs. We learned some new tricks and techniques, that many of us will continue to use going forward on our own quilting journey.
Upcoming events:
The following Events are planned for the West Royalty Community Room, Sobeys, 39 Babineau Avenue, Charlottetown. Save the dates!
The following Events are planned for the West Royalty Community Room, Sobeys, 39 Babineau Avenue, Charlottetown. Save the dates!
November 9th: PEIMQG Sew-In (9 - 4 pm)
November 28th: PEIMQG Monthly Meeting (7-9 PM)
December 14th: PEIMQG Annual Potluck Party (9 - 4 pm Heather's House)
Don't forget we love having visitors!! If you happen to be on PEI reach out to us via email: peimqg@gmail.com or on IG @PEIMQG so we can fill you in on the details of our next meeting or Sew-In!!
Sorry I missed the trunk show and workshops, they look amazing đŸ˜‰ I cant wait to see the finished works!
ReplyDeletemaybe we'll get to see your own gemstone project...
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