Carina Gardner
Creativity is an integral part of Carina Gardner’s life! She has always loved working with my hands to create beautiful objects. She also tries very hard to include beauty in her life whether with her three children, in her designs, or home. As we visited, Carina mentioned that she is sharing stories that she hasn’t…
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Jess Cottrell is creating a whimsical world with hand quilting. Her goal is to pass on the knowledge and love of hand quilting through her quilt patterns and the Modern Hand Quilting Collective. Although we didn’t talk about it in the interview, we as quilters know that the amount of orphan blocks laying around is…
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Claudia Porter is a self-taught quilter who has been quilting for over 30 years. She has been writing online tutorials and creating YouTube videos for about 10 years. Then 4 years ago she decided to make her passion for quilting and fabric crafts a full-time job and started Create with Claudia. In addition to all…
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Amber Elliot has been sewing since her grandmother gave her a needle, thread, and some of her old clothes. She spent her childhood frankenstein-ing cast offs and ‘making’ new ensembles. She made her first quilt as a teenager, and was hooked. Not only is Amber designing patterns now, but also helping other quilt pattern designers…
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Sonia Spence is passionate about quilting and is inspired by colours, shapes or ideas that pop into her head. She loves making her designs a reality and believes that nothing is impossible. I loved when she told me she didn’t know she couldn’t do it. What a great perspective. Here’s some of Sonia’s quilts. …
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