Apr 24, 2025
Quilt Festival Blog A Journey Through Quilting History Author: Y. Bilan-Wallace Part Eleven Quilts and Colour in Canada From the earliest days of European settlement, Canadian quilters relied on natural dye sources found in their environment. Maple and oak bark...
Apr 22, 2025
Quilt Festival Blog A Journey Through Quilting History Author: Y. Bilan-Wallace Part Ten The Log Cabin Quilt A Symbol of Home and Survival The Log Cabin quilt block has been a beloved design since the 1850s, deeply rooted in American and Canadian frontier history. The...
Apr 20, 2025
Quilt Festival Blog A Journey Through Quilting History Author: Y. Bilan-Wallace Part Nine Patchwork Quilt blocks traditionally feature geometric shapes such as squares, triangles, rectangles, hexagons, and circles. These blocks are first sewn into strips, which are...
Apr 19, 2025
Quilt Festival Blog A Journey Through Quilting History Author: Y. Bilan-Wallace Part Eight Quilt Block Designs The Evolution of Quilt Patterns Before 1800, quilts typically featured a central motif, often surrounded by decorative borders. However, after this period,...
Apr 17, 2025
Quilt Festival Blog A Journey Through Quilting History Author: Y. Bilan-Wallace Part Seven Patterns and Survival in Canada In England, quilting was primarily an upper- and middle-class pastime, but in 19th-century North America, it became a necessity for...
